Huanqiu Shibao… Sunday Links: Korea 4 Jul 2010 1. Joshua Stanton's analysis of Sino-North Korean relations on One Free Korea is stuffed with things worth thinking about. Of course, when he equates the Global Times with the Nazi…
Chinese communist party… Kim Jong Il in the Chinese Mainland Press 4 May 2010 Fresh from a session with Bruce Cumings at the University of Washington (more on his speech tomorrow, including photographs), I'm posting a few links to dispel the notion that Kim…
Chinese nationalism… DPRK Imports Cars: Chinese Netizens Sound Off 20 Apr 201020 Apr 2010 In preparations for the April 15 birthday of Kim Il Song/national holiday, the North Korean government imported more than 100 automobiles to be given as gifts to mid-level officials and…
Cultural Politics… Censorship Stories, or, How the WSJ Made Global Times More Boring 18 Mar 201018 Mar 2010 The Wall Street Journal "China Real Time Report" is one of the more comprehensive group blogs out there about the PRC, and this WSJ piece by Lu Yiyi on the…
Chinese communist party… Sino-Japanese Apprehension 28 Feb 201028 Feb 2010 At the Beijing airport, border security personnel yesterday refused the entry into the PRC of Japanese scholar Naoko Mizutani on the grounds that she was a supporter of Uighur indepdence. …
American Foreign Policy… Washington Times / Huanqiu Watch 24 Feb 201026 Dec 2015 It seems there could be few things more interesting than sitting half-court, like a satiated canine, at a tennis match between the editors of the Washington Times and the (Beijing)…
American Foreign Policy… Netizens Debate Prospect of PLA Invasion of North Korea 31 Jan 201031 Jan 2010 This thread on the Huanqiu Shibao/Global Times BBS, was started this past June and continues to rack up interesting comments responding to unspecified reports from the U.S. (or just representing…
U.S.-China Relations… “Obama’s low bow subjected to scrutiny”: Chinese Media 17 Nov 200917 Nov 2009 Global Times in Beijing, no friend to Japan, now carries the story of Obama's low bow to Emperor Akihito, quoting the Washington Times and all. The story is carried…
American Foreign Policy… Report of North Korean Military Buildup along the Jilin Border 28 Sep 200928 Sep 2009 10,000 More North Korean Troops Along Chinese Frontier The Daily NK quotes sources inside North Korea indicating that the Korean People's Army will, for the next six months, be building…
Chinese nationalism… Fistfuls of Chinese Earth, Breaths of Conspiracy, Fusillades of Propaganda 3 Sep 2009 The Laura Ling/Euna Lee editorial has been partially translated and passed along, virtually without commentary or analysis, on the Daily NK's Chinese website, which is accessible in China. And the…
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