Stories about China from April, 2008
11-year-old Chinese environmentalist and Circuit Board Recycling
The blog “Crossroads,” which looks at corporate social responsibility in China, draws our attention to a an article about an 11-year-old environmentalist in southwest China. The youngster took it upon himself to search for the source of river pollution and caught the attention of reporters and officials. Last October, Chen...
Zimbabwe: Chinese troops Mutare?
Curly wonders what the Chinese troops are doing in Zimbabwe: “These blue suited marathon running highly trained policemen probably know the identities of the Chinese troops who have been reported as being seen on the streets of Mutare in Zimbabwe, after checking into a hotel resplendent with nice shining pistols....
Zimbabwe: Take Action Against Chinese Ship Carrying Arms
Call to action to stop a Chinese ship carrying arms destined for Zimbabwe: “Please can all those amazing people who have been following this issue – finding contact email addresses and brainstorming ideas – leave consolidated comments at the end of this post bringing us up to speed on what...
China: One world, one dream, and one multi-front protest
The Chinese global anti-Carrefour boycott was supposed to begin on May 1, but with tempers flaring over CNN commentator Jack Cafferty's on-air remarks this past week, and a number of other recent incidents, people in a few cities across China decided to get a head start. So too did the Chinese hackers who had been planning a coordinated denial-of-service attack on CNN.com set for April 19.
Russia, China: Ethnic Tension in Vladivostok
Window on Eurasia writes about issues surrounding the recent clash between Chinese and Russian students in Vladivostok.
China: Boomtown Beijing
Onemanbandwidth introduced a documentary “Boomtown Beijing” by Siok Siok Tan. The film gave more background on the social psychology at the center of a rising state.
China: Don't be too CNN
A music video called “don't be too CNN” is up at youtube. It compares the fake south China issue with CNN news production.
China: Carrefour the Winner
Huge jokingly said that Carrefour is the winner of the boycott campaign [zh]. 1. free ads; 2. many people suddenly realize that it is a French brand; 3. its discount will win the middle lower class’ heart in time of inflation.
China: More Trouble for CNN
How does Jack Cafferty brew more trouble for CNN in China? Take a look at imagethief.
China, Hong Kong and Macau: Visa Control
There have been reports about China tightening multiple visa for foreigners to prepare for Olympics. Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist found out that the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong and Macau have stopped issuing multiple visa for foreigners living in China.
China: Don't Become Nationalistic Thugs
Lianyue reminded people of the nationalistic demonstration in 2005 with a video and urged people not to act like nationalistic thugs in the Carrefour boycott action [zh].
China: Contradictory Freedom
Ran Yun-fei listed out 17 freedom that Chinese patriots can enjoy in the West but denied in China [zh].
China: How To Love Our Country?
Aw Guo writes in his blog on how to love China: it’s not just an action of updating our MSN signatures.
China: Carrefour under boycott threat
Carrefour, the French retail giant, is the newest target on the list of what cyber-nationalists in China hate and aim at. Cell phone text messages calling on boycotts are popping up, over 5000 net cafes in China, as Daqi.com summed up, have been rife with posts against Carrefour, and quite a few radical netizens have already made the slogans into practice.
China: Anti-CNN Video Production
Hecaito commented that instead of boycotting Carrefour, patriotic youths should participate in grassroots media and produce video such as “Tell me Why?”
China: Witch Hunt
Mutant palm gives more details to the witch hunt on the “Tibetan” (mis) identified as Lobsang Gendun who attacked Jin Jing.
China: More on Boycott Carrefour
ESWN translated an article from Southern Metropolis Daily on netizen's call for Carrefour boycott. DANWEI translated Wang Xiaofeng's comments on the boycott.
China: On Freedom of Speech
Matrix reposted a censored blog post by Ah Ken which commented on the ideological struggle of the recent attack on Chang Ping who urged for media freedom in Tibet issues.
Japan: Footage of Tibet and East Turkestan
Japanese podcaster Morley Robertson at i-morley makes an appeal to the global press to take up video footage from Tibet and East Turkestan. Part of the footage is of the home of the Dalai Lama, shot in 2007, a building which he explains was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution (later...
China: Invite Dalai Lama to Olympic
Melody from my1510 suggests that Beijing government should invite Dalai Lama to Olympic Opening for resolving all the conflicts [zh].
China: Media Fight
DANWEI has a very good summary of the recent media fight sparked by Chang Ping's essay of 3 April, “How To Find The Truth About Lhаsa”.
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