Stories about China from December, 2007
China: Youth Died in Police Station
A eleven years old boy was found dead in a police station in Kaifeng City. He was detained by the police for 8 days for stealing 13 bicycles. His parent...
China: Netizens Want More Government Control?
Fons from China Herald links to a report done by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in which 41% wants more political control in the cyberspace.
China: Group Rentals
Nan Yang from Virtual China blogs about the impact of Shanghai regulation against group renting to ordinary people and the fact that such regulation maybe illegal in nature.
China: Pollution map of China released
Just days after organizers of next year's Beijing Olympics say the games might need to be rescheduled due to harmful pollution levels, prominent environmentalists release their China Air Pollution Map, showing how and where more than 4,000 corporations—multinationals among them—have left their toxic mark, names included.
China: Mock Press Conference
Zhao Shilong blogs about a mock press conference organized by the Journalism department of Zhongshan University for training their students (zh).
China: Lust, Caution and Cultural Revolution
Wu Li from my 1510 finds out that those university students who had made appeal to the Cultural Bureau to criticize the movie Lust, Caution! hadn't viewed the movie when...
China: The Warlords’ Political Debate
Josie Liu from China in Transition discusses the political debate around a newly released Hong Kong movie “The Warlords”.
China: New Holiday Plan
The Labour Day Golden Week has become history, the government has announced a new holiday plan in China. Details via Dan Washburn, from Shanghaiist.
China: Fake Meat at University Canteen
Zhaomu blogs about the fake meat issue at Peking University's Canteen. Because of the rise of pork price, the canteen used bean fiber as substitution. When the issue had been...
China: Public Opinion on Xiamen PX
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI reports on a public opinion poll on the construction of the Xiamen PX chemical factory. 55,376 of 58,454 votes were cast against the project. Lian yue...
China: Free Music Deal
Fons from China Herald blogs about the deal between EMI and Baidu on free internet music service.
China: Migrant Worker Song
Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist blogs about this year's Spring Festival show specialty: Migrant worker song performance. But is it really about the migrant workers? The story seems to be more...
China: Forgetting Nanjing Massacre
Yesterday (December 13) was the 70 year memorial of Nanjing Massacre. The Chinese government is trying to downplay the historical issue by stressing that they don't want to stir up...
China: Most Searched Questions
Keso compares the 10 most searched “what and how questions by Google (English) and Baidu (Chinese) and he finds out that Chinese speakers are more concerned with money and stock...
China: Government Subsidy for China Petro
Izaobao wonders why Sinopec and China pectro are asking for government subsidy, on the other hand, investors are gaining huge amount of dividend from the companies profit (zh).
China: Bullog's top stories of 2007
Is it top ten year-end list time yet? Bullog International blogger Song Shinan gives us eight choices [zh] in a vote for blog story of the year at Bullog, the...
China: Please, Give Me a Job
Although there are almost half a year before graduation, the seniors in the universities of China have already thrown themselves into the cutthroat job-hunting war. Those ready-to-be graduates are busy running about the various job fairs, which can often attract tens of thousands of senior students flocking to seek their ideal work.
Hong Kong: Universal Suffrage Not Later Than 2017
Although a majority of public opinion supports universal suffrage of the SAR Chief Executive (CE) in 2012, the SAR government still insists on a “Not Later Than 2017” position in...
China: Call for Abolition of Re-education Through Labor
Donald Clark from Chinese Law Professor blogs about a proposal submitted by Beijing University Faculty of Law professor He Weifang, along with 68 other signatories, to the National People‘s Congress...
China: Laowai Blog
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist translated a post from a popular local forum (zh) commenting on Laowai's blogs writing on China.
China: Forced Deportation and Forced Consumption
Citizen reporter Zoula was forced to deport from Shenyang by local police last week when he was reporting on the ant farmers issue. He was forced to pay for his...
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