About Yantao BI
an independent observer, nonpartisan freelancer and communication scholar based in China. educated in China, UK and Ireland. major research interests: political communication, international communication and discourse analysis.
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February 20th, 2009
East Asia
An article now popular in Chinese cyberspace depicts the sufferings and expectations of the people in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The post suggests that “all the friends across the country” owe an apology and a big “Thank you” to the Xinjiang people [zh].
February 18th, 2009
China: Religious demography and house churches
February 13th, 2009
China: CCTV under fire
February 6th, 2009
East Asia
Prof. Yu Jianrong（于建嵘）exposed [zh] that the governmental probe into the Xintai mental asylum abuses of the 18 protesters who were reportedly locked in a mental hospital in Xintai City, Shandong Province has already reached the conclusion that what the Beijing News reported [zh] is “not consistent with facts”. But Prof. Yu felt puzzled why the authorities have not published the investigative result.
January 31st, 2009
China
Beichuan County, the hardest hit area in 5.12 Sichuan earthquake, has spent RMB 1.1 million (USD160, 854) on one Land Cruiser, an imported luxury car, which has triggered explosive critique among the Chinese netizens. Blogger 心寒 (Chilling Heart) writes he could not help bursting into rage while many others, including 贫道中国人（Humble Chinese Taoist）, regretted their donations to Sichuan (zh), but Beichuan government has repeatedly defended its decision.
January 30th, 2009
East Asia
Mr. Song Luzheng (宋鲁郑）, a Chinese blogger who specializes in international politics, recently listed the five factors that have undermined the Sino-French relations (zh). He asserts that it is too hard to improve the bilateral relations to a mutually satisfying level unless the mutual trust is effectively enhanced.
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