Artist Ai Weiwei Discovers Hidden 'Listening Devices' in Beijing Studio
By Tiffany Ap via CNN
October 5, 2015
"When I found these bugs, I had a strange feeling," he said.
Ai Weiwei, Chinese Communist Party, Surveillance, Politics, Espionage
U.S. Pulls Spies from China After Hack
By Evan Perez via CNN
September 30, 2015
The U.S. suspects that Chinese hackers were behind the breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which exposed the fingerprints of 5.6 million government employees.
U.S.-China Relations, Cyberattacks, Law, Cooperation, CIA, Espionage
China Says Arrests Two Japanese for Spying
By Linda Sieg and Kaori Kaneko via Reuters
September 30, 2015
Japan's Asahi newspaper said one man was taken into custody in China's northeast province of Liaoning near the border with North Korea and the other in the eastern province of Zhejiang near a military facility.
China-Japan Relations, Chinese Communist Party, Sino-Japanese War, Xi Jinping, Shinzo Abe, Espionage
Asia's Richest Man Li Voices Support For China's Leadership
By Farah Master via Reuters
September 29, 2015
Li said he resolutely supported China's path to reform and opening up.
Business, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Leadership, Leaders
China Says Investigating U.S. Woman Suspected of Spying
By Megha Rajagopalan via Reuters
September 22, 2015
An American woman suspected of spying is being investigated.
United States, Business, Detention, Women, Espionage
The New Asian Order
By Evan A. Feigenbaum via Foreign Policy
September 17, 2015
And How the United States Fits In.
Finance, Chinese Leadership, Leaders
U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China
By MATT APUZZO via New York Times
September 14, 2015
The Justice Department dropped all charges against Mr. Xi, the chairman of Temple University's physics department.
China: Through the Looking Glass
Maura Cunningham
September 10, 2015
Orientalism is generally understood as a bad thing. What the “Through the Looking Glass” exhibit designers attempted to do was reclaim Orientalism, demonstrating that Western designers might only have a superficial understanding of China, but that limited insight has been enough to inspire beautiful clothing.
Fashion, Art, Art History, Arts, Orientalism, Edward Said, Metropolitan Museum of Art
China and Russia: The World's New Superpower Axis?
By Emma Graham-Harrison, Alec Luhn, Shaun Walker, Ami Sedghi and Mark Rice-Oxley via Guardian
July 7, 2015
Russia and China are the ever-presents, a powerful pairing whose interests coincide more often than not.
China-Russia Relations, Geopolitics, Chinese Leadership, Leaders
China Parliament Ratifies BRICS Bank Agreement
By Ben Blanchard via Reuters
July 1, 2015
China ratifies an agreement with the world's largest emerging nations to create a new development bank, alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank.
BRICS, World Bank, Development
China Invests in the World
By Shannon Tiezzi via Diplomat
June 25, 2015
China’s outward foreign direct investment for the first five months of 2015 is up 50 percent from the same period in 2014, says Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
Foreign Direct Investment, Investment, International Trade, State-Owned Enterprises
Investors Flee China Funds in Historic Rush
By Alanna Petroff via CNN
June 12, 2015
Chinese funds just experienced the biggest exodus of money ever.
Trust Funds, Stock Market, Wealth, Development
Top Leaders to Host Suu Kyi on Her 1st Visit to China
By Louise Watt via Associated Press
June 10, 2015
The five-day visit includes no public appearances and gives Beijing a chance to get to know Suu Kyi as her country has shifted toward the West.
China-Myanmar Relations, Democracy, Border Conflict, Development
Traces II
By Ian Teh via Granta
May 20, 2015
Few rivers have captured the soul of a nation more deeply than the Yellow River. Historically a symbol of enduring glory, a force of nature both feared and revered, it has provided water for life downstream for thousands of years.
Tibetan Plateau, Climate Change, Water, Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography
Falling Oil Prices Push Venezuela Deeper Into China’s Orbit
By Peter Wilson via Businessweek
December 14, 2014
The late Hugo Chávez cozied up to China as part of his drive to curb U.S. influence in the Americas. Maduro, like his predecessor, has relied on Beijing to underwrite Venezuela’s flagging socialist revolution and finance the country’s gaping fiscal deficits.
Venezuela, Oil, China-Latin America Relations, Latin America
The War of Words in China
By Andrew Jacobs via New York Times
August 4, 2014
I didn't ask for a Wikipedia page, but a few months ago, alerted by a friend, I found that someone had created one, ostensibly devoted to my journalistic achievements, but accusing me of writing over 400 mostly negative articles on China.
Soft Power, The New York Times
Local Government Threatens Severe Punishments for Families of Tibetan Self-Immolators
By Patrick Boehler via South China Morning Post
February 20, 2014
A county in Sichuan province has issued guidelines aimed at punishing family members of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in their homeland.
Tibet, Self-Immolation, Local Government, Sichuan
Chinese Dissident Lands at Cato Institute With a Caution to Colleauges
By Tamar Lewin via New York Times
February 10, 2014
Xia Yeliang, dismissed from his job as an economics professor at Peking University after clashes with his government over liberalization, warned that American universities should be careful about partnerships with Chinese universities. “They use the reputations of Western universities to cover their own scandals,” he said.
Peking University, Xia Yeliang, Charter 08, Dissidents and Activists
Letter from Beijing
By Helen Gao via Prospect Magazine
September 11, 2013
For recent college graduates strugglgin to find a job, positions inside the government, the state enterprises and state banks, which offer steady incomes and generous benefits, have increased dramatically in their appeal.
Graduates, State-Owned Enterprises, Employment, Jobs, Unemployment
The Chimerica Dream
By Pepe Escobar via TomDispatch
June 20, 2013
Whatever the confusions and difficulties the Chinese leadership faces, Beijing seems to understand the realities behind Washington’s strategic intentions. One wonders whether the reverse applies.
U.S.-China Relations, Xi Jinping
Mother Loses Son, Then Daughter In Both Sichuan Earthquakes
By Chris Luo via South China Morning Post
April 26, 2013
Life has not been fair for 50-year-old Lu Jingkang, who lost her teenage daughter in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Yaan on April 20, 2013. Barely five years earlier, she lost her son in the other catastrophic Sichuan earthquake, in Wenchuan.
Yaan Earthquake, Wenchuan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Sichuan
Poet’s Nightmare In Chinese Prison
By Elaine Sciolino via New York Times
April 16, 2013
Chinese author and poet Liao Yiwu on his reluctant dissent, his years in a Chinese prison, his relatively new celebrity status, and living with the torturous memories of his violent experiences.
Imprisonment, Liao Yiwu, Tiananmen Protests
Mo Yan Grants First Interview Since Winning Nobel Prize
By Anthony Tao via Beijing Cream
March 1, 2013
A look at the highlights from a Der Spiegel interview with Mo, covering Ai Weiwei’s and Liao Yiwu’s criticism of the author, his comments on the Cultural Revolution, and his relationship with the government.
Mo Yan, Ai Weiwei, Liao Yiwu, Literature, Nobel Prize
U.S.: Hacking Attacks Are Constant Topic Of Talks With China
By Anita Kumar and Tom Lasseter via McClatchy
February 22, 2013
Obama administration officials acknowledged that China’s involvement in cyber-attacks is a near-constant subject of conversation between the nations’ officials but that there have been few signs that China is willing to stop the attacks.
U.S.-China Relations, Cyberattacks, Mandiant, People’s Liberation Army
The Next War?
By Michael Klare via TomDispatch
January 22, 2013
China, Japan, and various other Asian countries insist a group of tiny islands are theirs alone. Toss in national pride and you have the potential for one of the dumber, more destructive face-offs in recent history.
Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands