China Digital Times (CDT)
CDT is a bilingual news website covering China’s social and political transition and its emerging role in the world. We aggregate the best China-related news, opinion, and analysis from around the Web, while also translating valuable content from Chinese blogs, microblogs, and other online media.
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Will Facebook Enter China?
As Facebook is set the launch the most-anticipated IPO in years, observers are wondering if and when the company will attempt to enter the China market. From BBC: Analysts say the longer Facebook takes to enter China, the harder it will become for the firm to crack the market. “The point is that they have already missed out on it,” Michael Clendenin of Red Tech Advisors in Beijing tells the BBC. “They will be naive to think that just because they are Facebook they will be able ...Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:30 pm
Chinese Fishermen Kidnapped in North Korea
Tensions between China and its long-time ally North Korea are spilling into public with the recent apparent kidnapping of 29 Chinese fishermen who were in waters between the two countries and have since been brought to North Korean waters. From BBC: The captors have asked for payment by Thursday for the release of the men and boats, the newspaper reported. China’s foreign ministry said it was in touch with North Korean authorities and hoped to resolve the situation soon. “We urged th...Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:00 pm
Italian Coach Marcello Lippi to Coach Guangzhou Evergrande
China’s national soccer (football) team has long been a source of mockery and heartbreak among the country’s many die-hard fans. Most recently, the team failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, as it has done every match since 2002. Much money and ink has been spent trying to figure out why China cannot put together a winning team, considering the country’s considerable strength in many other sports and the love of the sport among Chinese citizens. In recent months, the Chines...Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:09 pm
Eric X. Li: “Democracy is Not the Answer”
With his frequent opinion pieces and public lectures, venture capitalist Eric X. Li has established himself a rising Chinese public intellectual for the English-speaking world. Since 2011, a number of his writings have appeared in the mainstream English press, where he is known to extol the virtues of Chinese politics and economics. He has “debunked” criticism from leading China scholars, lauded the superiority of China’s political model, claimed that ideological diversity, an...Posted on 17 May 2012 | 5:02 am
Of Quackery, Rhinos and Tigers
Last week’s Economist noted an almost thirty-fold increase in the poaching of South African rhinos between 2008 and 2011. As with the ongoing surge in elephant poaching, much of the blame has fallen on Chinese demand.Last year 438 rhinos, nearly all of them of the white (meaning wide-lipped) species, were known to have been illegally killed in South Africa, their horns often hacked off while they were still alive. That compares with an annual average of just 15 before 2008. This year more ...Posted on 17 May 2012 | 4:06 am
