Chinese communist party… Journalist Expulsions and Beijing’s Counterterrorism Narrative 26 Jan 2016 2015 was supposedly a triumphant year for the Chinese Communist Party, but the CCP seemed determined to end the year on a landslide of insecurity with respect to the foreign journalists…
China… Sino-French Soliloquies 4 Feb 2011 Word counts don't mean so much at the end of the day, the release of a big article manuscript into the hands of a capable editor should always be grounds…
China… Self-Regard and Foreign News in Today’s Chinese Press 29 Dec 200929 Dec 2009 By "today's Chinese press," I mean today's (December 28th-29th). So let's get on with it: 1. Dr. Kim will take your questions One of the big questions we all should…
China… Rechauffement: China and France Make Nice 22 Dec 200923 Dec 2009 French diplomacy in East Asia has been proceeding apace. Last month's visit to North Korea by special envoy Jack Lang seems to have borne fruit: Paris announced it was on…
American Foreign Policy… He’s Making a List, and Checking It Eight 22 Dec 200923 Dec 2009 Before you "check your loot" for the holiday, consider checking out the following eight stories: 1. This Global Times story (in English) digested from Yonhap and AFP reports of the…
Chinese communist party… “Red Princess” at the Debutante Ball, Paris 7 Dec 20097 Dec 2009 Le Figaro's always-divergent China blog carries a high-society/CCP mash-up with a recent entry regarding Jasmine Li, the youngest daughter of Jia Qinglin, No. 4 in the Party hierarchy and one…
Sino-French Relations New Work on Sino-French Relations in the 1950s 18 Aug 2009 One of the most enjoyable things I get to do in the summer is to travel to archives and research facilities in various countries to seek out new sources which…
Sino-French Relations Paris-Pekin: Supplice chinois 1 Aug 2009 Commentary: Note how in knots the Chinese have the French. Setting aside the standard discount for French self-flagellation, the following article very much indicates that after forty-five years of relations,…
Music… Yann Tiersen Concert 22 Jun 200922 Jun 2009 Tiersen is in town, and the French are back. Much prevaricated against this event taking place at all. After all, as this blog has reported, the Chinese masses (or at…
China… Dalai Lama in Europe 23 May 200923 May 2009 Xinhua is upset: the Dalai Lama is planning to arrive in France from June 6-8 to become an honorary citizen of Paris. While the national government of France has pledged…
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