Facebook And The People In The Iron House: 非死不可？,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Facebook And The People In The Iron House: 非死不可？, James A. Millard
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
“Maybe we will block content in some countries, but not others,” Adam Conner, a Facebook lobbyist, told the [Wall Street] Journal. “We are occasionally held in uncomfortable positions because now we’re allowing too much, maybe, free speech in countries that haven’t experienced it before,” he said.
China Beat Event: “Nationalism And Religion In Twentieth-
Century Asia,” Friday 4/22,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
China Beat Event: “Nationalism And Religion In Twentieth- Century Asia,” Friday 4/22
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
China Beat readers in Southern California are invited to join us this Friday at UC Irvine for a dialogue between James Carter of Saint Joseph’s University and UCI’s Vinayak Chaturvedi, who will be discussing the topic of “Nationalism and Religion in Twentieth-Century Asia.” Carter’s new book is Heart of Buddha, Heart of China: The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth-Century Monk (read an excerpt here); Chaturvedi is author of Peasant Pasts: History and Memory in Western India.
Understanding China,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Understanding China, Ron Javers
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Though the lyric was written for and recorded by Nina Simone in 1964, most Americans who remember it at all probably remember best the 1965 cover by Eric Burdon and the Animals, with its twangy guitar riffs and R&B-fired shriek of entreaty.
Ai Weiwei And Qingming,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Ai Weiwei And Qingming, Lionel M. Jensen
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Ai Weiwei (as most readers of this blog will know), perhaps China’s best-known artist and provocateur, is missing. Like so many other people of conscience and voice in the past two years, he is gone. Swallowed by the insatiable fear of the state’s authoritarian belly. It has been more than four days since his apprehension and his wife, Lu Qing, who was also detained and questioned, has not heard from him; he is unreachable by phone.
Mourning The Soviet Union,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Mourning The Soviet Union, Nicolai Volland
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Twenty years ago, on 23 August 1991, a grimlooking Boris Yeltsin shoved a sheet of paper in front of Mikhail Gorbachev with the words, “You read this now!” Gorbachev, who had just returned to Moscow after the abortive coup d’état led by KGB generals and hardliners in his own Party, appeared tense and insecure. In front of a stunned international TV audience (original footage here [at 01:25]), he did as he was told. Gorbachev’s decree was the first in a number of documents that led to the ban of the once mighty Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Dalian’S Past, Dalian’S Present, Part 3,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dalian’S Past, Dalian’S Present, Part 3, Christian Hess
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The past week has seen Dalian become the focal point of significant global press coverage for two different reasons. The uptick in interest started with the maiden voyage of China’s first aircraft carrier, the former Soviet vessel Varyag, which set sail from Dalian’s harbour after years of not-so-secret rebuilding. More recently, the ongoing drama of citywide protests over the feared environmental impact caused by damage to one of the city’s major chemical plants has made the rounds of the international press.
Dalian’S Past, Dalian’S Present, Part 1,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dalian’S Past, Dalian’S Present, Part 1, Meg Rithmire
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Where is Dalian, the city that has just made its way into international headlines due to largescale demonstrations in its central square? Ask this question in China and “Dongbei” is the one word answer you are likely to get. And you can’t argue with it. The term means simply “Northeast”—with the first character the same one that’s in the song “Dongfang Hong” (The East is Red) and the second the same one that’s in Beijing (literally: Northern Capital)—and on a map of the country, Dalian is right up there in the right hand corner (the red dot on the image …
Obama Should Buy Hu A Burger,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Obama Should Buy Hu A Burger, Yong Chen
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Many people in both the U.S. and China were happy to hear that the Obamas were hosting a state dinner last night to welcome the visiting Chinese President, Mr. Hu Jintao. Finally, President Hu got the dinner that George W. Bush declined to offer him (substituting a less formal lunch instead); the last time a Chinese visitor was treated to a state dinner was 13 years ago. People see the Obama gesture, quite correctly, as a sign of respect and recognition of the importance of Sino-American relations. But the menu,which included meat, potatoes, apple pie, and ice cream, does not …
Swearing Down The Law – A Debate (Continued),
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Swearing Down The Law – A Debate (Continued), Jerome Bourgon, Paul R. Katz
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
PK: The key difference in our views lies in the way we define the term “continuum”. This can be seen in the following two statements: a) “The term continuum causes us to believe that there is something like a continuity between earthly and underworld justice, or at least that both were included in a coherent framework”; b) “Continuum leads one to expect not mere coexistence but a real coherence or a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct”. If I understand you correctly, you seem to be arguing …
China Beat Birthday: Now We Are Three,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
China Beat Birthday: Now We Are Three
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
China Beat very quietly celebrated its third birthday last Friday, making the site now almost a senior citizen in the constantly enlarging arena of China blogs. While we’re very happy with the work we’ve been doing for the past three years—and we hope China Beat readers and contributors are equally pleased with our efforts—it’s always nice to shake things up a bit. For that reason, China Beat is now undertaking a collaborative venture with the journal Twentieth-Century China, a move that we hope will continue to bring together the worlds of online and print publishing.
Reading Round-Up, 2/27/2011,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Reading Round-Up, 2/27/2011
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
• Guest-blogging for James Fallows last week, Jeremiah Jenne devoted several of his posts to discussions of protests and the possibility of a “Jasmine Revolution” in China. His columns on this topic include “China: Not Quite a Revolution,” “After Protests, Beijing Cracks Down,” and “In China, Droughts Bring the Crazy.” Jenne also provided on-the-spot reporting today from Wangfujing in Beijing, the site of a planned protest that was primarily attended by security forces and foreign journalists.
From The Group Comes The Nation: China’S First Mass Political Organization, The Baohuanghui,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
From The Group Comes The Nation: China’S First Mass Political Organization, The Baohuanghui, Jane Leung Larson
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
We recently learned that the Chinese government has deemed the term “civil society” [gongmin shehui 公民社会] too sensitive to use in Chinese news reports. Apparently, even the mention of Chinese citizens voluntarily joining together for a common cause challenges the authority of China’s rulers, especially when that cause is political. Such aversion to autonomous organizations goes back to imperial China, and it was not until the last throes of the Qing dynasty that the first truly political Chinese organization emerged and grew. And that organization had no choice but to be based outside of China.
(Not Quite) Frivolous Friday: High Tea And The Opium War,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
(Not Quite) Frivolous Friday: High Tea And The Opium War
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
Have you ever wondered how you might have fared as an opium trader in the early decades of the nineteenth century? Maybe not . . . but now you can try your hand at the trade nevertheless. UC Irvine grad student Christopher Heselton alerted us to this opportunity by sending along a link to High Tea, available free online from Armor Games. Players are given a tea order that they have to meet by a certain deadline, but must first raise capital to buy the tea by joining the ranks of opium smugglers operating around the Pearl River Delta. Watch …
Not Drowning But Waving?,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Not Drowning But Waving?, Tom Bannister
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
There are many migrant workers in China. Look from any urban window and you will doubtless see several hundred constructing the next high-rise apartment block in that city’s endless stream of development. The migrant worker is one of the most remarkable features of the reform era; with numbers in the range of 200 million, they represent around 3% of the world’s population and would form the world’s fifth most populous country. Together they have created the phenomenon of China’s ‘floating population’ (Liudong renkou, 流动人口), the largest peacetime movement of people in history. However, this is not the ordinary …
Beyond The Nation Brand:The Role Of Image And Identity In International Relations,
2011
U.K. Foreign Office Public Diplomacy Board
Beyond The Nation Brand:The Role Of Image And Identity In International Relations, Simon Anholt
Exchange: The Journal of Public Diplomacy
Although the term "nation branding" is frequently associated with the act of creating favorable images of countries through marketing communications, little evidence suggests this is possible. This paper discusses how the "nation brand" can really be enhanced through strategy, substance, and symbolic actions. Country examples such as South Korea are used to discuss issues in branding, including reputation management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sovereignty.
Public Diplomacy Following 9/11: The Saudi Peace Initiative And “Allies” Media Campaign,
2011
University of Southern California
Public Diplomacy Following 9/11: The Saudi Peace Initiative And “Allies” Media Campaign, Candace R. Burnham
Exchange: The Journal of Public Diplomacy
From 2001 to 2004, Saudi Arabia engaged in a variety of Public Diplomacy and Public Relations efforts to improve their image in the United States. This paper examines two such efforts, as well as their effectiveness.
Book Review: The Practice Of Public Diplomacy – Confronting Challenges Abroad,
2011
Syracuse University
Book Review: The Practice Of Public Diplomacy – Confronting Challenges Abroad, Michael Schneider
Exchange: The Journal of Public Diplomacy
The Practice of Public Diplomacy – Confronting Challenges Abroad, a compilation of essays by public diplomacy students at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, presents several key themes concerned about the field of public diplomacy. Edited by Amb. William Rugh, the book analyzes public diplomacy initiatives conducted throughout the world.
Swearing Down The Law – A Debate,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Swearing Down The Law – A Debate, Jerome Bourgon, Paul R. Katz
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The following debate between Jérôme Bourgon and Paul R. Katz treats one of the most important issues in the study of Chinese social history in general and Chinese legal culture in particular, namely the striking similarities, or correspondences, between litigation and judicial rituals performed to resolve disputes or even deal with plaints filed by the dead.
Misunderstanding A Nationalist Cause,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Misunderstanding A Nationalist Cause, Angilee Shah
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
The plight of Uyghurs in China entered U.S. consciousness after 9/11. Since 2002, 22 migrant Uyghurs were detained at Guantánamo Bay after being turned over to the United States by bounty hunters in Pakistan. By 2008, the men were no longer considered enemy combatants. Seventeen of them have been released to Switzerland, Palau, Bermuda and Albania. The United States so far has not accepted any of the innocent detainees, nor is the State Department willing to send them back to China where they would likely be persecuted as separatists.
Reading Round-Up: February 8, 2011,
2011
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Reading Round-Up: February 8, 2011
China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012
• The Philadelphia leg of the “Secrets of the Silk Road” exhibit, which has already made stops in Orange County, CA and Houston, was abruptly canceled last week. Why? At Far West China, Josh Summers explores several theories regarding the reasons behind this decision.
