Photo of the Day: The Forbidden City at sundown by Michael Steverson
Chen Guangcheng Arrives in New York
Following his sudden departure last night from his hospital in Beijing, legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York and greeted the media near New York University, where he is expected to take up a fellowship. From CNN: United Airlines Flight 88 landed at New York/Newark Liberty International Airport to little fanfare after the U.S. State Department prohibited public and media access. Less than two hours later, Chen, 40, spoke from New York University, where he will participate in a fellow
NYT: Inside the Princeling “Spoils System”...
The New York Times dives into the upper echelons of China’s political elite, where relatives of party officials have enriched themselves within an “ecosystem of crony capitalism&# ...
Pentagon: China’s Military Getting Stronger
In an annual report to Congress on military and security developments in China, released on Friday, The Pentagon detailed the significant investment in and modernization of China’s mili ...
Hexie Farm (蟹农场 ): The Kiss of Freedom
In his latest contribution to his series for CDT, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm celebrates the news that activist Chen Guangcheng is reportedly on a flight headed for the U.S. af ...
TV Host Applauds “Cleaning Out Foreign Trash”...
Since 2000, Yang Rui has been the host of English-language CCTV 9′s ‘Dialogue’ talk show and as such, in James Fallows’ words, part of “the face the government w ...
Chen Guangcheng Prepares to Fly to the U.S.
On Saturday, Chen Guangcheng, who has spent two weeks in a hospital in Beijing after escaping de facto house arrest in Shandong Province and then seeking refuge in the U.S. Embassy, is report ...
Wu’er Kaixi: China’s “Most Unwanted”...
Former Tiananmen protest leader and long-exiled dissident Wu’er Kaixi marched up to the Chinese Embassy in Washington today, looking to get arrested. In a seeming inversion of recent ap ...Politics
Imperiled Buddhas and Sino-Afghan Relations
By investing heavily in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, China h ...
Economy
Will Facebook Enter China?
As Facebook is set the launch the most-anticipated IPO in years, o ...
Culture & the Arts
Of Quackery, Rhinos and Tigers
Last week’s Economist noted an almost thirty-fold increase i ...
China & the World
Court Sentences “Most Wanted Fugitive” to Life
Chinese state media reported Friday that a Xiamen court convicted ...
Information Revolution
Word of the Week: The Law is not a Shield
Editor’s Note: The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space ...
Environment
Signs of Solution in Iceland Land Deal
After rejecting his offer to buy a 300 square km piece of land in ...
