UPDATE 7: For an alternative theory, check out this post on Inside-out China. UPDATE 6: The Chinese government has now announced that Wang Lijun did enter the US consulate and that they are “investigating.” Of course, we knew all that, but this announcement was — like the last one — posted to Weibo, where...
A long, long time ago, Troy Parfitt asked me to review his book, Why China Will Never Rule the World: Travels in the Two Chinas. I put this off for long enough that the book has been reviewed many times elsewhere, but I think a review here might be useful anyway. So buckle up....
Hi folks. I’ll be taking a bit of a hiatus here for the next couple weeks, as I’ll be heading back to the in-laws’ place (way up north where there is no internet) for Spring Festival, and then shortly after that, flying down to Singapore for a week for work. Hopefully everyone has a...
You may have seen in the news recently reflections on Hu Jintao’s essay in official Party gibberish1 theory magazine Qiushi. Here’s a good piece on it, but if you’re too lazy to click, the general gist is this: the West2 is waging cultural warfare against China to Westernize and divide it. I don’t have...
You may have missed it with the holidays, but Han Han celebrated with a trio of essays (“On Revolution”, “On Democracy”, and “On Freedom”) that got lots of people talking. Certainly, you should check out ESWN’s translations of all three essays; John Kennedy’s translations of various comments from Chinese thought leaders for Global Voices...
The following is a guest post by Tom of Seeing Red in China. Of note also is a similar piece on The Peking Duck. Yesterday Shaun Rein published a piece in Forbes bashing CNN’s lack of journalistic integrity when it helped Christian Bale organize a trip to Linyi. The main point of his article is...
Today, CNN posted a video in which they accompanied actor Christian Bale on a trip to Linyi to visit Chen Guangcheng, where he was promptly (and predictably) roughed-up and kicked out by thugs. They’ve since also posted a follow-up interview with Bale about it. Anyway, as you might imagine given Bale’s star power, this...
(Previously: Part I, Part II, Part III) Followers of of me on Twitter will be aware that of the two videos I mentioned in Part III of my Wukan coverage, I was able to successfully download one before the links were deleted. That video is now available in full via my server here. It’s...
(See Part I, Part II) UPDATE 3: With regard to the video links below, my connection to the first file was dropped, but I was able to watch the first few minutes. It appears to be a documentary of sorts on Wukan; however, my file ended while the film was still introducing the town’s...
(This post will likely be updated repeatedly throughout the day tomorrow, so do check back frequently or follow @ChinaGeeks on Twitter for notifications about updates.) UPDATE 1: Added video (h/t to CDT), see bottom of post. Earlier today I wrote a long post about the Wukan protests and siege, which was based primarily on...
UPDATE 4: Malcolm Moore has posted a new story on this, which I highly recommend you read in its entirety right here. Also added another image from Weibo. UPDATE 3: Additional images from Weibo added, section on Weibo censorship added at the end of the post. UPDATE 2: One of the accounts posting images...
Thoughts on China’s Big Child Trafficking Bust (and Comments Policy Revised)
Thoughts on the Child Kidnapping Bust For the past few days, news of China’s big kidnapping bust has been making the rounds. In case you’ve missed it, here are the basic details, via Shanghaiist: Chinese authorities have arrested over 600 individuals related to child trafficking in a joint operation which involved more than 5,000...
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