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China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
From Times Online: She looks like any other disgruntled young person. Arms tightly crossed, mouth twisted in contempt, she could be letting off steam about parents, school, or boyfriends. But when 21-year-old Gao …
Tagged: society, internet culture, online activism, netizens, information revolution
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
From China Daily: Zhou Zhenglong, the Shaanxi farmer involved in the South China Tiger photograph controversy, has been detained by police for possessing prohibited items at home. Chengdu Commercial Daily quoted an …
Tagged: politics, law, south china tiger, shaanxi, zhou zhenglong
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
Earlier this month in Washington D.C., Thomas J. Christensen (Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs) and James Swan (Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs) briefed the Subcommittee on …
Tagged: politics, africa, world, china, u s, uncategorized, economy, main, u s department of state, u s policy
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
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China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
From NPR’s Morning Edition: B6 is that rare creature in China, an independent musician who is making a living from his work. Until recently, the Chinese government limited the number of CDs that could be sold — and …
Tagged: music, culture, online culture, information revolution
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
From the New York Times’ The Moment blog: This evening, rush hour commuters on Xicui Road in the western part of Beijing will be treated to the sight of a 20,000 square foot LED screen displaying videos that are …
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
Edward Cody of the Washington Post looks at how Sichuan residents are dealing with the impact of the earthquake: Across China, children have been taught for generations that enduring hardship — or “eating bitter,” as …
Tagged: society, sichuan, 2008 sichuan earthquake
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
In the New Yorker, Pankaj Mishra reviews Ma Jian’s new novel, Beijing Coma: Ma Jian writes about China with the obsessiveness of a writer in exile who cares about only one society. There is no doubting his passion and …
Tagged: politics, book reviews, culture, june 4th, ma jian
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
Foreign scholars of China are learning their are limits to their access if their research doesn’t fit the Chinese government agenda. From The National: Foreign scholars are finding the China field an increasingly …
Tagged: politics, world, human rights, xinjiang, freedom of expression, foreigners in china, foreign academics
China Digital Times - Jun 25, 2008
According to Jan Eliasson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the Darfur region, negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan have stalled and neither the Sudanese government nor the …
Tagged: politics, africa, world, sudan, human rights, china, chad, darfur, main, un security council, peace process, jan eliasson, news focus, un special envoy, arms shipment