This is the companion blog to the China Notebook e-mail news bulletin I send out every day or two. If you’d like to be on mailing list send me a note with the subject “subscribe China Notebook” and I’ll add you to the roster. Entries will also be archived here.
Monday, August 24, 2009
China Notebook: 8-24-09
Mother and Song, Rough and Tough Village, Tibetan Hinterlands - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*New York Times: Without explanation, China releases 3 activists
*Bloomberg: China’s 2 percent inflation estimate puzzles economists as prices fall
*Wall Street Journal: China invests in Latin America’s raw materials
*New York Times: Without explanation, China releases 3 activists
*Bloomberg: China’s 2 percent inflation estimate puzzles economists as prices fall
*Wall Street Journal: China invests in Latin America’s raw materials
*Caijing: Former mayor sentenced to death with reprieve
*Brookings: China’s new think tanks
*New York Daily News: Chinese crime connection found for Aquaduct casino bidder (New Jersey)
*Brookings: China’s new think tanks
*New York Daily News: Chinese crime connection found for Aquaduct casino bidder (New Jersey)
*eTaiwanNews: Taiwan cannot accept Chinese strings on aid
*Sydney Morning Herald: Shock and ore (a close second)
From the blogs:
*AsiaBizBlog: Federal court enforces Chinese judgement against American company
*Paper Republic: Wolf Totem: The film adaptation
Saturday, August 22, 2009
China Notebook: 8-22-09
Calligraphy Girl, Lanting Garden, Zhejiang - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*AFP: Obama to visit Beijing in November
*Associated Press: Taiwan begins 3-day mourning period after typhoon
*Reuters: How is Typhoon Morakot affecting Taiwan’s economy?
*Associated Press: Taiwan begins 3-day mourning period after typhoon
*Reuters: How is Typhoon Morakot affecting Taiwan’s economy?
*Al Jazeera: Two held in China lead poison case
*Shanghai Daily: China sees rising risk of H1N1 this winter
*New York Times: Tension increases as China and Australia grow closer
*Bloomberg: China Construction Bank profit beats forecast
*Reuters: Pakistan leader backs China over Xinjiang
*Traffic: China’s fisheries must adapt to meet EU regulations
*Wellesley: Serve the People: Images of Daily Life in China During the Cultural Revolution
*On Earth Magazine: Renewing our dependence
From the blogs:
*China Sports Today: World’s largest recreational bicycle race to stop in Yunnan next month
*Time China Blog: Less carbon, more lead
*ChinaHush: Hello! Comrade! Gay China
*China Law Prof Blog: Documents in the Tan Zuoren case
Thursday, August 20, 2009
China Notebook: 8-20-09
Ya 'Er Hutong, Beijing - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*The Guardian: Crusading Chinese police chief takes fight to Chongqing mafia
*AFP: Lead poisoning scare spreads to central China
*Reuters: Deaths, lung damage linked to nanoparticles in China
*AFP: Lead poisoning scare spreads to central China
*Reuters: Deaths, lung damage linked to nanoparticles in China
*Caijing: Reality check for prophets of protectionism
*Bloomberg: Taiwan officials quit amid criticism of typhoon effort
*Al Jazeera: China launches military website
*Shanghai Daily: Shanghai’s manufacturers face tough task
*Yachting World: First Chinese sails solo around the world
*Caijing: Audit of state bank loans to begin soon
From the blogs:
*ChinaNewsWrap: Three more Chinese companies implicated in U.S. bribery case
*Fifty 5: Dildo calligraphy
*Cleantech Group: China’s top utility breaks ground on Jiuquan wind farm
*China Digital Times: Wang Changjiang: The source of discontent in ordinary people toward cadres
*Zhongnanhai: Battling fake pills in China
*China Digital Times: Wang Changjiang: The source of discontent in ordinary people toward cadres
*Zhongnanhai: Battling fake pills in China
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
China Notebook: 8-18-09
CHINT Electrical Switch Production, Zhejiang - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*Xinhua: Angry villagers stage lead poisoning protest
*New York Times: Bowing to protests, China halts privatization of steel mill
*CBC: Beijing art show excludes earthquake pieces
*Xinhua: Angry villagers stage lead poisoning protest
*New York Times: Bowing to protests, China halts privatization of steel mill
*CBC: Beijing art show excludes earthquake pieces
*New York Times: Patrick Radden Keefe’s ‘Snakehead’ - Wave of immigrants smuggled from China (books)
*The Australian: Askar Grey Wolf: Songs from the old Silk Road
*East Asia Forum: One party, two coalitions in China’s politics
*Fox News: Giant Panda could be extinct in two or three generations
*Financial Times: Ecuador-China $1 billion oil deal
From the blogs:
*Managing the Dragon: China takes a different road
*Huffington Post: Xu Zhiyong and what his detention means for rule of law in China
*Forgotten Archipelagoes: Reminder: Law on administrative coercive measures
*Time China Blog: Morakot in Taiwan and Sichuan quake donations
*China Law & Policy: Trash in China: A pollution problem that could choke the world
From the blogs:
*Managing the Dragon: China takes a different road
*Huffington Post: Xu Zhiyong and what his detention means for rule of law in China
*Forgotten Archipelagoes: Reminder: Law on administrative coercive measures
*Time China Blog: Morakot in Taiwan and Sichuan quake donations
*China Law & Policy: Trash in China: A pollution problem that could choke the world
Sunday, August 16, 2009
China Notebook: 8-16-09
Gracious Greeting - Forests of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*Taipei Times: Truth to power
*Straits Times: Consumer credit firms allowed
*Associated Press: Hundreds of China steel workers trap official during 4-day protest of plant purchase
*Taipei Times: Truth to power
*Straits Times: Consumer credit firms allowed
*Associated Press: Hundreds of China steel workers trap official during 4-day protest of plant purchase
*New York Times: Shanghai is sprucing up its image
*Shanghai Daily: Taiwan in new call for aid
*Forbes: Should you look for work in China?
*Asia News Net: Mixed reaction to WTO ruling on China
*BBC: China to improve access for media
*Bay Area Independent Media: China sentences eight Tibetans to varying prison terms in Tibet
*Investment Executive: Mission to China a success, says Canada’s Flaherty
*Bangkok Post: China-Asean fund proposed
From the blogs:
*Danwei: The Rio Tinto case in the Chinese media
*RGE Monitor: China rising, rent-seeking version
*Huffington Post: President Hu, tear down this firewall
Thursday, August 13, 2009
China Notebook: 8-13-09
Hazard - Migrant Worker, Beijing - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*New York Times: Taiwan president is target of anger after typhoon
*BBC: China scales back Green Dam screening plan
*China Post: More torrential rain forecast for Taiwan
*New York Times: Taiwan president is target of anger after typhoon
*BBC: China scales back Green Dam screening plan
*China Post: More torrential rain forecast for Taiwan
*San Francisco Chronicle: Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet service
*MarketWatch: Slowing loan growth positive for China banks
*Reporters Without Borders: A month without word of detained blogger Ilham Tohti
*Chatham House: Asian companies thirst for African oil
*Channel News Asia: China steel makers urged to stop future projects
*Chatham House: Asian companies thirst for African oil
*Channel News Asia: China steel makers urged to stop future projects
*The National: China opens tourist floodgates to UAE
*China Human Rights Defenders: Chengdu police and court flaunt law in ‘truly disgraceful’ trial of Tan Zuoren
From the blogs:
*China Law Prof Blog: He Weifang vs. China’s legal establishment on the ‘Three Supremes’
*Go Kunming: India says no to Stilwell Road
*Seeking Alpha: China’s exports recovery - We don’t buy it
*China Digital Times: Chinese Tweets: ‘Send your feelings’ to Xu Zhiyong today!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
China Notebook: 8-12-09
Kung Fu Girl, Dalian -From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com
In the news:
*The Telegraph: Rio Tinto four escape charge of stealing state secrets
*Reuters AlertNet: Hundreds still missing from Taiwan mudslide
*The National: China takes lead in green race
*Reuters AlertNet: Hundreds still missing from Taiwan mudslide
*The National: China takes lead in green race
*Straits Times: China warns of arms race
*Shanghai Daily: When red turbans were a familiar sight
*Financial Times: Europe needs to screen Chinese investment
*New York Times: Recovery in Asia begins to gather steam
*Economic Observer: What’s behind the surge in Beijing’s property prices?
*China CSR: American company admits to bribery case in China
*China Human Rights Defenders: China human rights briefing, Aug 3-9
From the blogs:
*BusinessWeek Reporter’s Notebook: Returnee entrepreneurs in China, part 1
*Asia Health Care Blog: Traditional Chinese medicine and China’s health reform
*RGE Monitor: What should have been discussed at the S&ED Meetings, part 1
*Index on Censorship Blog: Founder of Chinese political party on trial
