Category Archives: Foreign media on China

Trade unions and social unrest in 2009

Peter Ford is Beijing bureau chief and reporter for the Christian Science Monitor. In the past 25 years the veteran journalist has worked for The Economist and the Financial Times amongst others, and has been in Baghdad before arriving in China. Danwei interviews Ford about trade unions and social unrest in 2009.

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37 years in China: CNN Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz

CNN’s Beijing bureau chief and ex-Time magazine reporter Jaime FlorCruz answers Danwei’s questions about his thirty years in China.

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Daily Telegraph hoaxed by spoof “character of the year” story

Telegraph suggests that intellectuals chose ‘chaos’ as China’s word of the year.

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New York Times exposes their own ‘anonymous’ source

Adam Minter looks at a story published today by The New York Times that quotes a source who ‘spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear that he would be further harassed’. But the article provides the name and address of the restaurant owned by the source.

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Singapore is cool

Lee Kuan-Yew on what China can learn from Singapore’s dealings with the Western media.

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The Western media on China, the Olympics and Tibet

A selection of links to different voices in the much-pilloried Western media.

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Yang Rui, the Dalai Lama and a scary caller from Iowa

Link and summary of NPR show about China, nationalism, Tibet etc.

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Challenging China bashing

Link to an online campaign to “challenge China bashing”.

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Give Kristof a piece of your mind

Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times wants your help.

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The Second Danwei Plenary Session

Rundown of the Second Danwei Plenary Session, 25 March 2008.

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