I have criticized the New York Times before, but generally, I find their writing on China to be pretty balanced, especially once you read beyond the headlines. So it was particular dismay that I read this piece, which starts poorly in the headline department and then goes south from there.
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As if being a reporter in China weren't hard enough already, the government is planning to enforce more stringent requirements to ensure that journalists "learn socialist and Marxist theories of journalism and media ethics." But even when you do become a reporter, the path is not an easy one.
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The following is a guest post written by Alex Taggart. It seems Li Yinhe, one of China’s most prominent sexologists, is on a roll. Following her recent call for an end to ‘group licentiousness laws’, Li is now proposing that Chinese law on ‘obscene goods’ should also be reformed. According to the CCP Customs...
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I have returned from China, freshly jet-lagged and also — congratulations, stalkers, here’s your newest piece of personal information to twist — engaged. Yes! Anyway, there will be more substantive posts later, obviously, but as I shake off the throes of jet lag and prepare to plunge into what promises to be a much...
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Zhang Boshu, a political philosopher and constitutional scholar, continues to share his long experience at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in a second article (also see Part I).
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I will be taking a 2 week hiatus, from today through March 22nd. Oddly enough, the reason is that I’m headed to China, but it’s for pleasure, not business, and I won’t have a lot of internet access. I may, on occasion, drop by the internet cafe to write a post, but I make...
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