Monthly Archives: 5 月 2014

JIN PORN MEI: COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS OF THE CHINESE NOVEL

Posted on May 15, 2014 by necksbetrim
The Jin Ping Mei 金瓶梅1 is a notoriously pornographic vernacular Chinese novel believed to date from the late sixteenth century. Authored during the disastrous reign of the Wanli Emperor 萬里 who posterity has come to remember as a sort of Robert Baratheon of the Ming dynasty, later commentators Continue reading

Why hasn’t Beijing lifted the nationalism switch against Vietnam?

Alia | May 15th, 2014 – 5:53 pm

Up to 21 people, include 16 Chinese, were killed in riots at a Taiwanese steel mill in Vietnam on Thursday after anti-China protests spread to the center of the country from south where several other Chinese-looking factories have been set to fire or looted. These riots, which came after China moved a billion–dollar oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea, Continue reading

Chinese netizens call for “eye for an eye” retaliation after deadly blasts in Urumqi

Alia | May 22nd, 2014 – 7:41 pm

What is the worst that could happen after a deadly terrorist attack?  Eye-for-an-eye retaliations that counter killing with killing, which is exactly what’s brewing in China right now after yesterday’s blasts in Urumqi, capital of the country’s ethnic Xinjiang province with a dominant Muslim Uighur Continue reading

Zhejiang: list and pictures of 64 demolished Christian churches

05/21/2014 14:03

The campaign of persecution against Christians in Zhejiang has led to the destruction of places of worship, the removal or obliteration of crosses, and a month-long clashes between Christians and police over churches and other places of worship. Meanwhile, the plan to demolish the “Jerusalem of the East” moves on relentless.
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MURONG XUECUN:I, Too, Will Stand Up for Tiananmen

MAY 22, 2014

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By MURONG XUECUN

SYDNEY, Australia — On May 6 three of my friends were arrested in Beijing on Continue reading

IAN JOHNSON :The China Challenge

IAN JOHNSON 05.08.14

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Staff stand on a fishing vessel in Danzhou, Hainan province, setting sail for the Spratly Islands, an archipelago disputed between China and other countries.
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“THE BIG BANG THEORY” AND OUR FUTURE WITH CHINA

MAY 21, 2014

 

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The announcement, on Tuesday, that the United States has charged five members of the Chinese military with economic espionage—for hacking the computers of American companies—is an Continue reading

Democracy Award for Liu Xiaobo And Xu Zhiyong

 

Xiao and Xu(1)Above: Liu Xiaobo(left), and Xu Zhiyong, both imprisoned human rights activists in China, will receive the 2014 Democracy Award.

The Democracy Award is given annually by the National Endowment for Democracy’s Board of Directors to recognize the courageous and creative work of individuals and Continue reading