Archive for: January, 2010

Arms sale causes severe damage to overall China-U.S. cooperation

Arms sale causes severe damage to overall China-U.S. cooperation

(Xinhua) – Ignoring repeated solemn representations made by China, the U.S. government on Friday notified Congress of its nearly 6.4 billion-U.S.-dollar arms sale package to Taiwan.
The sale is a wrong decision, which not only undermines China’s national security interests and her national unification cause, but also once again hurts the national feelings of the Chinese [...]

The Literature of the United States by Marcus Cunliffe

The Literature of the United States by Marcus Cunliffe

“The Literature of the United States” is a general introduction to the main themes and figures of the American literary scene, from colonial times to the present day. It was first introduced to China by the US Embassy in the middle of 1980s. This book inspired generations of Chinese students to pursue the beauty of [...]

"It was the spring of hope." 我们惬意生活在云端

"It was the spring of hope." 我们惬意生活在云端

致各位读者:新站点的装修已经完成了大约65%,在过去的一天里给每一篇导出后的文章添加tag并归类。这次的数据迁移是在blogger.com 抛弃FTP用户的背景下被迫完成的,我们在FTP环境下做得很好,但是新的架构赋予了 Chinais.com 更强大的表现能力。

Site News: Site Migration Within This Month / 致各位亲爱的访客朋友

Site News: Site Migration Within This Month / 致各位亲爱的访客朋友

(The China Times) I was informed today that Blogger.com will no longer support FTP publishing from March 26th, which means this blog has to be transferred to Blogger’s hosted platform, or to a new installation of Wordpress. It’s been hosted by HE.net for three months and I really enjoy its service, as it only costs [...]

Cover of Newsweek in Propaganda Poster Style

Cover of Newsweek in Propaganda Poster Style

Via Drawger.com

And famous Tank Man:

Via tech.azuremedia.net

Duke University: New Partnerships Expand Duke's Presence in China

Duke University: New Partnerships Expand Duke's Presence in China

Duke and the city of Kunshan have partnered to build a campus scheduled to be completed in 2011.
Via news.duke.edu

The planned campus in Kunshan
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University has forged new cooperative partnerships in China which will significantly increase the university’s presence in that country and create new opportunities for education, research and public service.
The partnership [...]

EACS: Open Letter to the President of the People’s Republic of China

EACS: Open Letter to the President of the People’s Republic of China

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES
His Excellency Hu Jintao
President of the People’s Republic of China
Zhongnanhai, Xichengqu,
Beijing
People’s Republic of China
OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
January 15, 2010
Your Excellency,
The European Association for Chinese Studies represents more than 800 scholars from 36 countries, mostly in Europe, who dedicate their efforts to the understanding and [...]

Mountain Baekdusan: Kim Jong-Il's Secret Military Command Centre?

Mountain Baekdusan: Kim Jong-Il's Secret Military Command Centre?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has constructed a military command centre in a hollowed-out mountain close to the Chinese border from where he plans to fight a guerrilla campaign should his nation be invaded or engulfed in civil unrest.
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Beneath a lavish palace used by the North Korean supreme leader, the interior of Mount [...]

Eric Schmidt: Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China

Eric Schmidt: Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China

(AFP) Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Thursday that the Internet giant is still censoring Web search results in China but that will change in a “reasonably short time from now.”
“We’re in conversation with the Chinese government,” Schmidt told financial analysts in a conference call after releasing Google’s fourth quarter results.
“Our business in China is [...]

Remarks on Internet Freedom by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Full Text in English/ Chinese and MP3 Download)

Remarks on Internet Freedom by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Full Text in English/ Chinese and MP3 Download)

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
The Newseum
Washington, DC
January 21, 2010

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SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Alberto, for not only that kind introduction but your and your colleagues’ leadership of this important institution. It’s a pleasure to be here at the Newseum. The Newseum is a monument to some of our most [...]

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