Over Exposure,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Over Exposure, Lisa Movius
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
“The Expo story that couldn’t be printed.” That’s what editors at Shanghai’s City Weekend magazine found they had on their hands several weeks ago, when Chinese censors deemed the story below “too negative” to run. A revised version was subsequently submitted, approved by the censors, and printed in the January 20, 2010 issue. City Weekend decided not to post the original story on its website as planned, as they were told it was inadvisable due to an official caution against publishing media reports critical of the Expo. Here, we are pleased to share with China Beat readers the full, uncensored …
Lessons From Sichuan For Haitian Survivors,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lessons From Sichuan For Haitian Survivors, Sascha Matuszak
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
China has just sent its second medical team to Haiti, along with 20 tons of supplies and five Chinese peacekeepers to replace the four who died in the earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince on January 12th. The current group replaces a set of Chinese International Search and Rescue workers and sniffer dogs who arrived in Haiti the day after the disaster struck.
Five C’S On China, Censorship, And Cyberspace,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Five C’S On China, Censorship, And Cyberspace
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
We’re continuing to track the Google and China story, and wanted to call your attention to these particularly good pieces of writing — each of which brought a “c” adjective to mind:
Capturing Chinese With Help From Lu Xun,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Capturing Chinese With Help From Lu Xun
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
We’ve run several posts on Lu Xun at China Beat recently (including this one by Julia Lovell and this one by Sean Macdonald). While Lovell’s new translation of Lu Xun’s stories caters to an Anglophone audience, Kevin Nadolny wanted to create a reader that made Lu Xun more accessible to Chinese-language learners. His new text, Capturing Chinese: Short Stories from Lu Xun’s Nahan, features a fully glossed text of Lu Xun’s short stories so that language learners can focus on reading and comprehension rather than their dictionaries. Here, Kevin answers questions about his motivations for creating the reader and his …
When Skinny Is Too Thin,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
When Skinny Is Too Thin
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Many Taiwanese are becoming increasingly concerned for the health of First Lady Chow Mei-ching 周美青 (Christine Chow Ma), who suffered a spinal injury after being bowled over by a group of overenthusiastic children while visiting a primary school in Pingtung 屏東 County on March 3. She was released from the hospital on March 16, but despite repeated Presidential Office reassurances that the First Lady is in good health doctors have ordered two months of additional bed rest, meaning that she had to miss the opening game of Taiwan’s professional baseball league on March 20 (the First Lady is an avid …
A New Book (Almost In The Bookstores) And Some Boston To Boulder Speaking Dates,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
A New Book (Almost In The Bookstores) And Some Boston To Boulder Speaking Dates
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Back when the “China Beat” was in its infancy (figuring that blog years should be reckoned like dog years, it is now solidly in its adolescence), those of us involved in launching it thought that a fair amount of its content might well end up taking the form of “Self-Promotion Saturday” posts (shamelessly touting activities we’d been involved in) or “Coming Distractions” reviews (discussions of books that were about to appear, films that were in the works, upcoming conferences, etc.). Thankfully, the content has turned out to be much more varied, so these two features have only made up a …
The End Of The Revolution: China And The Limits Of Modernity,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The End Of The Revolution: China And The Limits Of Modernity
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
When the Association for Asian Studies meets in Philadelphia later this week, one of the keynote speakers will be Tsinghua University professor and noted public intellectual Wang Hui, whose talk on Saturday evening is free and open to the public. A former editor of Dushu(“Reading”), Wang’s writings include China’s New Order: Society, Politics, and Economy in Transition(Harvard, 2003), as well as a recently released collection of essays, The End of the Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity (Verso, 2009). Here, we are pleased to share with China Beat readers an excerpt from the English edition introduction of The End …
Olympic Fever! From Beijing To Vancouver And Back,
2010
University of British Columbia
Olympic Fever! From Beijing To Vancouver And Back, David Luesink
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are now over, and most of the athletes, media, and tourists have left my home city. If the media (particularly British media) began by focusing primarily on negative issues, the drama of national teams, and individual athletes and overall medal counts seemed to drown out the naysayers, much as in Beijing two years ago. Both host countries came off as excellent hosts, and both host countries carried home unprecedented numbers of medals. If for China their Olympics had been a coming out party, an end to a century of general humiliation, for Canada these games …
How Does China Help Africa?,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
How Does China Help Africa?, Angilee Shah
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
If the headlines are any indication, it’s time for a proper China scare. A sampling from recent news stories on China’s involvement in Africa include: “China throws birthday bash for Zimbabwe’s Mugabe” (Reuters), “Namibia Bans Chinese Investment in Beauty Salons” (Bloomberg), and “China Unicom Denies African Expansion” (Forbes).
International Women’S Day: Readings Around The Web,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
International Women’S Day: Readings Around The Web
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
1. Shanghaiist has a Women’s Day post that includes an interesting Al Jazeera report on Wu Qing, a women’s rights activist and district People’s Congress representative. The video follows Wu Qing as she teaches at Beijing’s Rural Women Training School, instructing village women on their constitutional rights and encouraging them to pursue education and employment opportunities.
A Q-And-A With Jeremy Goldkorn Of Danwei.Org,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
A Q-And-A With Jeremy Goldkorn Of Danwei.Org
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham: How did Danwei get started, and what is its primary mission? Has this changed over time?
Lantern Festival,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lantern Festival
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
“To the unceasing banging of fireworks, and in the last snow of winter, a child and her grandfather light a sparkler to celebrate lantern festival, or yuanxiaojie.
Recent And Upcoming Conversations In China,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Recent And Upcoming Conversations In China
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
This post follows up on previous ones, such as those found here and here, that have focused on the way that public conversations about China can complement other kinds of methods for communicating ideas and information about the country, from lectures given by one person to written works ranging from essays to books. One thing that has inspired me to revisit this subject is that I’ve become addicted (and this certainly qualifies as a “positive addiction”) to the Sinica podcasts hosted by Kaiser Kuo.
Treat Human Beings As Humans,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Treat Human Beings As Humans, Zhang Lijia
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The suicides among workers at Foxconn and the ongoing strikes at Honda and other foreign-owned factories are cries for help. Within its Shenzhen plant, Foxconn seems to provide everything its 400,000 workers can hope for: canteens, clinics, a library, entertainment and sports facilities.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Chinese-Language Preface,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Chinese-Language Preface
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Earlier this week, we published an English translation of the preface that James W. Loewen penned for the Chinese edition of his bestselling book
A Coming Sino-U.S. Currency Battle? Obama Speaks Out About The Renminbi,
2010
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
A Coming Sino-U.S. Currency Battle? Obama Speaks Out About The Renminbi, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
On November 19, 2009, I posted a story here at China Beat that I titled “The Good, the Bad, and the Boring.” The article was a review of Barack Obama’s first presidential visit to China, during which he held a somewhat bland town hall meeting in Shanghai, performed the de rigueur tours of the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, and met with Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders behind closed doors. All in all, Obama’s trip seemed to be little more than an icebreaker, a quick and innocuous introduction to one of America’s most important strategic partners. But that …
Where To Begin: Five (Or More) Books About Daoism,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Where To Begin: Five (Or More) Books About Daoism, Ian Johnson
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
With all the attention to Confucius and Confucianism, it is easy to forget how important other philosophical and religious traditions have been in shaping China’s past and influencing its present. Ian Johnson helps rectify this imbalance of coverage with “The Rise of the Tao,” a long essay in the latest issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine that highlights the significance of the Daoist revival and introduces readers to an abbess who is part of this resurgence of belief. As the very first journalist China Beat ever interviewed for the site (and someone who took part in a China …
Queueing,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Queueing
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
“In queue to visit the Indian pavilion at Shanghai’s World Expo, the man in front of me purveys what will be another hour of standing in the drizzle.
China’S Glee,
2010
University of Manchester
China’S Glee, William A. Callahan
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Since mid-2009, China has become much more assertive in world affairs, taking positions that challenge the US and Europe on numerous fronts including climate change, exchange rates, nuclear Iran, cyber security, and human rights. This list of problems came as a surprise to the many experts who for the past decade have been telling us that China’s peaceful rise demonstrates that Beijing has been socialized into the international system as a responsible actor.
Book Tour Updates: Mid-May Talks,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Book Tour Updates: Mid-May Talks
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
When the dust settles from my still-in-progress “book tour for the post-book tour age” (as I’ve taken to calling the series of events relating to China in the 21st Century that I’ve been taking part in, sometimes having the stage to myself, sometimes sharing it with others), I’m going to try to write something about the experience as a whole (though there won’t be any video log of my travels a la theones by Rebecca Skloot I’ve been enjoying: h/t to Mara H. for leading me to them on the web). But for now I’m still too busy accumulating frequent …
