Activist inspires hope even as Chinese repression grows Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY9:17a.m. EDT March 26, 2013 (Photo: Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY) DONGSHIGU, China — Wang Jinxiang, 79, the mother of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, may not appear to be a threat to Chinese national security. But on Thursday, the day of her birthday lunch,… Continue reading The spoiled birthday party for Chen’s mother
The opened-up polystyrene apple, symbolizing vagina, was still wet from paint when I arrived at the spacious gallery in Fangcun, in the eastern outskirts of Guangzhou, earlier this month. Da Tu, a 24-year-old feminist activist, was going to finish her work entitled ‘teeth in the vagina’ with the punch line – teeth, to be presented… Continue reading The Flower of Feminist Movement is Finally Blossoming in China’s Harsh Soil
Will the Chinese Be Supreme? APRIL 4, 2013 Ian Johnson Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance by Arvind Subramanian Peterson Institute for International Economics, 216 pp., $21.95 (paper) The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy by Edward N. Luttwak Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 310 pp., $26.95 Restless Empire: China and… Continue reading Will the Chinese be Supreme? Books reviewed by Ian Johnson in NYRB
Last week, I was interviewed by Germany’s Stern magazine about my hope for the new Pope. I am not sure how much they used it, if at all, here’s my view. My hope for the new pope is just like ordinary Chinese people’s hope for our new leader – that he will introduce genuine reforms.… Continue reading the new Pope and China’s new leaders
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1182306/india-through-eyes-chinese-students India through the eyes of Chinese students Wednesday, 06 March, 2013, 4:34pm Yuan Lei and Guimei Feng “Why do so many people pee in public?” “Madam, they have freedom. They can’t wait.” This was a conversation we had with an Indian tour guide during our two-week trip in Northern India. We are journalism students… Continue reading India through the eyes of Chinese students
• See below an outstanding piece by my writer friend James Palmer. I can’t imagine there’s a wider generation gap between today’s young Chinese and their parents generation. Come to think about it, the same can be said about the gap between myself and my mother who doesn’t even know how to use a mobile… Continue reading The Generation Gap by James Palmer
20130304-NEWS_INSIGHT.PDF
lijia zhang's blog 