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The regulation of religion in China
The China Quarterly recently released it’s top ten most downloaded articles for free. Over the next few weeks I’ll summarize and comment on a few of these great articles (and save you 20+ pages of...
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Top stories of the week 11/21-11/27
Caging a Monster by Murong Xuecun is one of the most compelling cases I have seen made about the state of modern China, and what needs to be done to save it. Make sure you read this. Insight: Tibetans...
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Heard on Weibo 1/21 – 1/28
The year of the dragon began with the news that armed police were firing on protesters in Tibetan areas in Northern Sichuan. On Weibo, a netizen said he spotted a sniper on the roof of Jokhang...
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Heard on Weibo 1/29-2/4 – I have a dream, political reform, and the poem that...
You know things are going wrong in Tibet and other Tibetan areas when CCTV tells you that Tibetans are living happily as never before, Global Times hits hard on “lawless Tibetans”, and Wumaos (五毛) are...
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Ge Xun: 21 hours in Beijing – Part 2
This is the continuation of Ge Xun’s account of his ordeal in Beijing that happened just one week ago. This is Yaxue’s authorized translation. – Part One They asked what prompted me to “come back (to...
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Drinking Tea with the State Security Police – Who is being questioned?
It’s been a while since “he cha” (drink tea, 喝茶) came to mean, in certain contexts, “summoned and interrogated by the state security police.” A cup of tea may or may not, be present, but either way, it...
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Memories from my first year in China
As I prepare to head back to the US, I want to share a few of my favorite memories from my five years in China. Late 2007 was a fantastic time to arrive in China. It was the perfect chance to get...
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Out of control gov’t official abuses power – a very generic post
On return from more than a week on the road, I caught up with my China news and found it all to be a bit…predictable. In response I’ve created the following template that seems to exist somewhere to...
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While we’re on the issue of sovereignty, let’s talk about Tibet
The other day, I highlighted China’s argument for why it should be considered the rightful owner of the Diaoyu Islands - in short: Military aggression should not be rewarded with new territorial claims...
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Ngaba
Earlier this month, the New York Times published an essay by Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) titled Tibet Is Burning. It was a pared-down version of the following translation that I did. Dr. Xu is the founder of...
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