Notes on the China I’m Leaving Behind
I GOT together at a restaurant the other night with some Chinese and expatriate friends.
The Philippines Takes China to Court
The Philippines argued at a closed that an international court should intervene in its dispute with China over rights to exploit natural resources and fish in the South China Sea.
Chinese Activists Test New Leader and Are Crushed
Prominent activist, Xi Zhiyong, is indicted in a harsh warning to the New Citizens Movement.
Media
02.29.12
Three Trends in Public Opinion Online in China
Looking back at China’s Internet in 2011, there were three broad trends that deserve greater attention. The first was a general shift from emotionally-driven nationalist chatter as the defining tone of China’s Internet to more basic attention to...
Promises Unfulfilled: An Assessment of China’s National Human Rights Action Plan
Human Rights Watch
In 2009, the Chinese government unveiled the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP), the first of its kind in China. However, two years on, deficiencies in the action plan and government failures to adequately implement some of its key...