Tag Archives: Tibet

Minting money without a license

Tencent hits quarterly targets with virtual currency; water woes on the western border; Taiwan elections; a journalist’s odyssey in Lanzhou; Xinjiang riots.

Continue reading

Posted in Danwei Picks | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Minting money without a license

Pilots on strike?

domestic airliners of China Eastern Airlines from Kunming returned to base without touching down on their destination airports

Continue reading

Posted in Front Page of the Day | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Pilots on strike?

Perspective

Saudi Arabia and China: compare and contrast.

Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Perspective

Give Kristof a piece of your mind

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

Continue reading

Posted in Foreign media on China | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Give Kristof a piece of your mind

Religion and government in an uneasy mix

Phoenix Weekly (凤凰周刊) article from October, 2007, on government influence on religious practice in Tibet.

Continue reading

Posted in Government | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Religion and government in an uneasy mix

The rebirth of rural cooperatives

TEO on rural cooperatives; bad juju in Xinhua commentaries; Adidas underpays its workers; rice prices jump; the 1959 riots.

Continue reading

Posted in Danwei Picks | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on The rebirth of rural cooperatives

The Second Danwei Plenary Session

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

Continue reading

Posted in Foreign media on China | Tagged , | Comments Off on The Second Danwei Plenary Session

Tom Doctoroff: Don’t boycott the Olympics

An article by Tom Doctoroff agrguiing against an Olympic boycott.

Continue reading

Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Tom Doctoroff: Don’t boycott the Olympics

Normal service will resume soon

The People’s Daily has a slightly different take on Lhåsa from The Guardian.

Continue reading

Posted in State media | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Normal service will resume soon

Danwei Picks: Parsing the language of politicians and schoolgirls

‘Moral model’ Fang Yonggang dies; new envoys; Religion in Taiwan; ‘dia’ and the OED; Cultural Revolution language; Bush vs. Hu on Tibet; schools locked down.

Continue reading

Posted in From the Web | Tagged , | Comments Off on Danwei Picks: Parsing the language of politicians and schoolgirls