Travel
A Dozen Ways Taiwan is Better Than China
Food is better. Whilst proofing news briefs for a Taiwan 🇹🇼 newspaper, I read a crazy story about how vendors in Beijing…
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Arts
Bon Jovi Woos His Chinese Audience with a Taiwanese Love Song
It has generated great publicity for Bon Jovi’s upcoming Asian tour, and a fierce debate between Chinese speakers on both sides of…
News
Disputed Islands a Flashpoint in a Greater Game
The recent and ongoing dispute over the territorial sovereignty of the Diaoyu Tai/Senkaku islands is becoming one episode in a rapidly developing…
News
Enforce Article 35 of China’s Constitution, Abolish Censorship and Realize Citizens’ Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press
Dated: October 01, 2010 Dear members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress: Article 35 of China’s Constitution as adopted…
Politics
Chomsky’s Appeal: Speaking Scientifically to the Power of Truth
It is often said that Noam Chomsky, emeritus professor of MIT’s Institute of Linguistics and Philosophy, ‘speaks truth to power’, meaning he…
Culture
China, Unhand Thy Pandas
The Wild East Opinion Desk There’s something creepy about Chinese people trying to breed pandas. What’s this about showing ‘Panda porn’? ‘Sexercise’…
News
Tip-toeing around the Centenary of the Republic of China
The centenary of the Republic of China logo was unveiled today, without fanfare, but just the correct level of decorum not to…
Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
Good Old Uncle Ho
Lantern Festival marks the end of Chinese New Year or Spring Festival as it is officially known here and the 3rd Plenary…
Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
New Year’s Day of the Tiger – 'Party' town.
Jonathan Chandler The Wild East The snow which fell a week or so back has yet to melt completely and the winds…
Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
Different Times, Different Worlds
Jonathan Chandler The Wild East It snowed dream-like and blew bone-flaying gusts of Artic wind last week. The sky was bleeding lead…
News
Hard to beat China's cat-and-rat computer games
Democracy and free expression are thriving in China – in cyberspace. While Big Brother asserted himself in 2009, this did not prevent…
Opinion
China’s air pollution: Calling the kettle silvery
A young Beijing writer recently had the good fortune to be sent on assignment to Mexico City, in order to write a…