Category Archives: Foreign media on China

Nonsense reporting about China

Slate gets it wrong on Dalian and media censorship; Ars Technica and Boing Boing fear-monger about rss blockage in China.

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Harmonious Goldkorn

A few months ago, your correspondent answered some questions emailed to me by a journalism student for a research paper about Sino-African ties. I answered them briefly, and then thought nothing more of it. Then I saw yesterday’s China Daily. … Continue reading →

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China’s nuclear option — dumping dollars

China’s ‘Nuclear Option’ from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. Responses by Paul Craig Roberts, and Richard McGregor.

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The rare pleasure of a hotel shower

Ai Ma (艾玛) writes about taking a shower in the Beijing Hotel (北京饭店).

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Asia Times: guilty of plagiarism?

She’s not the only one working in the “grey” economy Recently, your correspondent wrote a Danwei post about a study measuring the size of China’s “grey” economy, and its failure to take into account certain types of “grey” income earned … Continue reading →

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Small Swords

Nice color scheme Small Swords is a promising new online magazine, produced in Shanghai. It’s an elegant and slightly eccentric collection of photos, essays and articles most of which are about Shanghai and China, although there are also stories such … Continue reading →

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Shanxi slaves and the Labor Contract Law

Zhang Xubo, whose legs were severed in a Shanxi “black” brick kiln in 2002 On Friday, June 29, the National People’s Congress voted to pass the Labor Contract Law. Media coverage, including articles in China Daily, The New York Times … Continue reading →

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Were Time and Fortune wrong about Hong Kong?

Time and Fortune admit their mistakes about the ‘Death of Hong Kong’. Or do they?

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Chinese Internet responses to slave children case

The case of the children enslaved at a Shanxi brick factory has been widely reported in the Western and Chinese media, and is all over the Internet in both Chinese and English languages (a good summary by Chen Peijin of … Continue reading →

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Protest at Real Salt Lake vs. China friendly

At a soccer match between Real Salt Lake and the Chinese national team last week, protesters waving the flags of Taiwan and Tibet were thrown out of the stadium after the Chinese manager threatened to halt the match.

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