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China: Response to “Women’s Rights at Risk” by Leta Hong Fincher
With response to the article “Women’s Rights at Risk” by Leta Hong Fincher: What we can say about Mao’s policies during the Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward is that they were equally...
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The birds and the bees in China
The peaceful water town of Tongli is home to a museum one would not expect to find in modern mainland China: a sex museum. The sculpture in the main courtyard that depicts a very small man with...
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China: Son of prominent general on trial for rape sparks public outcry
The people of China are tired of party officials and their families thinking they are above the law. The children of party officials are especially criticized and seen as “spoiled” because of their...
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China tired of Japan’s “empty talk” and refuses leaders’ meeting to discuss...
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been calling for more dialogue with Beijing since he came to office in December 2012, the same month a Chinese government plane violated Japan’s airspace over the...
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China’s Bo Xilai tries to save his skin
The trial of Bo Xilai started to turn into an episode of Maury. Revelations about the tangled web of strained and complicated relationships within his family were used as his testimony, particularly...
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Martin Luther King Jr in China
“I have a dream” are words the freshmen students I taught were actually familiar with. They knew that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was perhaps the most influential leader in the fight for racial...
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Under cover at the Shanghai marriage market
The Shanghai Marriage Market or, to be politically correct, Matchmaking Corner, takes place every Saturday and Sunday from noon until around five in the evening. Hundreds of parents hang the “resumes”...
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A journalist’s role in China
North Korea considers journalists to be the voice of the government and they are therefore held in great esteem. This sentiment is shared by the government leaders behind the bamboo curtain of China....
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