Top-5 stories for August 2012
2012-08-19
The top-5 most-read stories for August 2012. And the background of our Weekly China Hangout, starting in September. The start of a TV show with China debates.Read More →
The conspiracy against China at the London 2012 Olympics – Zhang Lijia
2012-08-16
China’s internet has been abuzz about the unfair treatment China got at the London 2012 Olympics, in the eyes of many Chinese. Author Zhang Lijia takes at her weblog a step back and tries to figure out what was going on.Read More →
The insult of shengnu, leftover women – Zhang Lijia
2012-08-07
A growing group of well-educated Chinese women have a hard time to find a husband. Shengnu or “leftover” women they are called and author Zhang Lijia explains in The Telegraph why that is a highly insulting description.Read More →
In China, dark is ugly – Zhang Lijia
2012-08-05
Getting a sun taint is traditionally not done in China, especially for women. The Asia Society collected stories on a dark color and celebrity author Zhang Lijia tells how a darker skin was met with scorn in her youth.Read More →
My meeting with Chen Guangcheng in NY – Zhang Lijia
2012-07-14
The author Zhang Lijia was one of the first journalists who introduced the blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng to Western media, now 12 years ago. After his daring escape, they found now time to meet at NYU in New York, Zhang Lijia tells on her weblog.Read More →
Churches are needed in a harmonious society – Zhang Lijia
2012-06-22
Illegal house churches continue to suffer from government prosecution. Wrong, says the author Zhang Lijia in The Guardian. Religious movements should be accepted at a positive force.Read More →
How to keep Chen Guangcheng relevant – Zhang Lijia
2012-06-09
What is Chen Guangcheng’s future, wonders author Zhang Lijia, as she recalls her earlier meetings with the blind lawyer and his diligent way to make a difference in China. How can Chen stay China’s bright and honest son, she asks in The Diplomat.Read More →
June 4th and later – Zhang Lijia
2012-06-05
Celebrity author Zhang Lijia of “”Socialism Is Great!”: A Worker’s Memoir of the New China” recalled yesterday at her weblog the dramatic events of June 4, 1989, and looks ahead at the future of China in the years to come.Read More →
Zhang Lijia on political reform in China – Hangout-on-air
2012-05-30
On Thursday 31 May the Beijing-based author Zhang Lijia will answer questions on political reform in China in an upcoming Hangout-on-air. Are we seeing merely window-dressing, or are there real options for change. Basis will be her opt-in in the New York Times, where she sounds rather pessimistic.Read More →
Gaining personal freedom in a caged country – Zhang Lijia
2012-05-26
During her last-week speech at TedxMongkok in Hong Kong author Zhang Lijia described the differences in personal freedom from the time she worked in the rocket-factory in Nanjing and how in Beijing. A growing freedom in a cage, summarized on her weblog.Read More →
Zhang Lijia on China’s political reforms – Hangout-on-air
2012-05-24
The famous author Zhang Lijia discussed earlier this week in the New York Times the prospect – of better the lack thereof – of political reform in China. In Google+ Hangout-on-air we will discuss early next week why she does not think the upcoming leadership is ready for that task.Read More →
Are China’s new leaders ready for political reforms? – Zhang Lijia
2012-05-23
Ruling Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned a few months ago the country needs real political reforms to avoid another Cultural Revolution. Is China’s upcoming leadership ready for that tasks? Author and celebrity Zhang Lijia writes in the New York Times she has her doubts.Read More →