The front-page synopsis below the headline of the New York Times‘s coverage of Bush’s Nov. 20 meeting with President Hu Jintao in Beijing said it all: Hu Jintao Cedes Nothing on Political Freedoms —Will Act on Trade Economic “liberalization” without… Read moreBush betrays Tiananmen martyrs —but not Microsoft
The Epoch Times, an international publication run by Chinese exiles harshly opposed to the People’s Republic government, ran a synopsis Oct. 15 of its ongoing coverage of the rural conflict in Taishi, a village in Guangdong now occupied by police… Read moreChinese peasants defend lands, village democracy
The New York Times today notes the growing cult of Zheng He in China, the 15th-century mariner who led gigantic fleets across the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Ming Dynasty’s brief but impressive expansion of naval prowess. Statues are… Read moreSinophobes fear cult of Zheng He
Another factory forced to halt operation by heroic Chinese peasants protecting their lands from the industrial onslaught. We question how “violent” it is to tear down a security fence. In contrast, the security forces’ response to the rising tide of… Read moreMore militant anti-pollution protests in China
And, really, we could have done without this one. From the New York Times, July 15 via TruthOut: Chinese General Threatens Use of A-Bombs if US Intrudes Beijing – China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the… Read moreChina rattles nuclear sabre
A June 2 AP article reports that North Korea called Vice President Dick Cheney a “bloodthirsty beast” and lambasted him for calling the Democratic People’s Rebublic (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Il “irresponsible.” Said an unnamed North Korean Foreign Ministry source,… Read moreDPRK: Cheney a “bloodthirsty beast”
From the UPI: ZHEJIANG, China, April 12: Rioting by farmers in eastern China has forced the closure of 13 new chemical factories the farmers claim are poisoning their families and crops. The protests began in the rural village of Huaxi… Read moreChinese farmers revolt against industrial expansion
A dispute over offshore oil and gas rights in waters claimed by both countries as part of their "exclusive economic zone" seems to be behind recent tensions between China and Japan—ostensibly sparked by official Japanese revisionism over its role in… Read moreOffshore oil dispute behind Sino-Japanese tensions
"Crouching Tiger, Swimming Dragon," an op-ed in the April 11 NY Times by Nayan Chanda, former editor of Far Eastern Economic Review, notes with alarm that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao last week signed a deal in Islamabad for construction… Read moreSinophobia in the Indian Ocean—and NY Times
Now isn’t this interesting? A front-page headline in the Feb. 11 NY Times reads: "North Koreans Say They Hold Nuclear Arms; Assert They’ll Refuse to Rejoin Negotiations." The article states this stance could "bolster" those in the US administration who… Read moreNorth Korea: dialogue or “destabilization”?
