Tag Archives: China

Reading the June 18 media circular

By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-06-20
There has been some degree of alarmism in the foreign press this week (1, 2, 3) over a (new?) set of restrictions issued by the Chinese government agency overseeing both print and broadcast media in the country. Continue reading

An Exclusive Essay By Ai Weiwei: ‘On Self-Censorship’

Posted: 06/19/2014 9:14 am EDT Updated: 06/19/2014 10:59 am EDT

AI WEIWEI SELF CENSORSHIP

It’s been a bad month for critics of the Chinese government, starting with the flood of arrests ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Now officials are battling a single man: their longtime opponent, the world-famous artist Ai Weiwei. Continue reading

Yang Hengjun: China Is Not the Soviet Union

 

Chinese analysts should stop asking China to follow in the footsteps of the USSR.

 

By Yang Hengjun

June 18, 2014
Right now there’s an interesting phenomenon: whenever something happens in China, there will always Continue reading

From Doctors to Kings: Who Are China’s ‘Old Friends’?

5:46 am HKT Jun 17, 2014

 

People’s Daily Press Continue reading

Chinese Fathers Who Beat Their Kids Get a Beating Online

3:26 pm HKT Jun 13, 2014

According to Weibo, most Chinese fathers aren’t as comforting as this one, Continue reading

The Contest for China’s Soul Will ambition or authoritarianism rule the day in modern China?

Dan Blumenthal
June 13, 2014

Within the U.S. foreign-policy community, the debate concerning China’s trajectory can be lively and enlightening. But as with any Continue reading

Decoding China’s Emerging “Great Power” Strategy in Asia

CHRISTOPHER K. JOHNSON, ERNEST Z. BOWER, VICTOR D. CHA, MICHAEL J. GREEN, MATTHEW P. GOODMAN06.01.14
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The course charted by China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for the East Asian security landscape writ large. Continue reading

‘Tank Man’ Googled in China as Hackers Bypass Censors

By Bloomberg News Jun 12, 2014 7:44 AM ET
China’s Internet users can access censored content, including references to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, after online activists created a website duplicating Google Inc. (GOOGL)’s restricted portal. Continue reading