tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53223341387145714512012-01-03T09:22:05.143-05:00tnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-15902231190038876582012-01-03T09:22:00.000-05:002012-01-03T09:22:05.155-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/01/02/opinion/0102OPEDtaxali/0102OPEDtaxali-articleInline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="264" width="190" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/01/02/opinion/0102OPEDtaxali/0102OPEDtaxali-articleInline.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/in-china-the-grievances-keep-coming.html">Yu Hua argues that victims of corruption and injustice have no faith in the law, and yet they bring complaints, dreaming that an upright official will emerge to right their wrongs.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1590223119003887658?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-6059450021395662562011-12-15T07:51:00.000-05:002011-12-15T07:53:10.010-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/15/world/14china-image2/14china-image2-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/15/world/14china-image2/14china-image2-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/asia/chinese-village-locked-in-rebellion-against-authorities.html">A long-running dispute between the local authorities and farmers in a southern Chinese town exploded into open rebellion this week, residents said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-605945002139566256?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-65852355846754557652011-12-14T11:48:00.000-05:002011-12-14T11:50:44.741-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/15/arts/15iht-chinatheater15-inline2/15iht-chinatheater15-inline2-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 127px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/12/15/arts/15iht-chinatheater15-inline2/15iht-chinatheater15-inline2-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/arts/15iht-chinatheater15.html">A Western-style theater scene is booming in China as part of a national drive to bring modern theater to smaller cities.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6585235584675455765?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-55619463853994571492011-07-04T10:32:00.001-04:002011-07-04T10:35:29.685-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/07/04/global-home/04china2/04china2-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 247px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/07/04/global-home/04china2/04china2-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/world/asia/04china.html">China’s insistence on controlling charity work has created suspicion that donations could end up going to a corrupt organization.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5561946385399457149?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-47901137961606060762011-04-23T09:26:00.000-04:002011-04-23T09:27:47.408-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/world/asia/23confucius.html">A 31-foot bronze statue of the ancient Chinese sage was removed under cover of darkness, four months after it was unveiled.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4790113796160606076?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-5743615170232076172011-04-23T09:23:00.000-04:002011-04-23T09:25:21.762-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/23/world/23tomb-span/23tomb-span-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 375px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/23/world/23tomb-span/23tomb-span-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/world/asia/23tombs.html">Some local governments would like those who succeed not to lord it over others, at least when it comes to paying final respects.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-574361517023207617?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-26177521452814182172011-04-20T15:43:00.001-04:002011-04-20T15:45:45.540-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/20/opinion/20opedimg/20opedimg-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 189px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/20/opinion/20opedimg/20opedimg-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/opinion/20Rushdie.html">Salman Rushdie argues that governments of the free world must make sure artists, like Ai Weiwei, who courageously stand up against authoritarianism are safe.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2617752145281418217?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-5917359631091645412011-04-20T15:41:00.001-04:002011-04-20T15:43:23.412-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/20/automobiles/19china-electric/19china-electric-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/04/20/automobiles/19china-electric/19china-electric-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/automobiles/20Electric.html">With China’s oil consumption expected to rise to 11.6 million barrels per day by 2020, from 7.6 million in 2007, electric vehicles are taking on an increased importance.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-591735963109164541?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-53878132275756811922011-02-28T18:45:00.000-05:002011-02-28T18:46:35.115-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/02/28/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 127px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/02/28/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/world/asia/28china.html">A call for protests in 23 Chinese cities Sunday resulted in a tiny turnout but an enormous police presence and clashes with foreign journalists.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5387813227575681192?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-74663044729180511802011-02-20T11:23:00.001-05:002011-02-20T11:24:55.067-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/02/27/automobiles/China-2/China-2-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 139px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/02/27/automobiles/China-2/China-2-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/automobiles/20CHINA.html">Despite their repeated promises, Chinese automakers haven’t begun to make a dent in the car market in the United States.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7466304472918051180?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-76462598446353111172011-02-04T05:55:00.001-05:002011-02-04T05:56:51.670-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/31/world/31CHINA_span/31CHINA-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 350px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/31/world/31CHINA_span/31CHINA-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/world/asia/31china.html">A court sentenced a man for six years in a drunken-driving case that had drawn public outrage in China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7646259844635311117?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-81098021979291689112011-02-02T06:56:00.000-05:002011-02-02T07:08:08.280-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/world/asia/01beijing.html">Two of the nation’s biggest online portals blocked keyword searches of the word “Egypt,” and the use of the word has also been blocked on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8109802197929168911?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84907128343121053912011-01-30T07:45:00.000-05:002011-01-30T07:46:39.485-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/30/world/SUB-BEIJING/SUB-BEIJING-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 264px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/30/world/SUB-BEIJING/SUB-BEIJING-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/asia/30beijing.html">Under a proposal from the Civil Affairs Ministry, adult children would be required by law to regularly visit their elderly parents. If they do not, parents can sue them.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8490712834312105391?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-78123999693517044922011-01-30T07:42:00.001-05:002011-01-30T07:44:28.261-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/29/world/29CHINA/29CHINA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 152px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/29/world/29CHINA/29CHINA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/29/world/asia/29china.html">The geneticist Xu Tian splits his time between Yale and China to pursue the key to what makes a mouse tick, gene by gene, and its implications for humans.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7812399969351704492?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-2523741107853234062011-01-27T07:19:00.002-05:002011-01-27T07:20:21.800-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/world/asia/27china.html">The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao appeared at the nation’s top petition bureau in Beijing, where ordinary people go to file grievances.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-252374110785323406?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-71253504819522956222011-01-21T15:30:00.000-05:002011-01-21T15:31:20.106-05:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n476bq1039"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7125350481952295622?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-49410589213603243062011-01-18T14:49:00.000-05:002011-01-18T14:50:16.247-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/18/world/POLICY/POLICY-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 133px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/18/world/POLICY/POLICY-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/world/asia/18policy.html">Officials say President Obama will take an assertive stance as he greets his biggest global economic rival on Tuesday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4941058921360324306?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84061792289603053222011-01-17T07:09:00.003-05:002011-01-17T07:11:03.399-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/17/world/SUB-CHINA/SUB-CHINA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 124px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/17/world/SUB-CHINA/SUB-CHINA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/world/asia/17china.html">President Hu Jintao is preparing to visit to defuse tensions with the United States, but he might not be able to keep relations from growing worse.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8406179228960305322?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-20420289229193377202011-01-12T07:24:00.000-05:002011-01-12T07:25:32.828-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/12/world/12fighterspan-cnd/12fighterspan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/01/12/world/12fighterspan-cnd/12fighterspan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/world/asia/12fighter.html">A jet test was conducted only hours before Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with President Hu Jintao.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2042028922919337720?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-6003513263077418852011-01-10T20:00:00.002-05:002011-01-10T20:03:37.721-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://online.wsj.com/media/crt_giffords_D_20110110091515.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 174px;" src="http://online.wsj.com/media/crt_giffords_D_20110110091515.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/01/10/chinas-netizens-react-giffords-shooting/">The point-blank shooting of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others has attracted substantial attention in China, where strict gun control laws make such attacks almost unimaginable.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-600351326307741885?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-3961271290789426882011-01-05T16:51:00.002-05:002011-01-05T16:53:41.374-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img2.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/609/480/70014516-photo-chinese.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 609px; height: 479px;" src="http://img2.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/609/480/70014516-photo-chinese.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7801412-chinese-stealth-fighter-revealed/content/70014516-photo-of-a-chinese-stealth-fighter-">Photos have appeared online showcasing China’s newest military toy: a prototype of a stealth fighter. The plane, China’s first stealth fighter, may prove that China’s military aviation programs may be advancing quicker than expected.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-396127129078942688?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-46078638610823813142011-01-05T11:40:00.001-05:002011-01-05T11:41:37.848-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theworld.org/wp-content/uploads/china-logging400.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.theworld.org/wp-content/uploads/china-logging400.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.theworld.org/2011/01/04/wood-from-china/">The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports that most of the wood products imported into the US come from China. And one fourth of that wood is from illegally cut timber. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4607863861082381314?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-15760226521746181642010-12-31T11:19:00.001-05:002010-12-31T11:21:02.735-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/30/world/30shanghai_337-span/SHANGHAI-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 335px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/30/world/30shanghai_337-span/SHANGHAI-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/world/asia/30shanghai.html">Discipline helps explain why the city’s students outperformed those from about 65 other countries.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1576022652174618164?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-14979020812712211082010-12-31T08:52:00.001-05:002010-12-31T08:52:53.962-05:00<object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172759428' id='rcomVideo_172759428' width='460' height='259'> <param name='movie' value='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172759428'></param> <param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param> <param name='wmode' value='transparent'> <embed src='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172759428' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='460' height='259' wmode='transparent'></embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1497902081271221108?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-49883120323138363242010-12-31T08:38:00.000-05:002010-12-31T08:40:05.102-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/31/world/31china_337-span/31china_337-span-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 126px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/31/world/31china_337-span/31china_337-span-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/asia/31china.html">Tourist attractions in Yan’an try to evoke the glory days of the Chinese Communist Party, and are profiting handsomely from “red tourism.”</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4988312032313836324?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84492641684643699912010-12-30T06:40:00.000-05:002010-12-30T06:41:11.700-05:00<object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172367182' id='rcomVideo_172367182' width='460' height='259'> <param name='movie' value='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172367182'></param> <param name='allowFullScreen' value='true'></param> <param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'></param> <param name='wmode' value='transparent'> <embed src='http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=172367182' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='460' height='259' wmode='transparent'></embed> </object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8449264168464369991?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-43420493127469804422010-12-20T18:42:00.002-05:002010-12-20T18:44:24.630-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.newyorker.com/images/2010/12/20/p465/101220_r20336_p465.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 465px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/2010/12/20/p465/101220_r20336_p465.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/12/20/101220crbo_books_mishra?currentPage=all">Three new books — Patrick Wright’s “Passport to Peking” (Oxford; $34.95), Frank Dikötter’s “Mao’s Great Famine” (Walker & Co.; $30), and Timothy Cheek’s anthology “A Critical Introduction to Mao” (Cambridge; $27.99) — attest to the difficulty of definitively fixing Mao’s image, a project that amounts to writing a history of China’s present.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4342049312746980442?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-90710846332622448102010-12-20T12:03:00.002-05:002010-12-20T12:11:08.060-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://184.73.187.38/media/img/blogimages/20101130-yangjisheng01_jpg_210x640_q85.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 327px;" src="http://184.73.187.38/media/img/blogimages/20101130-yangjisheng01_jpg_210x640_q85.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/dec/20/finding-facts-about-maos-victims/">Ian Johnson speaks with Yang Jisheng, author of Tombstone (Mubei), a groundbreaking new book on the Great Famine (1958–1961), which, though imprecisely known in the West, ranks as one of worst human disasters in history.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-9071084633262244810?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-59332699226770917812010-12-17T11:06:00.000-05:002010-12-17T11:07:53.004-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50467000/jpg/_50467557_010866765-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 282px;" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50467000/jpg/_50467557_010866765-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12015302">Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has arrived in Pakistan at the start of a three-day visit to boost trade and investment.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5933269922677091781?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-9079879903482984692010-12-17T10:02:00.000-05:002010-12-17T10:03:31.618-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/world/asia/17india.html">Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China and Indian officials set ambitious economic targets, but made little progress on tough geopolitical differences.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-907987990348298469?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-47496856302665363692010-12-13T06:25:00.001-05:002010-12-13T06:27:28.470-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/13/business/subyuanjump3/subyuanjump3-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 131px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/13/business/subyuanjump3/subyuanjump3-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/global/13yuan.html">Some economists worry that inflation, government debt and asset bubbles could stall China next year.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4749685630266536369?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-61985783983421021002010-12-11T20:31:00.001-05:002010-12-11T20:33:36.230-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/11/world/PUPPET1-PROFILE/PUPPET1-PROFILE-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 127px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/11/world/PUPPET1-PROFILE/PUPPET1-PROFILE-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/world/asia/11puppets.html">Feeling spurned, the owners and curators of a Beijing shadow puppet museum want to take their collection to the United States.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6198578398342102100?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84862272662209018802010-12-11T20:29:00.000-05:002010-12-11T20:30:19.789-05:00<iframe width="480" height="373" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" id="nyt_video_player" title="New York Times Video - Embed Player" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=1248069398169&playerType=embed"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8486227266220901880?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-20886520975961909462010-12-11T20:27:00.001-05:002010-12-11T20:29:10.673-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/12/world/europe/11nobel1-cnd/11nobel1-cnd-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/12/world/europe/11nobel1-cnd/11nobel1-cnd-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/world/europe/11nobel.html">Over China’s loud objections, the Nobel Committee honored the imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo in his absence.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2088652097596190946?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-78884031943476094682010-12-08T06:45:00.001-05:002010-12-08T06:47:23.137-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/08/world/NOBEL/NOBEL-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/08/world/NOBEL/NOBEL-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/world/08nobel.html">The number of countries declining to attend the Nobel ceremony on Friday has tripled; China schedules its own prize for Thursday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7888403194347609468?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-64026302867738722802010-12-08T06:42:00.000-05:002010-12-08T06:43:55.042-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/07/us/subjpEDUC/subjpEDUC-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 122px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/07/us/subjpEDUC/subjpEDUC-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/education/07education.html">Shanghai students outscored counterparts in dozens of other countries in China’s debut in global standardized testing.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6402630286773872280?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-12734095702005797572010-11-15T10:30:00.000-05:002010-11-15T10:31:22.897-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/15/arts/design/15iht-design_inline/15iht-design_inline-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 280px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/15/arts/design/15iht-design_inline/15iht-design_inline-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/arts/15iht-design15.html">The graphic artist Liu Zhizhi is in the forefront of a new generation of designers who are trying to define a visual language for contemporary China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1273409570200579757?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-75166601593724238772010-11-07T20:20:00.001-05:002010-11-07T20:22:57.274-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/opinion/06iht-edazimi.html">The animosity between China and Japan belies centuries of affinity.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7516660159372423877?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-24227501371987595612010-11-07T10:17:00.001-05:002010-11-07T10:18:28.161-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/06/world/06china-span1/06china-span1-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/06/world/06china-span1/06china-span1-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/asia/06china.html">The artist Ai Weiwei was placed under house arrest on Friday in Beijing.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2422750137198759561?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-50670166870914737022010-11-06T14:32:00.001-04:002010-11-06T14:34:23.675-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/07/magazine/07religion_span/07religion-t_CA0-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 483px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/07/magazine/07religion_span/07religion-t_CA0-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/magazine/07religion-t.html">China is in the grips of a religious revival. But can the country handle the return of its most venerable faith?</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5067016687091473702?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-87627542230556836622010-11-06T14:26:00.001-04:002010-11-06T14:28:54.322-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/07/education/07china-t_CA1/07china-t_CA1-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 478px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/07/education/07china-t_CA1/07china-t_CA1-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/education/07china-t.html">A wave of Chinese undergraduates is choosing American colleges. Culture shock? Beer pong, anyone?</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8762754223055683662?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-42556866481733735842010-11-05T06:51:00.000-04:002010-11-05T06:53:26.423-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/05/world/05china-cnd/05china-cnd-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 137px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/05/world/05china-cnd/05china-cnd-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/world/asia/05china.html">The Nobel award to a Chinese dissident is emerging as an early test of China’s newfound diplomatic clout.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4255686648173373584?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-33080073882753019882010-11-01T12:54:00.002-04:002010-11-01T12:56:47.067-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/31/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 145px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/31/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/world/asia/31china.html">China’s military expansion and assertive trade policies have set off jitters across Asia, prompting many of its neighbors to build alliances.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3308007388275301988?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-1031379068443386332010-11-01T07:28:00.000-04:002010-11-01T07:29:54.818-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/01/world/PLAGUE/PLAGUE-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 133px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/01/world/PLAGUE/PLAGUE-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/health/01plague.html">The waves of plague that twice devastated Europe and changed the course of history had their origins in China, a team of medical geneticists reported.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-103137906844338633?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-6269438733551607462010-10-27T09:04:00.001-04:002010-10-27T09:06:21.295-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/27/education/STUDENTS/STUDENTS-articleInline-v2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 180px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/27/education/STUDENTS/STUDENTS-articleInline-v2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/education/27students.html">A Maine high school hopes to solve its financial woes by persuading Chinese students to pay $27,000 a year there.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-626943873355160746?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-82659402811151878172010-10-25T15:32:00.002-04:002010-11-01T12:59:20.412-04:00<iframe width="480" height="373" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" id="nyt_video_player" title="New York Times Video - Embed Player" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=1248069229316&playerType=embed"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8265940281115187817?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-48656512103758419102010-10-25T15:25:00.000-04:002010-10-25T15:27:02.907-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/24/24chinaspan/24chinaspan-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/24/24chinaspan/24chinaspan-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/asia/24china.html">A shift in official sentiment has led to an explosion of music festivals across China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4865651210375841910?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-7422652648148118522010-10-16T21:41:00.002-04:002010-10-16T21:44:27.878-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://online.wsj.com/media/chinese_writing_DV_20101015065843.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 262px;" src="http://online.wsj.com/media/chinese_writing_DV_20101015065843.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/10/15/the-most-chinese-chinese-character/">Culled from an initial pool of 374 characters suggested by an unidentified committee of historians and linguists, the most Chinese of Chinese ideograms was identified as 和 (pronounced ‘huh’ and typically Romanized as ‘he’)—the character for an indistinct concept often (though clumsily) translated as “peace” or “togetherness.”</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-742265264814811852?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-66112440818782767292010-10-14T06:47:00.000-04:002010-10-14T06:49:35.486-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/asia/14china.html">An unusually blunt letter, signed by retired Communist Party officials, says that government control of the press violate China’s Constitution.</a><br /><br />A full translation of the letter can be found <a href="http://cmp.hku.hk/2010/10/13/8035/">here.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6611244081878276729?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-14230080950069279982010-10-14T06:42:00.000-04:002010-10-14T06:46:24.602-04:00<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=163841852" width="460" height="259"><param name="movie" value="http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=163841852"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.reuters.com/resources_v2/flash/video_embed.swf?videoId=163841852" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="460" height="259" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1423008095006927998?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-3896879318911995592010-10-13T08:12:00.001-04:002010-10-13T08:14:35.865-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/13/world/13china-cnd/13china-cnd-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 259px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/13/world/13china-cnd/13china-cnd-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/world/asia/13china.html">China continued its vilification campaign against the award of the peace prize to a dissident by canceling another meeting with Norwegian officials.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-389687931891199559?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-70336679576506774242010-10-10T11:17:00.001-04:002010-10-10T11:18:51.766-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2010/10/10/thumbs/p01-101010-p1r.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 272px;" src="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2010/10/10/thumbs/p01-101010-p1r.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/10/10/2003485000">A majority of Taiwanese said they did not feel more proud to be a citizen of the Republic of China (ROC) after President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office in May 2008, a poll released by the Taiwan Thinktank ahead of Double Ten National Day showed yesterday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7033667957650677424?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-6712173834019393382010-10-10T10:40:00.001-04:002010-10-10T10:41:54.857-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/us/politics/OUTSOURCE1/OUTSOURCE1-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 105px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/us/politics/OUTSOURCE1/OUTSOURCE1-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/us/politics/10outsource.html">With many Americans anxious over economic decline, Democrats and Republicans are blaming one another for allowing the export of jobs.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-671217383401939338?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-48301386859876842592010-10-10T10:32:00.002-04:002010-10-10T10:33:33.958-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 133px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/10/world/CHINA/CHINA-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/world/asia/10china.html">Police stopped a celebration Friday for the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4830138685987684259?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-2979227465821494852010-10-09T12:53:00.003-04:002010-10-09T13:04:51.546-04:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n4433qf97"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-297922746582149485?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-54943279850540969432010-10-08T14:44:00.001-04:002010-10-10T10:34:06.067-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/09/world/09nobel_337-395/09nobel_337-395-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 125px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/09/world/09nobel_337-395/09nobel_337-395-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/world/09nobel.html">In awarding the prize to the imprisoned pro-democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Committee delivered a stinging rebuke of China’s growing intolerance for domestic dissent.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5494327985054096943?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-2757601496183291702010-10-06T19:42:00.002-04:002010-10-06T19:46:23.202-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/10/06/chinamusical3_sq.jpg?t=1286389637&s=11"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 90px; height: 90px;" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/10/06/chinamusical3_sq.jpg?t=1286389637&s=11" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130380247">"Musical Youth" doesn't have quite the same ring as "High School Musical." But that was the title of the Chinese version of the hit U.S. film, and it signaled a new stage in Hollywood's attempts to get in on the fastest-growing film market in the world.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-275760149618329170?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-54146858353487551852010-10-06T11:58:00.002-04:002010-10-06T12:01:55.573-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pri.org/thumbnail.php?file=Bill_Gates_481478938.jpg&size=article_medium"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://www.pri.org/thumbnail.php?file=Bill_Gates_481478938.jpg&size=article_medium" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pri.org/business/nonprofits/bill-gates-warren-buffet-prod-chinese-millionaires-for-charity23.html">At a private dinner in a lavish setting in China, billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet tried to convince newly rich Chinese people to give away more money.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5414685835348755185?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-49948540930364255682010-10-04T10:10:00.002-04:002010-10-04T10:11:41.503-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/04/world/04china_span/04china_span-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 350px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/10/04/world/04china_span/04china_span-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/asia/04beijing.html">Some migrants welcome gated communities as a way to fight crime, but critics see them as a sign of barriers facing rural migrants.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4994854093036425568?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-67679345424074394252010-10-01T14:33:00.001-04:002010-10-01T14:38:43.965-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://itn.co.uk/story74bd13b7eb20a077e06063add11337fb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 720px; height: 540px;" src="http://itn.co.uk/story74bd13b7eb20a077e06063add11337fb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://itn.co.uk/33e41aca01e4dde0b091e064a9294854.html">Hong Kong marked the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China with a 23-minute firework display.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6767934542407439425?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-9462201432326908072010-10-01T12:05:00.000-04:002010-10-01T12:06:18.268-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/world/asia/01iht-letter.html">While Americans fret about rapid Chinese economic growth, in China, something else is happening: deeper understanding of democracy is producing greater admiration, in some quarters.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-946220143232690807?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-2235413411946853912010-10-01T11:42:00.004-04:002010-10-01T11:45:55.380-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2010/nn20101001f2a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 227px;" src="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2010/nn20101001f2a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20101001f2.html">Thousands of Chinese go abroad every year to study science, engineering and other fields and many never return home — not because they want to emigrate but because their still-developing economy lacks jobs to match their advanced skills. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-223541341194685391?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-17368971510023368052010-10-01T11:30:00.002-04:002010-10-01T11:33:54.030-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/NewsImage/2010/2010-10/2010-10-01/20101001_450823_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 307px;" src="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/NewsImage/2010/2010-10/2010-10-01/20101001_450823_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=450823&type=National">CHANG'E 2, China's second unmanned moon probe, has entered the earth-moon transfer orbit as it separated from the carrier rocket, the control center said today.<br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1736897151002336805?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-74337804318713464882010-09-22T09:22:00.001-04:002010-09-22T09:23:49.490-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/22/business/OZ/OZ-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 264px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/22/business/OZ/OZ-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/business/media/22oz.html">Sony Pictures Television is expected to announce a deal on Wednesday to export the format of “The Dr. Oz Show” to Chinese television.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7433780431871346488?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-89309364225455205852010-09-22T09:08:00.004-04:002010-09-22T09:11:07.659-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/16/opinion/Friedman_New/Friedman_New-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 240px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/16/opinion/Friedman_New/Friedman_New-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/opinion/22friedman.html">On a visit to China, Thomas L. Friedman gets a good look at how the Chinese view Americans.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8930936422545520585?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-91440933928628364022010-09-17T11:34:00.000-04:002010-09-17T11:35:59.924-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/world/asia/17iht-letter.html">China's relationship to its own history remains mired in cover-ups and silences, and a look at how school textbooks present the 60 years since the People's Republic was established reveals the problem.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-9144093392862836402?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-72994888845476715782010-09-06T08:35:00.003-04:002010-09-06T08:42:01.853-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/09/06/happy03.jpg?t=1283548696&s=2"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/09/06/happy03.jpg?t=1283548696&s=2" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129186046&live=1">Last year, a book called China Is Unhappy topped the best-seller lists in the Middle Kingdom. It was a nationalistic screed arguing that China should stop debasing itself and stand up to its critics. But is China really unhappy? And how can it become happier?</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7299488884547671578?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-70131305769856552292010-09-05T08:00:00.002-04:002010-09-05T08:03:49.402-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/05/world/05uighur-span/05uighur-span-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 127px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/09/05/world/05uighur-span/05uighur-span-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/asia/05uighur.html">Since riots between the Han and Uighur groups in 2009, the Chinese authorities have arrested hundreds and tried to soothe frayed nerves. But the push has done little to repair distrust.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7013130576985655229?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-21615790814106833282010-09-04T05:57:00.001-04:002010-09-04T05:58:56.944-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/28/world/28CHINA/28CHINA-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/28/world/28CHINA/28CHINA-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/world/asia/28china.html">A nation on a building binge has plans to unclog the highways, but it may take years.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2161579081410683328?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-67557970835483458192010-08-30T11:34:00.002-04:002010-08-30T11:35:22.575-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/30/world/30iht-bernstein_337-span/30iht-bernstein_337-395-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/30/world/30iht-bernstein_337-span/30iht-bernstein_337-395-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/world/asia/30iht-bernstein.html">Fans of the Beijing Opera Academy of China fear that it could fall victim to modernization as the economy surges, but the government is helping support the art form.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6755797083548345819?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-25432094867268264252010-08-22T08:58:00.002-04:002010-08-22T09:01:04.239-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/photo_6566_landscape_large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/photo_6566_landscape_large.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Chinas-Deficit-in-American/123884/">China faces a worrisome imbalance of intellectual trade with the United States. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Chinese know less about the United States than Americans know about China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2543209486726826425?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-77775051117737886292010-08-21T06:10:00.001-04:002010-08-21T06:12:13.330-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/21/world/CHINA-profile/CHINA-profile-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 315px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/21/world/CHINA-profile/CHINA-profile-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/world/asia/21china.html">Ilham Tohti’s advocacy for China’s Muslim Uighurs has landed him on the government’s list of citizens who warrant near-constant surveillance.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7777505111773788629?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-61462122499491845512010-08-18T05:58:00.001-04:002010-08-18T06:00:55.125-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/18/arts/Peony-1/Peony-1-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/18/arts/Peony-1/Peony-1-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/arts/music/18peony.html">A Chinese opera troupe’s condensed version of “The Peony Pavilion,” staged in a Shanghai garden, tries to breathe new life into a traditional art form in danger of disappearing.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6146212249949184551?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-31165929570879887512010-08-17T05:43:00.000-04:002010-08-17T05:44:50.375-04:00<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0815-gardner-chopsticks-20100815,0,2729426.story">To keep up with demand, 100 acres of trees need to be felled every 24 hours. But efforts to restrain the use of disposable wooden chopsticks face many obstacles.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3116592957087988751?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-39733864856518881272010-08-13T13:22:00.001-04:002010-08-13T13:24:38.660-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/12/world/12hospital_337-span/HOSPITAL1-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 330px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/12/world/12hospital_337-span/HOSPITAL1-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/world/asia/12hospital.html">In 2006, patients or their relatives attacked more than 5,500 medical workers, reflecting wide discontent with China’s public health care system.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3973386485651888127?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-9009245199793253002010-07-19T10:01:00.001-04:002010-07-19T10:03:18.371-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/07/19/business/19chinavideo/chinavideo-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 138px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/07/19/business/19chinavideo/chinavideo-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/business/global/19chinavideo.html">Young people in China are starting to favor Internet video over TV, in part as a way to make an end run around government regulators.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-900924519979325300?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-33843564784378290482010-07-19T09:07:00.002-04:002010-07-19T09:10:22.043-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/07/19/world/CHINATV/CHINATV-articleInline.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 212px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/07/19/world/CHINATV/CHINATV-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/world/asia/19chinatv.html">Officials issued a directive faulting a popular dating show for promoting materialism and talking openly about sex.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3384356478437829048?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-64014903496749989202010-06-12T06:35:00.001-04:002010-06-12T06:38:16.938-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/06/12/nyregion/HINTON1-obit/HINTON1-obit-articleInline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 233px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/06/12/nyregion/HINTON1-obit/HINTON1-obit-articleInline.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/science/12hinton.html">Ms. Hinton worked on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atom bomb, but spent most of her life as a committed Maoist working on dairy farms in China.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6401490349674998920?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-26739095070694875182010-06-08T13:55:00.001-04:002010-06-08T14:00:42.334-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/06/07/85c.jpg?t=1275666510&s=2"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://media.npr.org/assets/news/2010/06/07/85c.jpg?t=1275666510&s=2" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127474607&sc=fb&cc=fp">A coffee company from Taiwan hopes to teach Americans to love squid-ink buns and iced sea salt lattes. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2673909507069487518?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-34921216671013011342010-06-08T13:02:00.001-04:002010-06-08T13:57:20.502-04:00<a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-7-2010/socialism-studies">Aasif Mandvi exposes the communist threat as Hacienda Heights introduces a Chinese language program to middle school kids.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3492121667101301134?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-44268843113112839352010-06-03T17:04:00.000-04:002010-06-03T17:06:15.880-04:00<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june10/china_06-02.html">As part of his series from China, Ray Suarez reports on the ongoing 2010 Shanghai Expo, where the large and decadent Chinese pavilion captures the country in transition.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4426884311311283935?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-66738031654273027372010-06-03T17:01:00.000-04:002010-06-03T17:04:14.610-04:00<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june10/china_06-01.html">In the second in his series of reports from China on global health issues, Ray Suarez reports on the dramatic increase in obesity as the country's growing class of educated and well-paid consumers adopt some Western-style shopping and eating habits.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-6673803165427302737?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-42048847107748255192010-06-03T16:52:00.002-04:002010-06-03T17:01:22.196-04:00<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june10/tobacco_05-31.html">In the first of three global health reports from China, Ray Suarez examines the work of anti-tobacco advocates in China, where the government -- which is a huge producer of tobacco products -- has done little to quash the deadly smoking epidemic.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-4204884710774825519?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-20460894778887412572010-06-01T06:37:00.000-04:002010-06-01T06:38:44.106-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/world/asia/01china.html">China issued the legal guidelines after a number of cases involving false confessions, most recently one involving a farmer who was wrongly imprisoned for 10 years.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2046089477888741257?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-80984401184088947052010-06-01T06:35:00.000-04:002010-06-01T06:36:57.806-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01compute.html">The Dawning Nebulae computer has achieved a sustained speed of 1.27 petaflops — the equivalent of one thousand trillion mathematical operations a second.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8098440118408894705?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-79169404088570502492010-05-15T07:33:00.000-04:002010-05-15T07:34:48.796-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/world/asia/15beijing.html">Prime Minister Wen Jiabao offered the first public comment by a Chinese leader since the latest attack.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7916940408857050249?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-36008960893060544222010-03-23T06:04:00.001-04:002010-03-23T06:04:46.538-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/science/earth/23hong.html">Pollution reached the worst levels since 1995, setting off an official government warning Monday to avoid outdoor activities and physical exertion.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-3600896089306054422?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-86550714097451250112010-03-23T05:55:00.000-04:002010-03-23T05:59:07.363-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/technology/23google.html">Google said it would close its Web site based in mainland China and direct users to an uncensored version based in Hong Kong.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8655071409745125011?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-54124698856592303762010-03-22T09:04:00.000-04:002010-03-22T09:05:21.682-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/asia/21grid.html">A paper imagining a cyberattack and a power failure in the U.S. has highlighted an atmosphere charged with hostility between the U.S. and China over cybersecurity.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-5412469885659230376?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84027170270212703452010-03-22T08:53:00.000-04:002010-03-22T08:54:48.298-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/opinion/20iht-edpor.html">The United States must recognize that its economic problems come from within. China cannot fix America's mess.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8402717027021270345?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-75895801284147742102010-03-03T06:14:00.000-05:002010-03-03T06:17:42.318-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/world/asia/03beijing.html">Liao Yiwu, a prominent author and critic of the government, was detained as he prepared to fly to a literary festival in Germany, activists said.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7589580128414774210?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-18362720177235080632010-03-03T05:40:00.000-05:002010-03-03T05:41:30.453-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/technology/02internet.html">Now that Google has thrown down the gauntlet, American companies may find arguments about the need to obey local laws do not offer blanket protection from questions about conduct.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1836272017723508063?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-79025116567994321592010-03-03T05:37:00.001-05:002010-03-03T05:37:56.266-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02tibet.html">A teenage religious figure, whose legitimacy is a matter of dispute, has been appointed to the country’s top advisory body, state media announced.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-7902511656799432159?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-1243031477392044832010-03-03T05:25:00.000-05:002010-03-03T05:26:35.917-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02china.html">In a country with a press tightly managed by the state, the appearance of the editorials in more than a dozen publications was noteworthy.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-124303147739204483?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-81899247688946101432010-02-24T11:19:00.001-05:002010-02-24T11:23:29.473-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24park.html">The ethnic theme playgrounds showcase features of ethnic minorities but also enforce the narrative that they are part of greater China.</a><br /><br />A photo of the sign that used to read "Racist Park" referenced in this article can be found <a href="http://brog.engrish.com/2008/10/01/racist-park-in-china/">here.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8189924768894610143?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-22564319533092291042010-02-19T08:43:00.000-05:002010-02-19T08:44:47.021-05:00<a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/02/19/2003466175">President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) would not address the two sides of Taiwan Strait as “two nations” in describing cross-strait relations, the Presidential Office said yesterday.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2256431953309229104?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-8338875749608050242010-02-19T08:36:00.000-05:002010-02-19T08:38:24.988-05:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01s3b84qdf4&4x3"></script><br /><br />Dalai Lama: "Don't ask silly questions!"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-833887574960805024?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-16885191554588848772010-02-19T08:28:00.000-05:002010-02-19T08:29:45.491-05:00Chinese officials openly criticized President Obama's decision to meet with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday. Beijing warned that U.S. recognition of Tibet as an independent state would further strain Sino-U.S. relations. Jeffrey Brown speaks to two experts about recent tension between the nations.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/js/pap/embed.js?news01n3b7fqe01"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-1688519155458884877?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-84398445368196347862010-02-19T08:12:00.000-05:002010-02-19T08:13:52.911-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/world/asia/19prexy.html">The meeting at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday was low-key, but raised the hackles of China nonetheless.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-8439844536819634786?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322334138714571451.post-21121313915218067542010-02-17T06:05:00.000-05:002010-02-17T06:06:18.472-05:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/world/asia/17briefs-Pageant.html">A 25-year-old Muslim man from China was the third runner-up in the Worldwide Mr. Gay pageant, which ended Sunday in Oslo.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5322334138714571451-2112131391521806754?l=anotherbrickinthewall1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>tnoreply@blogger.com0