Stories about China from November, 2011
China: On the Rise But Feeling Boxed In
China is surrounded by 85% of the political hotspots in the world, argues one prominent professor, and needs to be free to deal with those and other geopolitical problems it faces, beginning with access to the seas it borders.
China: Japan's Imaginary Enemy
Recent Japanese media reports portraying China as the enemy in a Japan-US naval exercise reportedly scheduled for this week have brought even more tension to territorial claims between the two Asian nations. John Kennedy reports.
China: How to post to Twitter via SMS in China
ChinaGeeks has written a detailed instruction to teach its readers how to post to Twitter via SMS in China.
China: Husband hid next door while wife being abused and raped for 1 hour
What makes a husband hid next door while his wife being abused and raped for one hour? What is he afraid of and what makes him give up his manhood and conscience as a human being? Annie Lee from China Hush has translated a local news story that sheds some...
China: Hospital said premature baby is not worth saving
ChinaSMACK translated a local story about a hospital mistook a premature baby boy as baby girl and told the family that it was dead then trashed it in the plastic bag in the hospital room's toilet. Later the family's relative found out the baby is a boy and still moving....
China: Chinese power couples
Mary Ann O'Donnell has some interesting observations on Chinese power couples’ the division of labour.
China: Appeal to Richard Branson
A petition calling for Richard Branson, the founder of the 400-company Virgin Group, to call for the release of blind Chinese Lawyer Chen Guangcheng.
Taiwan: Will Taishang be the decisive power of Presidential election?
On Ballots and Bullets, Chun-Yi Lee brings up the role of “Taishang”(Taiwanese businessmen, especially those who are doing business in China) in the coming joint election of President and legislators next January: “Most Taishang expect the government to negotiate with the Chinese government a better deal for them in more...
China: Three stereotypes of Chinese youth
Chen Chiafu from Ministry of Tofu posts a collection of funny pictures which reflect the three stereotype images of Chinese youth – the ordinary, the artistic and the idiotic.
China: Visit blind activist in November
Mainland Chinese activists have produced an excellent advocacy video [zh] urging Chinese citizens to take action to rescue the blind activist, Chen Guangcheng in Shandong province, Linyi county in November 2011. The video message said it is a contest for light and truth.
China: An Open Letter to the Investors of Sina
Andy Yee from ChinaGeeks translated Chinese activist Wen Yunchao's open letter to the investors of Sina to reduce their shareholding so as to weaken Sina’s efforts in censorship.
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