Book Review: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

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thediplomat_2015-03-08_18-32-21-e1425903541595-386x351Jung Chang’s 2013 release, now available as an e-book, reflects on one of modern China’s most influential figures.
By Oliver Stuenkel
March 09, 2015

The Manchu Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is generally thought of as Continue reading →

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Secret historians preserve past in China amid state amnesia

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460xBy JACK CHANG and ISOLDA MORILLO

Mar. 11, 2015 10:23 PM EDT

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, Xu Xing talks about his documentary film work at home in… Read more

BEIJING (AP) — In his small ground-floor apartment just a few blocks from Beijing’s landmark Bird’s Nest stadium, Chinese language teacher, writer and do-it-yourself documentary maker Xu Xing is urgently preserving what he can of China’s forbidden past.

Traveling usually by himself Continue reading →

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China’s Independent NGOs Face Hard Times

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A translation of a VOA report in Chinese, published: March 11, 2015

Professor Xia Min of CUNY: “Xi’s fear is exactly that the maturing of civil society will organically provide, with the organizing capacity and solidarity within Chinese society, a platform for the building of political parties.”

A documentary produced by the well-known investigative journalist Chai Jing, Continue reading →

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China Environment Panel 14:00 14th Mar / The Bookworm – Beijing

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by anthony on 15/02/15 at 3:55 pm

How does one reach beyond cliche to unearth the root causes of China’s environmental problems? Start by assembling a panel that rivals those you’d find at international summits: Continue reading →

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Yaxue Cao: Under the China Dome – A Reality Check

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Published: March 9, 2015

China’s left foot wants to go north, and China’s right foot wants to go south. Both feet have the same goal, and, that is, to maintain the one-party rule.

When I first watched Chai Jing’s Under the Dome a week ago, my response was like everyone else’s: “Bravo!” In early 2013, shortly after the prolonged smog that cloaked much of China which Chai Jing mentioned at the beginning of her film, political science professor Wu Qiang at Continue reading →

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For China, Open Internet May Not Mean Diminished Patriotism

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Pro-Beijing-rally-in-Hong-Kong-Johan-Nylander-DSC03201-1940x14553/04/2015 @ 9:36PM

Pro-Beijing rally in Hong Kong. Photo: Johan Nylander .

Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, Chinese netizens have seen their rights to write, read and interact online diminish gradually. Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned editor Raif Badawi may face death penalty

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According to unconfirmed reports, Raif (or Raef) Badawi, who was sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes , a fine, a 10-year travel ban and 10-year media participation ban for “insulting Islam” and “founding a liberal website”, may now face a retrial for Continue reading →

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HYI FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT DISCOVERS HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY RARE BOOK SIGNED

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Hu Shih rare book discoveryBY HU SHIH

Yifei Shi, a second-year student in the Regional Studies – East Asia (RSEA) A.M. program at Harvard and a recipient of the HYI-RSEA Fellowship, recently discovered a book in the Harvard-Yenching Library signed by Hu Shih that has now been reclassified as part of the Library’s rare book collection.

The book, entitled Two Newly Edited Texts Continue reading →

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