Real Clear China

Real Clear China Wednesday

2010-08-04T06:09:00.000-07:00

Does China offers a better development model than the West? - The Economist

Real Clear China Monday

2009-07-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

Fuse of Fear, Lit in China, Has Victims on 2 Sides - Edward Wong, NYT
China Rattles Investors With Detentions of Executives - David Barboza, NYT
China’s Empire Must End Reliance On One Man - Jonathan Fenb, FT
China to Open its Entertainment Industry to Taiwanese - Tim Culpan, Bloomberg
Resource-Rich Xinjiang Crucial To China - Joelle Garrus, AFP
China Tools Up For Space Race - Straits Times
Can China Diversify Its Foreign Holdings? - China Daily
Survey Shows Academic Cheating Rampant In China - Xinhua

Editorials
Bridging An Energy Gap - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Phone Conversation With My Uighur College Classmate After The Riot - Fool's Mountain
Translation: Letter from Xinjiang - Fool's Mountain

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-07-11T01:31:00.000-07:00

Behind the Violence in Xinjiang - Nicholas Bequelin, NYT
A Strongman Is China’s Rock in Ethnic Strife - Michael Wines, NYT
China and the Dollar - The Economist
China's Future - The Economist
China Appoints Chief For Yuan's Global Push - Global Times
China's Rise To Create Truly Global Auto Market - Nick Carey, Reuters

Editorials
Be True To All Citizens - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
"No Uighurs Need Apply" - James Fallows, The Atlantic
KFC's Success in China - Joel Backaler, Seeking Alpha
China’s Generation Y Consumers - Asiabizblog
China’s Bag Ban, One Year On - China Dialogue

Real Clear China Friday

2009-07-10T04:29:00.000-07:00

China Bans Mosque Meetings in Strife-Torn Region - Edward Wong, NYT
China Posts Gain in Monthly Exports - FT
Record Number of Chinese Firms Join Fortune 500 - China Economic Review
China Quake Flattens 18,000 homes, Leaves One Dead - Channel News Asia
Chinese Property Prices Pick Up - BBC

Editorials
Presenting the Truth on the Riots - Global Times

Best of the Blogs
Post-80s Girl Lives In Toilet To Protest High Housing Prices - ChinaSmack
Owe Money To A Chinese Company? - Dan Harris, China Law Blog
The Healthcare Opportunity in China - Jack Perkowski, Managing the Dragon

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-07-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

After Her Rise in China and Expulsion, a Uighur Becomes the Face of Her People - Eric Eckholm, NYT
For Poor Migrants, Grief in China’s Ethnic Strife - Edward Wong, NYT
China Bluffs the World - Greg Sheridan, The Australian
China Car Sales Continue To Soar - BBC
China On The March, Again - Mina Kimes, Fortune
Xinjiang’s Divide Stirs Separatist Pressures - Kathrin Hille, FT
What Should China Do About the Uighurs? - NYT
Ghost Of Marx Haunts China's Riots - Jian Junbo, Asia Times

Editorials
Outlaw The Hate Crime - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Kindness Found Amid The Violence - Shanghai Daily
Coming Soon: China's First Female Astronaut - Elaine Chow, Shanghaiist
For Uighurs And Han In China, A Shared Mistrust - China Journal, WSJ
China’s Faustian Bargain With the Auto Industry - Stan Abrams, China Hearsay

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-07-08T11:01:00.000-07:00

Beijing Always Wins - Russell Moses, NYT
Clashes in China Shed Light on Ethnic Divide - Edward Wong, NYT
Internet Plays Key Role In China's Latest Unrest - Alexa Olesen, AP
Troops Flood Into China Riot City - BBC
Iraqi Oil Goes To China - Vivian Kwok, Forbes
Hiring Days Are Back At Chinese Companies - Ding Qingfen, China Daily
What American Healthcare Trends Mean To China - Harry Greenspun, China Daily

Editorials
Now Xinjiang - NYT
Crime Against Humanity - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Zen Thoughts - Mary Dennis, The Beijinger
‘Splittism’ in China - Daniel Blumenthal, The Enterprise Blog
Co-working For Networking Entrepreneurs In Shanghai - CN Reviews
Background on Xinjiang and Chinese Policies in the Region (1800s-2001) - Amy Chang, Quelquefois
Thoughts on Xinjiang - Jeremiah Jenne, Granite Studio

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-07-07T05:29:00.001-07:00

China's Latest Tibet - John Lee, Foreign Policy
New Protests in Western China After Deadly Clashes - Edward Wong, NYT
Leaning on the Dragon - Phelim Kine, NYT
Xinjiang: The Jewel In China's Crown - Charles Cumming, Guardian
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information - Michael Wines, NYT
Wuhan’s Renewal Shows Ambitions and Challenges of China’s Urban Planning - Tom Miller, Dragonbeat

Buddhism Thrives As China Relaxes Religious Policy - Robert Saiget, AFP
Great Firewall blocks Danwei.org - Wang Weilan, Global Times

Editorials
Beijing Is Unwise To Play With Fire - FT
Say No To Riots - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Cross border settlement: PBOC regulations - China Translated
Why Demand Letters Still Work In China - Dan Harris, China Law Blog
Riots In Xinjiang and the Price of Omission - Imagethief
Sex, Drugs, Weapons and Cash: China vs United States - Aimee Barnes
Drink a Cup of Hot Pot - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog
Three Years in China - James Reynolds, BBC

Real Clear China Monday

2009-07-06T05:16:00.000-07:00

How The Chinese Court System Is Changing - David Hechler, Columbia Law School Magazine
Scores Killed in Clashes in Western China - Edward Wong, NYT
China Begins Pilot Program to Settle Trade in Renminbi - Reuters
Hopu To Invest In China’s Mengniu Dairy - Sundeep Tucker, FT
'Green' Revolution Under Way In Rural China - Elizabeth Yuan, CNN
China's Elderly Will Overwhelm Nation - David Pierson, LA Times
China's Empty Land Reform - John Lee, Guardian

Editorials
Sense Of Duty Counts - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
"Oracle Bone" Essayist Fails Gaokao, But Gets Into Sichuan University - Elaine Chow, Shanghaiist
China OEM Agreements: Why Ours Are In Chinese - Dan Harris, China Law Blog
More Chimerica - James Fallows, The Atlantic

Intelligentsia Roundup

2009-07-04T17:02:00.000-07:00

The Long Rise of China in Australian Defence Strategy - Richard Smith, Lowy Institute For International Policy
China Progressing Swiftly Toward Sea Power - James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, Jamestown Foundation
Deepening Naval Cooperation Between Islamabad and Beijing - Itamar Lee, Jamestown Foundation
CCP Seeks Progress on "Governance Capability" - Willy Lam, Jamestown Foundation

Out of Mao's Shadow (video) - Philip Pan, Council on Foreign Relations
Democracy Gaining Momentum in China - Cheng Li, Brookings Institute
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change - Kenneth Lieberthal, Brookings Institute
China Holds the Key to North Korea - Dennis Wilder, Brookings Institute
China's Changing Outbound FDI Profile - Daniel Rosen and Thilo Hanemann, Peterson Institute For International Economics
2009 Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates - William Cline and John Williamson, Peterson Institute
Is China’s Stimulus Program Protectionist? - Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute For International Economics

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-07-03T17:41:00.001-07:00

Chinese Aid To Africa - The Economist
China Joins Carbon Tax Protest - Alan Beattie and Kathrin Hille, FT
Heavy Rain In Southern China Forces 150,000 To Flee - Reuters
Markets in China Fly High Once More - David Barboza, NYT
A New Tiananmen: But This Time China’s Rebels Are Online - Diane Wei Liang, Times Online
Western Banks: Exiting The Dragon - Sundeep Tucker and Jamil Anderlini, FT

Editorials
Rules Equal For All - China Daily
Realty's Unscrupulous Reality - Huang Xiangyang, China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Of Language and Culture - Chinayouren
Fallows v Ferguson at Aspen - Jim Fallows, The Atlantic
Zhou Xiaochuan On Global Imbalances - China Translated

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-07-02T22:02:00.000-07:00

Demonstrators Mark Hong Kong Anniversary - Justine Lau, FT
Hoping For a US-Japan-China Triangle to Emerge - Mark Hughes, China Daily
China Said to Plan to Raise $5 Billion in Railway IPO - Cathy Chan and Bei Hu
China Considers Environmental Tax - Xi Si, The Economic Observer
Is a China Stock Bubble Forming? - Cesar Bacani, Time
Ningxia to Spearhead Islamic Finance in China - Cheng Zhiyun, Economic Observer
China's Marlboro Country - Chen Teping, Slate

Editorials
Energy Conservation Gaining Momentum - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
China’s 60 Year Anniversary: Thoughts From Prof. William Kirby - China Translated
China's Top 5 Music Videos - Elaine Chow, Shanghaiist
Does Latin America Have A China Strategy? - Tom Pellman, Double Handshake
Shishou Official Speaks Out On Riot - Sam Verran, China Elections and Governance

Real Clear China Friday

2009-07-02T16:56:00.000-07:00

Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert - Keith Bradsher, NYT
Chinese Fireworks Display - David Brooks, NYT
China Says "Carbon Tariffs" Proposals Breach WTO Rules - Reuters
China Babies 'Sold For Adoption' - BBC
Chinese Talk To Repsol About Argentine Arm - Sundeep Tucker, Victor Mallet and Lina Saigol, FT
New Masters Hold Key To Africa Recovery - William Wallis, FT
China To Allow Renminbi Trade Payments - Richard McGregor, FT
Taiwan Opens 100 Industries to Chinese Investment - Chinmei Sung and Janet Ong, Bloomberg
China's Lonely Heretic - Rowan Callick, The Australian

Editorials
Battling Real Estate Corruption - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Interview with English Editor of Caijing - Alice Xin, Danwei
Cross-Cultural Communication - Jonna Wibelius, She in China
Next For Chinese Airline: Standing Seats - Stan Abrams, China Hearsay

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-07-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

Beijing Delays Rule on Software Censor - Michael Wines, NYT
China Limits Use of Game Players’ Virtual Currency - David Barboza, NYT
Zimbabwe Turns to China for $950m Credit Line - Tony Hawkins and Richard Lapper, FT
Taiwan Opens to Mainland Investors - Ting-I Tsai, WSJ
Pepsi CEO Tours China To Get a Feel for Market - Gordon Fairclough and Valerie Bauerlein, WSJ
Shanghai Authorities Hold 9 people After Apartment Building Tips Over - Elaine Kurtenbach, AP
Disconnect From Real Economy - Huang Xiangyang, China Daily

Editorials
Credible Signals On Oil - China Daily
Stonewalling Leads to Brouhahas - Global Times

Best of the Blogs
Some Thoughts on China's Environment - Josie Liu, China in Transition
Liu Xiang Almost As Good As He Used To Be - Elaine Chow, Shanghaiist
Trial By Firewater: Baijiu Market Gives West a Lesson in Chinese Brand Positioning - Tom Miller, Dragonbeat
China’s Capital Markets: Poised to Develop - Jack Perkowski, Managing The Dragon
China Lacks Qualified MBA Professors - China Challenges

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-06-30T01:54:00.000-07:00

Iraq Oil a Big Draw for Chinese - Keith Bradsher, NYT
China Lifts Fuel Prices to Record Levels - FT
8 Drug Traffickers Executed Amid Intensified Crackdowns - Xinhua
Kobe Bryant Conquers China - Alan Paul, WSJ
PC Makers to Miss China’s Deadline - Kathrin Hille and Richard Waters, FT
Man Held Over China Ethnic Clash - BBC
No More Secrecy on Sex in Cyber Era - Chen Weihua, China Daily

Editorials
China's Information Dam - Washington Post

Best of the Blogs
Challenges for NGOs in China - Meg Davis, Asia Catalyst
Chinese Bloggers Talk About Google’s Business In China - CN Reviews

Real Clear China Monday

2009-06-29T02:45:00.000-07:00

China Agency to Launch English TV News - Kathrin Hille, FT
Beijing Formalizes Call for New Reserve Currency - WSJ
Donggaocun Positions Itself As Violin Capital of China - Andrew Jacobs, NYT
New Day for Shanghai Nights - Aric Chen, NYT
Human Rights Lawyers 'Disbarred' by Paperwork - Ariana Cha, Washington Post

Snitching For China Leads to Sorrow and Exile - Alexa Olesen, AP

Think Again: Asia's Rise - Pei Minxin, Foreign Affairs

Editorials
Paid Leave Shouldn't Be a Luxury - Global Times
Officials Under the Spotlight - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Some More Green Dam Documents - Rebecca MacKinnon
Divorce, Chinese Style - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog
China's Labor Law: The Bark Is The Bite - Dan Harris, China Law Blog
Laowai! - Peking Duck

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-06-26T22:55:00.000-07:00

Chinese IPOs Resume - The Economist
Taiwan's President and China - The Economist
China's Internet Censors - The Economist
Uyghur Charged With Spying In Sweden - Radio Free Asia
Recovery In China? Not So Fast - Gordon Chang, Forbes
Book Review of When China Rules the World - Mary Dejevsky, The Independent
How China Justifies Empty Witness Chairs - Ye Doudou, Caijing
China Poses Questions For BRIC Economies - David Oakley, FT
Is a Trade War with China Brewing? - Austin Ramzy, Time

Editorials
Pitfalls of Teaching Morality - The China Post

Best of the Blogs
A Look at China’s Online Health-Info Rules - Sky Canaves, WSJ Tech Blog
Chinese Newspapers Mourn Death of Michael Jackson - Joel Martinsen, Danwei
The Futures Market in China - Mick Zomnir, Managing The Dragon

Real Clear China Friday

2009-06-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

China 'To Block' Hummer Takeover - BBC
China Argues To Replace US Dollar - BBC
A New Sun Rises In The East - Martin Jacques, New Statesman
Guangdong Development Bank Executives Held in Police Custody - Jamil Anderlini
Atheist China Allows Buddha Relics Exhibition - Saibal Dasgupta, The Times of India
Beijing Adds Curbs on Access to Internet - Keith Bradsher, NYT
Why Doesn't the Western Press Leave Iran Alone - Huang Xiangyang, China Daily

Editorials
Reform on the Road - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
The Controversy of the 29-Year-Old Mayor - Alice Xin Liu, Danwei
Beijing Sweltering This Summer - Eric Mu, Danwei
China's Censorship Blowback - Rebecca MacKinnon, RConversation

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-06-24T16:07:00.000-07:00

The China-India Border Brawl - Jeff Smith, WSJ
China’s Sinopec Offers $7.22 Billion for Oil Firm - Chris Nicholson, NYT
China Blocks Google Website - Kathrin Hille and Richard Waters, FT
China Corruption Website Crashes - BBC
An Old Idea That Really Would Set China Free - Frank Ching, New Straits Times
China’s Education Reform Bubble Bursts - Zheng Yongnian, Global Times

Editorial
Google in China II - WSJ
Time To Aim For Better Balance In Growth - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
China's Anti-Monopoly Law: One Year On - Dan Harris, China Law Blog
Beijing Starts To Play By WTO Rules - China Bystander
The Chinese Tourist - CN Reviews
Why Are 40,000 Containers of Scrap Metal Idling in Hong Kong and Guangzhou? - Shanghai Scrap

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-06-23T15:50:00.000-07:00

As China Stirs Economy, Some See Protectionism - Keith Bradsher, NYT
China's Top Dissident Arrested For Subversion - Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Learning the Limits of 'Freedom' in China - Bill Schiller, Toronto Star
US Lodges WTO Case Against China - Tom Braithwaite, Joshua Chaffin, Kathrin Hille, and Elizabeth Fry
Asia’s Biggest Iron Deposit Found in China’s Liaoning Province - Bloomberg News
China's Rise: A Debate - Martin Jacques and Will Hutton, The Guardian
More FDI Opportunities in Chinese Real Estate - Yi Xianrong, China Daily

Editorials
Chinese Migrants Suffering From Occupational Hazard - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Migrant Worker Blogger - Jenny Zhu
Li Yinhe on Homowives - Kenneth Tan, Shanghaiist
Can the RMB Be More Undervalued Today Than It Was Last Year? - Michael Pettis, China Financial Markets
The State of China’s Environment: 2008 - China Environmental Law
The Mandarinization of Shanghai - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-06-22T16:24:00.001-07:00

Plastic Surgery Taking Off In China - Patti Waldmeir, FT
Despite Law, Job Conditions Worsen in China - David Barboza, NYT
Pace of Financial Reform Will Only Accelerate in China - Arthur Kroeber, Dragonbeat
Internet Boycott Calls to Mark China Filter Debut -Yu Le and Emma Graham-Harrison, Reuters
Inside China's Spam Crisis - Thomas Claburn, Information Week
Morals Vs Profits, a Tug of War For Business In China - Alan Wheatley, Reuters

Editorials
Deepening China-US Military Trust - Global Times

Best of the Blogs
Jazz Comes to Hong Kong - Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, Globetrotters
Graduate Unemployment: The View From Shijiazhuang - Tom Orlik, China Translated
Iran in China - James Fallows, The Atlantic
Migrant Workers: Separate and Unequal - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog

Real Clear China Monday

2009-06-21T15:23:00.001-07:00

High Tech's Great Leap Backward - Gordon Crovitz, WSJ
US Lodges China Censorship Complaint - Richard Waters, Joseph Menn, Daniel Dombey, and Kathrin Hille, FT
Book Touring in Beijing - Simon Winchester, FT
Tibetan Monks Tell Tale of Escape From China - Edward Wong, NYT
China Activists Say Dam Will Kill Off Rare Fish - Jeremy Chan, WSJ
India Begins Poverty Alleviation Project in China - Saibal Dasgupta, Times of India
China Banks Look More to Nation's Wealthy - Wang Bo, China Daily

Editorials
China Will Not Save the World Economy - FT
The Iranian Election in the Western Media - Global Times

Best of the Blogs
The Beggar - The Peking Duck
How Will China's GDP Growth Play Out? - Michael Pettis, China Financial Markets
"The People of Shishou Are Angry!" - Simon Elegant, The China Blog
How China Can Fix its PR Problem - Cup of Cha

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-06-20T01:24:00.001-07:00

China Tells Google to End Foreign Site Access - Kathrin Hille, FT
Study: Weather Helped to Clean Air for Olympics - AP
Soft Market for Cashmere Takes Toll in China - Keith Bradsher, NYT
Dams On China's Yellow River Near Collapse - AFP
What Will Happen to the Yuan? - Francesco Sisci, Asia Times
The Six Whys: Maintaining China's One-Party System -David Bandurski, China Media Project
China Raises Tax on Tobacco Products - Xinhua
Garments Industry Must Shed Pretense - Guillaume Chen, China Daily
Twittering Bad Air Particles in Beijing - Austin Ramzy, Time
Investment Spending in China - The Economist
Gay Rights in China - The Economist
China's Schistosomiasis Scourge - The Economist

Editorials
For Party Or People? - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Being Gay In China - Matt Schiavenza, A China Journal
Conversations with a Nanjing Cabbie - Amy Chang, Quelquefois
China and the Future of Electric Cars - China Challenges

Real Clear China Friday

2009-06-19T02:58:00.000-07:00

Shanghai Relaxes Residency Rules - BBC
China Ends Nine-Month IPO Ban - AFP
China Holds Firm on Software Filter, U.S. Firms Say - Edward Wong and Ashlee Vance, NYT
Flaws in China's Digital Dissidents - Alice Liu, Asia Times
Chinese Upper Class Growing - Tan Yingzi, China Daily
Beijing Olympics' Profit Exceeds 1 Billion Yuan - Xinhua
Experts Push for Raising Income Tax Threshold - Tan Yingzi, China Daily
Chinalco Lost Rio Bid to Australian Paranoia - Antonio Castillo, China Daily

Editorials
More Transparency in Govt Procurement - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Family Planning Now Extending to Dogs in Guangzhou - Edna Zhou, Shanghaiist
Southern Metropolis Daily Interviews Deng Yujiao - ESWN
Fatherly Advice: Eight Success Principles for Being an Official - Fool's Mountain

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-06-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

World Bank Raises China GDP Forecast - Michael Bristow, BBC
China Eastern Makes Airbus Order - BBC
Beijing To Hire Army of Internet Censors - Kathrin Hille and Richard Waters, FT
Bluenext Signs Chinese Carbon Credit Deal - Kathrin Hille, FT
Why the Case for China's Lawyers Doesn't Look Good - Austin Ramzy, Time
China Fires Top Official For Key Industrial Zone - AP
To Return Or Not To Return: That Is The Question - Tang Renqiu, Global Times

Editorials
Chinese University Professors: Masters of Deception - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Hummers in China - Jack Perkowski, Managing the Dragon
New Tax Rebates: Full List of Commodities - The China Sourcing Blog

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-06-16T20:25:00.000-07:00

China Frees Accused Woman After Protests Online - Loretta Chao, WSJ
China Tests the Waters - Philip Bowring, NYT
Civic-Minded Chinese Find a Voice Online - Michael Wines, NYT
Let Rio Deal Be A Lesson in M&A Strategy - Shujie Yao, China Daily
China Extends $10bn Credit Line to Central Asia - Isabel Gorst and Jamil Anderlini, FT
China Launches War On Graft In Shenzhen - Joelle Garrus, AFP
‘Buy China’ Policy Set to Raise Tensions - Jamil Anderlini, FT
China Prepares Guidelines for Sex Change Surgery - Gillian Wong, AP
CCP Newspaper to Expand Coverage - AP

Editorials
The Weight of BRIC - China Daily
China’s Climate Change Opportunity - Global Times

Best of the Blogs
The Myth of 'Made in China' - China Challenges
Thoughts On The Chinese Examination System - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog
Bluer Skies in Beijing - Jack Perkowski, Managing The Dragon
The West Should Heed Advice From China’s Bank Regulators - Arthur Kroeber, Dragonbeat

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-06-15T15:29:00.001-07:00

When Giants Meet - David Shambaugh, NYT
China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter - Edward Wong, NYT
Emerging Powers Prepare to Meet in Russia - Clifford Levy, NYT
China Ready to Enhance Cooperative Ties With Uzbekistan: President - Xinhua
China Drafts Law to Protect Animals: State Media - AFP
China's Holding of US Bonds Drops First Time in 11 months - China Daily
Porn-Filtering Software: It's Up to Users - Cui Jia, China Daily
Shanghai: A City on Fast Track to Financial Eminence - Dan Steinbock, China Daily
Toward Better Synergy with Latin America - Sun Hongbo, China Daily

Editorials
China's Cyber Dam - WSJ
Guangdong Takes Lead on Energy Conservation - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Socially Responsible Geeks Converge On Shanghai - Dedric Lam, Shanghaiist
Photos of Pingyao - Mark's China Blog
China Limiting Number of Messages to Curb SMS Spam Messages - MOBIZ
Shenzhen Bus Fire, 20 Flee For Their Lives - Paulina Hartono, China Digital Times
Full Solar Eclipse in Beijing - The Peking Duck

Real Clear China Monday

2009-06-15T00:31:00.000-07:00

China Detains 40 Over Exam Cheating - AFP
Chinese Uighurs Begin New Life in Bermuda - James Bone, The Australian
China Accused of ‘Predatory Pricing’ Tactics - Amy Kazmin, FT
Opposition Grows To Ping An’s TPG Deal - Jamil Anderlini, FT
China's Car Sales Boom, Reshaping a Way of Life - Calum MacLeod, USA Today
Gay Festival in China Pushes Official Boundaries - Andrew Jacobs, NYT
Foreign Direct Investment in China Tumbles - Bloomberg News
China Imprisons 'Hero' For Crime of Giving Out Bibles - Bill Schiller, Toronto Star
A Peek At China’s Strategic Oil Reserve - Wan Di, Global Times
On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming - Austin Ramzy, Time
A New Dawn: China's Emerging Role In Global Outsourcing - KPMG

Editorials
Economic Security Is Key For SCO - China Daily
BRIC Gathering At Yekateringburg - Global Times
Domestic Consumption Is Holding Up - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
E-Payment In China: Systems & Habits - Kai Pan, CN Reviews
Sinopec Makes A Small Bid For Addax Petroleum - ChinaBystander
Leaving China - The Peking Duck
Dissecting Corruption In China - Aimee Barnes
China Financing the US Deficit: The View From Andy Xie - Tom Orlik, China Translated
China a new architect for global finance? - Alexandra Stevenson, Beijing Briefs

Intelligentsia Roundup

2009-06-14T02:02:00.000-07:00

China's Charter '08 - New York Review of Books
Excerpts From Zhao Ziyang's 'Prisoner of the State' - Bao Pu, Renee Chiang, and Adi Ignatius, NYT
National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010) - China.org.cn
China Youth Trends and Business Implications - China Youthology
A Critique of Modernity and Western Civilization - Henry Liu, Asia Times Online
China-North Korean Relations in 2009 - John Tkacik, China Brief
Sri Lanka: Beijing’s Growing Foothold in the Indian Ocean - Vijay Sakhuja, China Brief
China’s SSBN Forces: Transitioning to the Next Generation - Andrew Erickson and Michael Chase, China Brief
Beijing Mulling Tougher Tactics Against Pyongyang - Willy Lam, China Brief

Knowledge @ Wharton Update

2009-06-13T14:19:00.000-07:00

Is China’s Real Estate Recovery Real? Positive Signs Are Building
The DNA of an Entrepreneur: ‘Not Accepting the World as It Is’
Huawei Technologies: A Chinese Trail Blazer in Africa
The Sichuan Earthquake and the Changing Landscape of CSR in China
Renewable Energy in China: A Necessity, Not an Alternative
Polo Group’s Miranda Liu: ‘Innovation Is Our Survival Capital’

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-06-12T22:49:00.000-07:00

America and China Talk Climate Change - The Economist
China’s College Entry Test Is an Obsession - Sharon LaFraniere, NYT
Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable - Andrew Jacobs, NYT
Taiwan Chip Maker Eyes Solar Cells - Ashlee Vance, NYT
Microsoft Launches Search Engine For China - Juliet Ye, WSJ
Environment Fears Halt China Dams - BBC
Chinese Exports Fall for Seventh Month - AFP
Taiwan Invited to Light Up Chinese Cities - Annie Huang, AP
In China, Mental Disease Common and Untreated: Study - AFP
China Considers National Food Safety Standards - Wang Qian, China Daily
China Braces For H1N1 Pandemic - Shan Juan, Zhang Ran, Xin Dingding and Jiang Wei, China Daily

Editorials
China Needs to Change Growth Model Towards Domestic Consumption - China Daily
Cheating Needs To Stop - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Boob Jobs in China: Pretty Sketchy - Shanghaiist
One More Reason to Buy a Mercedes - Eric Mu, Danwei
Will China's New Food Safety Law Work? - The China Sourcing Blog
Quarantined in Shanghai - James Fallows, The Atlantic

Real Clear China Friday

2009-06-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

Socialized Healthcare With Chinese Characteristics - Sam Verran, China Elections and Governance
Chinese Vice President Inspects Northwestern Province - Xinhua
State Stimulus Spurs Growth in China - Justine Lau, FT
US and EU to File WTO Suit Against China - China Economic Review
French Cars Fail Tests in China - BBC
Military Will Take College Grads - Dong Hui, Shanghai Daily
Next Industry to be Outsourced to China: US TV - Sam Riley and Xu Wei, Shanghai Daily
China Says No to Greenhouse Gas Cuts - AFP
China Calls For "Balanced" UN Resolution on North Korea - AFP
China Cracks Down on Small-Time Corruption - BBC
China TV Defends Govt's Internet Filtering Software - Jonathan Landreth, Times Online

Editorials
China’s Computer Folly - NYT

Best of the Blogs
China's Evolving Internet - Pomfret's China
HK Shuts Down Elementary Schools For 14 Days - Justine Karp, Shanghaiist
Tips on Beijing Nightlife - Iain Shaw, The Beijinger
ObaMao - quirkyBeijing
Who Switched the Playbooks? - Jack Perkowski, Managing The Dragon

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-06-11T01:45:00.001-07:00

Data Shows China Relies More On Growth At Home - Keith Bradsher, NYT
China Demands US Return Uighurs - BBC
Securities Regulator: China Ready to Resume IPOs - Xinhua
Beijing May Fear It, But Porn Means Passivity Not Protest - Zoe Williams, The Guardian
China Internet Filter Challenged in Rights Uproar - Reuters
China to Push Ahead With 'Go Abroad' Policy - Reuters

Editorials
China: A Future Green Leader? - The Guardian

Best of the Blogs
Shout, Shout, Let It All Out: Gaokao 2009 - Peijin Chen, Shanghaiist
Hui Minority Beats Lanzhou Chengguan Onto Knees Crying - ChinaSmack
Plastic Bag Ban Update: Beijing - Charlie McElwee, China Environmental Law blog
Heard Round the Table: Has Suzhou Hit Bottom Yet? - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-06-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

China’s Commodity Spree May Be Short-Lived - Keith Bradsher, NYT
China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor - Andrew Jacobs, NYT
China Bans Parts of Gay Festival - Chris Hogg, BBC
China Launches Green Power Revolution - Julian Borger and Jonathan Watts, BBC
China's Consumer Prices Fall Again, But Pace Slows - Terence Poon, WSJ
Taiwan Leader Ma Announces Plan to Run For KMT Chairman - Xinhua
Climate Talks Between US, China Break Down - Kathrin Hille, FT
It Is In Beijing's Interests to Lend Geithner a Hand - Martin Wolf, FT
Lunch Interview With Chinese Ambassador To Chile - Paul Starobin, The Atlantic
Exporters Get More Rebates - Wang Xu, China Daily

Editorials
India's Unwise Military Moves - Global Times
Be Cautious In Reforming Gaokao - Global Times
China Not Yet a Great Power - Global Times
Shanghai Pride Festival Sign of Social Progress - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Things I Still Haven't Gotten Used To After 3 Months in China - Dina Yin, China Indiana Lawyer
Alibaba Ramps Up For M-Commerce - Joel Backaler, The China Observer
Naked Escorts At a Wuhan Karaoke Bar - Eric Mu, Danwei
Conflict of Party and Private Lifestyles - James Reynolds' China

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-06-09T07:25:00.000-07:00

China Defends Screening Software - Michael Bristow, BBC
Chinese Art Prices Show Signs of Stabilizing - Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, NYT
GSK Deal to Provide China With Flu Vaccines - Channel News Asia
Chinese Auto Sales Surge Ahead - Patricia Jiayi Ho, WSJ
CIC To Invest Additional $1.2b in Morgan Stanley - China Economic Review
Shanghai to Show Pride With Gay Festival - Chris Hogg, BBC
Microsoft: China Web Filtering Raises Issues - Chris Lefkow, AFP
Courts to Help Govt Reduce Protests - Xie Chuanjiao, China Daily
Chinese Pupils Feel Exam Pressure - Michal Bristow, BBC
Dalai Lama Made Citizen of Paris - BBC

Editorials
Impetus Given to Asia-Pacific Integration - People's Daily

Best of the Blogs
Net Filtering Software: the Plot Thickens - Stan Abrams, China Hearsay
The China Hands of Yore - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog
Internet Filtering Software: No Big Deal - William Moss, Imagethief
Soros Visits Shanghai, Hangzhou - Peijin Chen, Shanghaiist
Will China Dismantle Low-End Manufacturing Industry? - Tom Miller, Dragonbeat

Real Clear China Monday

2009-06-08T14:37:00.000-07:00

US-China Talk Climate Change - John Broder and Jonathan Ansfield, NYT
Climate Change Game-Changer For China Relations - Nancy Pelosi, SF Chronicle
China Requires Censoring on New PCs - Andrew Jacobs, NYT

China Is Now World No. 2 Arms Spender, Report Says - Malin Rising, AP
China Accused of 'All-Out Attack' on Lawyers - Tania Branigan, Guardian
New Orleans Mayor Quarantined in Shanghai - BBC
Exports Rise in Taiwan - Robin Kwong, FT
Premier Wen Encourages College Grads to Seek Grassroots Jobs - Xinhua
China Further Raises Export Tax Rebates - People's Daily
No End in Sight For Loose Monetary Policy - Lu Lei, Caijing

Editorials
HK-Taiwan Ties Boost Is Long Overdue - The China Post

Best of the Blogs
Twitter Available in China Again - Danwei
China's Military Game Changer? - John Pomfret, Pomfret's China
City of Dreams Opens in Macau - Alex McMillian, Globespotters
The Limits of Recycling - Adam Minter, Shanghai Scrap

Council on Foreign Relations

2009-06-08T02:32:00.000-07:00

Challenges and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change - Elizabeth Economy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China’s $1.5 Trillion Bet: Understanding China’s External Portfolio - Brad Setser and Arpana Pandey
Statement on Reforming the International Monetary System - Zhou Xiaochuan
China's Military Power - Jayshree Bajoria
US-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda - Council on Foreign Relations Task Force Report
Nationalism in China - Jayshree Bajoria
The Question of Tibet - Jayshree Bajoria
China's Troubled Food and Drug Trade - Toni Johnson
China's Environmental Crisis - Carin Zissis
China's Internal Migrants - Andrew Scheineson

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-06-06T22:36:00.000-07:00

Report Says Valid Grievances at Root of Tibet Unrest - Edward Wong, NYT
The Next Dalai Lama - Edward Wong, NYT
Cold Cash Motivating Runaway Brides in China - Mei Fong, WSJ
China Construction Bank Opens First Branch in US - China.org.cn
After Tiananmen, China Wedded Force With Freedom - John Pomfret, Wash Post
Shenzhen Mayor in Graft Probe - Straits Times
Hunt For Landslide Survivors Continues - BBC
China's Parents Try Shock Tactics to Cure Net 'Addicts' - Michael Sheridan, Times Online
Would Mao Drive a Hummer? - Peter Goodman, NYT
China Explores Buying $50 Billion in IMF Bonds - Jamil Anderlini and Charles Clover, FT

China, Turkmenistan Seal $3 billion Energy Loan - Alexander Vershini
Nissan: China Market Now Surpasses US - China Economic Review

Editorials
Remembering Tiananmen - NYT

Best of the Blogs
Mainland China's 1st Pride Event To Be Held In Shanghai - Shanghaiist
Historical Bafflement of the Chinese People - David Kelly, The China Beat
Why China Won't Do More With North Korea - John Promfet
Why China Isn't "The Next Silicon Valley" - Sarah Lacy, TechCrunch
Hypocrisy: US Posturing on Human Rights - Dan Harris, China Law Blog

Knowledge @ Wharton: New Challenges For "Made In China"

2009-06-06T21:28:00.000-07:00

Rising Giants: Industrial Clusters Are Changing the Face of Chinese Manufacturing
China's Growing Talent for Innovation
Raising the Bar: Can China Meet the Quality Challenge?
Chinese Manufacturing in an Age of Resource Price Volatility
The Dragon Turns Green: China's Manufacturers Adapt to a New Era

Real Clear China Friday

2009-06-05T20:42:00.000-07:00

Mining Giant Scraps China Deal - David Barboza and Michael Wines, NYT
HK Pays Tribute to Tiananmen Protesters While BJ Stays Quiet - Sharon LaFraniere and Keith Bradsher, NYT
China's Internet Users' Influence Is Growing - The Economist
Hong Kong's Identity Crisis - The Economist
Gambling in Macau - The Economist
The Ghosts of Tiananmen - Wang Dan, LA Times

Editorials
China: Then and Now - USA Today
'High Noon' For Freedom - WSJ

Best of the Blogs
Chengdu Bus Fire - EastSouthWestNorth
Fatal Mining Landslide in SW China - China Bystander
6 Ways to Help Zeebo Succeed In China - David Wolf, Silicon Hutong
Remembering the Tiananmen Tank Man - Jim Gourley, Absurdity, Allegory, and China
Nanjing: Cultural Oasis of the South - Ben Ross, A Midwesterner in the Middle Kingdom
China Contract Law Gets Clearer - Steve Dickinson, China Law Blog
How Valuable Is the MBA Degree? - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog

McKinsey Quarterly - Update

2009-06-05T14:01:00.000-07:00

China's Green Opportunity - Martin Joerss, Jonathan R. Woetzel, and Haimeng Zhang
Private Ownership: The Real Source of China's Economic Miracle - Yasheng Huang
How to Address China's Growing Talent Shortage - Kevin Lane and Florian Pollner
Meeting the Challenges of China's Growing Cities - Janamitra Devan, Stefano Negri, and Jonathan R. Woetzel
What's New With the Chinese Consumer - Ian St-Maurice, Claudia Süssmuth-Dyckerhoff, and Hsinhsin Tsai
How Corporate China Is Evolving - Andrew Grant
A Global Road Map For China's Automakers - Paul Gao
The Cost of Going Global For China's High-Tech Companies - Stefan Albrecht, Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern, and Xiaoyu Xia
Global Investment Strategies for China's Financial Institutions - Joe Ngai and Yi Wang
How Chinese Companies Can Succeed Abroad - Meagan C. Dietz, Gordon Orr, and Jane Xing

Real Clear China Thursday

2009-06-04T00:56:00.000-07:00

Bullets Over Beijing - Nicholas Kristof, NYT
What I Saw At Tiananmen - Claudia Rosett, WSJ
Malaysia, China Consider Ending Trade in Dollars - Shai Oster, WSJ
US Asks China To Account For Tiananmen Deaths -Yochi Dreazen and Loretta Chao, WSJ
China After Tiananmen - Steve Chapman, Reason Online
Democracy Gaining Momentum in China - Cheng Li, SF Chronicle
West Miscasts Tiananmen Protesters - James Kynge, FT

Editorials
On China Buying US Bonds, There Is No Free Lunch - China Daily

Best of the Blogs
Tiananmen On The Ground - James Fallows, The Atlantic
Playing the China Card: Advice For New College Grads - Jack Perkowski, China Success Stories
Tiananmen Internet Crackdown: Unintended Consequences - Jeremiah Jenne, Notes From The Granite Studio
McCafe Comes To China - Stan Abrams, China Hearsay
Dating Advice For Chinese Taxi Drivers: Don't Mention Housework! - Jonna Wibelius, She In China

Intelligentsia Roundup

2009-06-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

Forget Bretton Woods II: the Role for US-China-Japan Trilateralism - Yoichi Funabashi, Washington Quarterly
China's Team of Rivals - Cheng Li, Brookings
The G-2 Mirage - Elizabeth Economy and Adam Segal, Foreign Affairs
Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the PRC 2009, Office of Secretary of Defense
Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications - Kerry Dumbaugh, CRS
Global Impact of China's Environmental Crisis - Elizabeth Economy, USC US-China Institute
Bridge Over Troubled Water? - Phillip C. Saunders and Scott L. Kastner, International Security
Can the Internet Bring Democracy to China? - Xiao Qiang, CFR (podcast interview)
China and the Global Financial Crisis - Council on Foreign Relations

Real Clear China Wednesday

2009-06-03T00:23:00.000-07:00

Australia Grows Weary of China's Economic Shadow - Michael Wines, NYT
China's New Rebels - The Editors, NYT
Who Really Won Tiananmen? - Donald Morrison, NYT
China's Power Generation Dropped 3.5% In May - Xinhua
Lessons From Tiananmen - Ian Buruma, Guardian
US Trims Waiting Time on Visas for Chinese Scientists - Cam Simpson, WSJ
Kirk Plans China Trade Policy - Tom Barkley, WSJ
Thousands of China Milk Sites Closed - AFP
China Widens Tiananmen Restrictions - AP

Editorials
Geithner's China Pitch - WSJ

Best of the Blogs
Train Tracks: Negative Growth In Railway Freight - China Translated
Tsingtao Beer: A Complex Brew - Robert Bickers, The China Beat
Hip-Hop In China: Busting Rhymes In Mandarin - Time.com (Video)

Real Clear China Tuesday

2009-06-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

The Trillion Dollar Question: China Or America ? - Niall Ferguson, FT
Chinese Company Said To Be Buyer of Hummer - Keith Bradsher, NYT
China Blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary - Tania Branigan, Guardian
Geithner Calls For Renminbi Flexibility - Andrew Batson and Maya Randall, WSJ
Why China's Banks Are Stronger Than America's - Cesar Bacani, Time

Editorials
Geithner's Good Start in Beijing - FT

Best of the Blogs
Edison Chen Talks to CNN - Shanghaiist

Real Clear China Monday

2009-06-01T12:56:00.000-07:00

Will Hong Kong Remain Free? - Andrew Jacobs, NYT
China's Manufacturing Continues to Expand - Kathrin Hille, FT
Haier Acquires Stake in Fisher & Paykel - Kathrin Hille, FT
Suntech Offering Raises $277 M - Caijing
Why a Sino-American 'G2' Is a Hollow Idea - Arthur Kroeber, FT
Geithner Assures China About U.S. Deficits - AP
A Soldier Home - Yiyun Li, The New Yorker

Editorials
Pelosi's Chinese Climate Change - WSJ

Best of the Blogs
Locally Brewed Beer in Hong Kong - Alex Frew, Globetrotters
Followup On Solar Panels and Climate Issues - James Fallows, the Atlantic
Getting Around the Great Fire Wall - I Love China
Beijing's Best (Chinese) Restaurant Guide - The China Blog, Time
Singaporeans Lament the Suzhou Industrial Park - Bill Dodson, This Is China! Blog
IT Outsourcing To China As Next Big Thing - Dan Harris, China Law Blog

Real Clear China Weekend

2009-05-31T16:52:00.000-07:00

Geithner Arrives in Beijing for Talks - David Barboza, NYT
Shanghai Buys Itself a Makeover Before Expo - David Barboza, NYT
In China, a New Breed of Dissidents - Loretta Chao, WSJ
Hong Kong Protesters Mark Tiananmen - AP
China and US Share Economic Umbilical Cord - Geoff Dyer, FT
China Rejects Deal on Iron Ore Price Cuts - Tom Mitchell, FT
Caught in China's Aggressive Swine Flu Net - Ariana Cha, Wash Post
China to Raise Gas, Diesel Benchmark Retail Prices - Xinhua
Guangdong Sees Hope of Economic Recovery - Xinhua
China to Lead Way in Electric Cars, says Bain - Zhou Yan, China Daily
Identification of Tiananmen Tank Man Remains a Mystery - Jane Macartney, The Times

Editorials
Exiled to English - Ha Jin, NYT
China's Forgotten Revolution - Yu Hua, NYT

Best of the Blogs
What Do You Notice in This View of Kunming? - James Fallows, The Atlantic
Why do Chinese Save? - Michael Pettis, Chinese Financial Markets
Shanghai As World Financial Capital? Maybe Next Century - Dan Harris, China Law Blog

China Leadership Monitor - Spring 2009

2009-05-31T15:53:00.000-07:00

PRC-Taiwan-US: First the Easy, Now the Hard - Alan Romberg
Hu Jintao: 'Core Values of Military Personnel' - James Mulvenon
Understanding the Chinese Stimulus Package - Barry Naughton
Social Order in the Wake of Economic Crisis - Joseph Fewsmith
CCP Presses Party Unity in Time of Economic Stress - Alice Miller
Shanghai: China’s Center for Intl Finance and Shipping - Cheng Li