Stories about China from May, 2011
China: Shenzhen Cultural Industries Fair
Mary Ann O'Donnell from Shenzhen Noted blogs about the Seventh Shenzhen Cultural Industries Fair and highlights the debates about cultural creativity and copyright law.
China: editorial on 2008 earthquake blacked out
China Media Project has translated an editorial from liberal newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily commemorating the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The piece, which featured references to detained artist Ai Weiwei, who had attempted to investigate the deaths of children and collapse of school buildings in the disaster, was removed from the newspaper's website...
China: Police Violence and Public Anger
C. Custer from China Geeks translated two ordinary news stories and netizens’ reaction about police violence and public anger.
China: Red Culture Fever
2011 is turning out to be a year for 'red culture' revival, mocked fiercely online but taken seriously by courts, prisons, universities, television stations and police departments in a growing number of areas throughout the country. Is it all for political show, or does it signal a pending culture war in China?
China: Rebuilding Beichuan
Chengdu Living posts an article written by Elias Witman, who spent an extended period aiding reconstruction efforts in a village devastated by the 2008 earthquake.
Hong Kong: Brainwashing Education
The Hong Kong Education Bureau is planning to make patriotic education compulsory for primary and secondary school children. The objective of the Moral and National Education Curriculum is to help the students to "develop a sense of belonging to the motherland", "support national sports teams" and "appreciate Chinese culture". The plan, however, has sparked fears in the society of political brainwashing.
China: Ai Weiwei's Chat with Public Opinion Channeler
China Media Project has translated a portion of Ai Weiwei's interview with a public opinion channeler or the so-called member of 50 Cent Party which was conducted back in March 22 2011.
Asian-African Economic Cooperation
Johan Lagerkvist posted his research paper on “The strategic presence of China, Japan and Korea in sub-Saharan Africa” in China Roader.
China: Death of Bin Laden and the Clash of Civilizations
In the early 1990s, political scientist Samuel Huntington put forward the clash of civilizations theory that the fundamental source of conflict in the post-Cold War world will be cultural. Two Chinese writers examine the implications of the death of Osama Bin Laden on Sino-US relations, through the lens of the clash of civilizations.
North Korea: Japanese Drug Dealers Face Trial
Three Japanese nationals were caught for drug trafficking and counterfeiting money, North Korean state media revealed on April 4. One has already been expelled from the country while the others face trial. Robert Neff posted an analysis of foreigners’ drug dealing and counterfeiting cases in the North on the Marmot's...
China: Income Tax and Housing Expense
Jacky Huang from ChinaHush translates a news story on the controversy of the China Statistics Bureau's account of average monthly housing expense per citizen.
China: Opinion Poll on Bin Laden's Death
C Custer from ChinaGeek translates an opinion poll on Chinese netizens’ reaction to Bin Laden's death.
China: Chengdu Zebra Music Festival
Charlie from Chengdu Living posts some photos on the third annual Zebra Music Festival in Chengdu.
China: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The past week has seen a real-life version of film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” reenacted in China. The Chinese protagonist, Xu Wu, has been detained in a psychiatric hospital for four years over a labour dispute against a state-run enterprise. He escaped from the hospital and told his story to a television station, but police forced their way into the station building and abducted Xu, remanding him back to the psychiatric ward.
China: Mainstream Report on Bin Laden's Death
David Bandurski from China Media Project looks into the front page report of major newspapers in China on the death of Bin Laden.
China: Chinese Netizen Reactions on bin Laden's Death
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated Chinese netizens’ reactions on Osama bin Laden's death.
China: A New Generation Nationalistic Website
Andy Yee translated an article by Kai Wen at Radio France International about the group of young people behind April Web, labelled as China’s new generation of nationalists. (via ChinaGeek)
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