Via The Peking Duck and CDT: A moving 10 minute+ video showing the victims and families of China’s multiple coal mining disasters. Economic progress marches on, but I think the faces in this video tell a far different story than the images of New China rising in Shanghai and Beijing ‘08.
According to CDT, the images [...]
Another Coal Mine Disaster: The Music Video
December 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Tags: Chinese politics
2006 Weblog Awards: China Law Blog
December 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments
I’m putting in my plug for the exceptional China Law Blog, nominated in the category of “Best Asian blog” in the 2006 Weblog Awards.
Without question, the CLB is the one-stop source for all that is going on in business and law in Greater China. Their posts are always timely, insightful and–best of all–written in such [...]
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A ‘Peaceful Rise’ starts to throw elbows: Yao Ming and China’s new attitude
December 9th, 2006 · 8 Comments
Last month, 7′6″ Yao Ming had a shot blocked by 5′9″ Knick guard Nate Robinson. If there was ever a moment when Yao seemed to epitomize his country’s struggles over the last few centuries, there it was….even more so when you look at the video and realize that Robinson got away with a poke in [...]
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