Stories about China from March, 2011
China: How to Prevent Your Website from Getting Shut Down
Don Weinland from China Digital Times translated social media pioneer Zheng Yun's explanation on the self-regulatory practice among webmasters for preventing their websites being shut down by authorities.
China: Chairman Mao's grandson
Mao Xinyu, Mao Zedong’s grandson, was recently promoted to Major General in Chinese military. He has been a major subject for mockery in the past few years among netizens. The...
China: Salt rush and political trust
Jottings from the Granite Studio has a guest commentary written by Yajun on the recent salt rush. The writer points out that it is a symptom of a profound lack...
China: Day two of salt-buying panic
With supermarkets in many Chinese cities now out of salt, Roland Soong at EastSouthWestNorth has published a second post on the panicky salt buying spree, comparing discussion of the frenzy...
China: Salt Radiation Rumors Fuel Widespread Panic Buying
An official message went out today aiming to reassure people that salt supplies would not be affected by radiation from Japan having leaked into the ocean. This sparked rumors which led to panic buying which gripped major cities which are now out of salt.
China: Rap on Chinese Price
Ministry of Tofu translates a parody rap on the soaring consumer prices in China.
China and Japan: Complicated Relationship
Jottings from the Granite Studio has two posts looking into the the Sino-Japanese relation. The first post depicts a mixture of envy and empathy; the second post looks into the...
China: Netizens Admire Japan’s Post-Earthquake Behavior
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translates Chinese netizens comments on the orderly reaction of Japanese people to the earthquake.
China: Controversial Speeches from Party Members
The Fourth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) closed yesterday (March 14 2011) in Beijing. One-Party leadership was not a subject up for debate, so people have turned their attention to the speeches and proposals made by the so-called "people's representatives".
Hong Kong: Panic Over Milk Powder Shortage
Hong Kong has been hit by a shortage in infant milk powder due to mainland Chinese customers buying large amounts of the territory's baby milk formula. Local Hong Kong parents have called for intervention policies from the government, such as a milk powder departure tax to stop smugglers from reselling for profit.
China: Vice principle of university kills 2 and wounds 3 in fatal car accident
China Hush translates a forum post from MOP on a recent car accident in Jiangxi University, in which the vice-principal of the University killed 2 and wounded 3 people. Despite...
China: Learning from Japan
Ministry of Tofu blogs about Chinese netizens’ reflection upon their own anti-quake measures after seeing how Japanese government and society handled the deadly magnitude 9.0 earthquake.
China: Microblogs Can’t Give Us Justice
China Media Project‘s fellow, Zhang Ming argues that microblog cannot give people justice, on the other hand, it may reinforce the myth of benevolent official come to deliver justice upon...
Japan: Info on earthquake for Chinese residents and tourists
Tomitamakoto set up an information website in Chinese with news on the earthquake and suggestions on what to do in these circumstances.
South Korea: Blurred Photos of Diplomatic Officials who Fell for Chinese Spy Woman
A spy scandal in Shanghai has rocked South Korean Twitosphere. Two Korean diplomatic officials have been involved in a three way sexual relationship with a Chinese woman spy. Net users...
China: Power disparity
Johan Lagerkvist from China Roader examines the political agenda of the 11th National People Congress in stability control.
Hong Kong: A Governance Crisis Money Can't Solve
On 23 February, 2011, Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang made a U-turn in a controversial government policy to delay a 6,000 Hong Kong dollar poverty-alleviating cash handout. However, plenty of the territory's residents are still dissatisfied with both the policy and issues of governance it has raised.
China: Google the Opium Wars
The People's Daily commentary now compares Google with the East India Company – a colonial entity that sold opium to China. More from China Media Project.
China: No real friends abroad?
In recent years, China has spent a lot to cultivate alliances with illiberal regimes around the world. While it is portrayed as a battle against Western "universal values", the real reasons may lie at home. And it remains to be seen whether this policy would eventually come back to haunt China itself.
China: Google SSL interfered by GFW
Several sources from Twitter confirm that Google SSL has been interfered by the Great Fire Wall in China. Access to Gmail, GTalk and Google Reader becomes extremely slow. Google's server...
China's Twelfth Five Year Plan
Dan from China Law Blog posts Steve Dickinson‘s speech outline on 10 major challenges of China's Twelfth Five Year Plan.
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