We recently noticed a peculiar phenomenon over at the China Law Blog. Since about two weeks ago, they started publishing a series of articles with the title, "The End of Cheap China," followed by something else. We also know Shaun Rein has been marketing his book for months now - "The End of Cheap China." (Allen will be writing a review, by the way.) The interesting thing is … [Read more...] about Catching Shaun Rein’s “The End of Cheap China” book wave
Analysis
The Economist, it is time for a new editorial overhaul
The Economist recently announced a dedicated weekly section on China. It said, China is the second country for them to have done this for, followed only by their singling out the United States since 1942. In my view, the extra attention they give to 'China' as a topic is hardly going to help Westerners' understanding of China. Their editorial staff really needs an overhaul, … [Read more...] about The Economist, it is time for a new editorial overhaul
Five reasons why China will not invade Taiwan, and an analysis of Cross-strait Relations
‘So solidly built into our consciousness is the concept that China is conducting a rapacious and belligerent foreign policy, that whenever a dispute arises in which China is involved, she is instantly assumed to have provoked it.’ — Felix Greene, 1965. When a superpower is engaging in full hegemonic and supercilious display, another country with slowly increasing … [Read more...] about Five reasons why China will not invade Taiwan, and an analysis of Cross-strait Relations
What Does SOPA (and PIPA) Tell us About “Freedom”?
As you may know, there is a heated high-profile war being waged in the U.S. now over a new bill called SOPA ("Stop Online Piracy Act" in the House) and PIPA ("Protect Intellectual Property Act" in the Senate). The bills have been temporarily put on hold, but the issues highlighted by the controversies will not go away. The purpose of the bills is to enable IP owners to … [Read more...] about What Does SOPA (and PIPA) Tell us About “Freedom”?
Case Study on Bigotry: Is Dan Harris of the China Law Blog a Bigot? A Response to Dan Harris’s Post “Chinese Students In America. It’s Bad Out There”
After reading DeWang's recent post on Dan Harris' post titled "Chinese Students In America. It's Bad Out There", I couldn't but help to saunter over to China LawBlog to have a look - and boy, was I in for a shock! Here is what appears to be an intelligent person - a practicing lawyer (ok, I may biased, maybe most lawyers aren't that intelligent, after all) - spouting what looks … [Read more...] about Case Study on Bigotry: Is Dan Harris of the China Law Blog a Bigot? A Response to Dan Harris’s Post “Chinese Students In America. It’s Bad Out There”