2011-09-08 15:07
From write-up on Talking Points Memo:“What do you make of that dynamic that just happened here?” Williams asked. “The mention of the execution of 234 people drew applause?… Read More
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A blog of mostly Chinese politics, with a focus on labor issues and internationalism. The name "Old Tales Retold" comes from a Lu Xun short story collection.
2011-04-16 01:26
Gaddafi has been accused by HRW of cluster bombing Misrata. Really nasty stuff. And---not to shift the blame at a moment like this---but the obvious cruelty of the way the bombs are being… Read More
2011-03-30 04:07
One thing that's irked me a bit of late is the unselfconsciously positive coverage of the rebels. The same images that are taken to be "negative" in other contexts (I'm thinking especially… Read More
2011-03-17 18:29
I'm conflicted about the prospect of a no fly zone over Libya. Leaving aside the hypocrisy of the U.S. pursuing such a policy while it tacitly supports Saudi Arabia's suppression of protest… Read More
2010-12-13 02:25
I just came across Julen Potron's photos on Flickr via China Digital Times. They're great images of my favorite part of China: the northwestern loess plateau. Shaanxi, not my preferred Sha… Read More
2010-12-06 18:25
China needed a good excuse on censorship. The United States provided that excuse when it went after Wikileaks, showing that liberal democracies, if powerful enough, will also not hesitate t… Read More
2010-09-22 00:15
I haven't posted things here in quite some time. So, this is partially just a test of whether anyone reads the blog anymore!In the past month, I've started school again and am hoping I can… Read More
2010-05-20 17:30
Now that the Thai uprising has been acknowledged by even the mainstream, Western media as a class war (see this article from The Guardian and a blog post from the Wall Street Journal compari… Read More
2010-04-12 19:10
Two mine accidents occurred last week, both in predictable places: Shanxi, China and West Virginia, U.S.A. One of the tragedies, the one in the People's Republic, ended in something of a "m… Read More
2010-04-01 21:54
I thought Beijing had slowed down its destruction of hutongs. Then, the city government went and decided to wreck one of my favorite spots in the city, the Drum and Bell Tower hutong, to b… Read More
2010-02-16 18:23
I'm glad China is managing to break the Gaza blockade with everyday necessities, though this article is a little strange. Is it an ad for the quality of "Made in China" goods? A critique o… Read More
2010-02-16 16:16
What struck me most about the whole Google-China thing was the surprise some people expressed that the e-mail addresses of human rights activists were being hacked at all. I mean, how many… Read More
2010-02-04 16:28
After carping about China's Gini coefficient for ages, it's interesting to see that it is finally leveling off, if the OECD can be believed. According to the organization's recent survey, C… Read More
2010-01-30 17:43
Reading over the contributions in The Nation's special issue on "Obama at One," a few things stuck out. One was that exaggerated expressions of love for Obama and exaggerated disappointment… Read More
2009-12-29 05:38
Regardless of what you think of the process Liu Xiaobo is going through right now, the Christian Science Monitor's recent piece on the story has to stand out as some of the worst reporting o… Read More
2009-09-29 14:12
On the other hand, here's an interesting take on the G-20 protests from Pittsburgh labor historian Charles McCollester. He recalls earlier protests in the city that descended into violence… Read More
2009-09-25 23:17
I've had fantasies elsewhere on this blog of teabaggers getting their comeuppance from rowdies of our own with fists and I've just barely held myself back from rooting for anti-racist rioter… Read More
2009-09-24 22:42
Sarah Palin stunned Hong Kong with her BRILLIANT analysis of the global financial crisis and Sino-US relations the other day. Not only that, she brought COMPLEX issues down to earth, down t… Read More
2009-09-17 15:26
I'd like to add to my previous post. Some, like Adam Bobrow, have responded to Obama's tire tariffs with considerably more nuance than the critics I mentioned earlier. They have done so fr… Read More
2009-09-14 21:52
America's recent decision to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports isn't as clean-cut of an issue as either its supporters or detractors make it out to be.First of all, there is nothing inh… Read More
2009-09-03 15:49
Whatever else might be said about the Chinese revolution, it certainly succeeded in furthering gender equality. Can the same be said for China's market reforms? The Western media likes to… Read More
2009-09-01 15:47
We don't have all the information we need--and it's disconcerting that journalists have been turned away from the areas affected--but it seems that China has been handling the stream of refu… Read More
2009-08-17 00:07
I've begun reading Prisoner of the State at last. The person who has impressed me the most so far in it--and I'm only about halfway through--is Chen Yun. He comes across as one of the more… Read More
2009-08-16 17:14
It is a little strange to see battles over privatization in China again in 2009. The feeling is like the late 90s / early 2000s, when thousands filled the streets of Daqing, Liaoyang and el… Read More
2009-07-28 06:08
The Tonghua Steel violence is getting much more detailed, rounded coverage on the mainland than abroad. Why does this fact matter? After all, lots of things are reported better by Chinese… Read More
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