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September 28th, 2008

China: Will a Nobel Peace Prize really hurt our feelings?

John Kennedy · 07:18, September 28th, 2008 · East Asia

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Hu Jia's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize has raised the question: are The Chinese People easily upset by the notion of human rights? Party spokesman Liu Jianchao would have you think so, and many netizens agree. Not all do, however, judging from comments that haven't yet been deleted. 22 comments · read »

September 9th, 2008

China: Free market economists urge post-Olympics social and political reforms

John Kennedy · 17:07 · East Asia

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The huge economic strides China has taken over the past thirty years was one of the main themes in Olympics coverage; now that foreigners and their media have stopped gawking and left, Chinese economists are busy eking out the next thirty-year plan. 1 comment · read »

September 6th, 2008

China: Handling of Yang Jia's secret trial breeds widespread discontent

John Kennedy · 02:41 · East Asia

As authorities remain silent, criticism regarding the handling of the Yang Jia police murder trial grows steadily stronger. 4 comments · read »

September 1st, 2008

China: Yang Jia given death penalty in problematic trial

John Kennedy · 10:16, September 1st, 2008 · East Asia

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Yang killed people, and this should have been condemned by society. What comes unexpectedly, though, is that he actually earned many people's sympathy. Can't people tell right from wrong? What possible reason could there be, for public and social values to get as screwed up as this? 10 comments · read »

August 26th, 2008

East Asia

Famed she is, though definitely not for her blogging, which is too bad, because there's no doubt that a lot of people would be interested to see the control-room photos and series of Chinese-language sources that Tibetan writer Woeser has just posted which show just how close of an electronic eye Chinese authorities now have over Tibet in “Project Skynet” (not to be confused with that Skynet.

China: Cop-killer online hero case goes on trial

John Kennedy · 08:27, August 26th, 2008 · East Asia

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Yang Jia's case goes to trial today, after having been postponed for the Olympics. Previously he had been harmonized after having been heroized by many online for walking into a police station in Shanghai last month and killing six cops after what was accepted was an earlier case of injustice ... 8 comments · read »