Angry Chinese Blogger

Angry Chinese Blogger: The news and views about China that the big media can't, or won't, tell you

The is no single truth

Menu: Home

June 2005



Murder in Shizuoka, ripples in Tokyo and Beijing.

Tuesday, 28 June 2005 11:20 P GMT+09
Fears, that public perceptions of China might soon swing again China, were highlighted late last week when it was announced that a Chinese national was in custody accused of the murder of Ishihara Yasuhiko, the Chief Director of the Shizuoka Japanese
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (6-2)

Hankantou: The Aftermarth

Wednesday, 15 June 2005 12:36 P GMT+09
Though few had heard of it at the begining of 2005, village of Hankantou is now well known by China watchers around the world as being the village that 'threw out the CCP' earlier this year, but what happened afterwards?Time and personal contraints p
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (5-0)

Death of ‘would be river hero’ recognized as work related after 8 year battle.

Sunday, 12 June 2005 9:43 A GMT+09
In a rare move, that may open the way for further claims, a Labor Insurance Appeal panel has ruled that the wife of a Japanese man, who died trying to save the lives of two Chinese women, is eligible for workers compensation as a result of a ‘work
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives

Whose fault is it anyway?: The Blame game, and state censorship, take some new twists in China

Friday, 10 June 2005 11:23 A GMT+09
Anybody who has been watching mainland Chinese television for the past week may have aware that there has been a slight shift in its content, not the content of the programs themselves, but rather in the content of the advertisements that have been d
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (3-0)

Upping the stakes: Japan to move ahead with controversial missile system in the face of Chinese concerns

Monday, 6 June 2005 10:31 A GMT+09
In a move that is likely to ruffle feathers in Beijing, Ono Yoshinori, the chief of Japan’s Defense Agency, has announced that Tokyo is now set to move its involvement in a controversial missile defense system up to the next stage.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (7-1)

4 June 1989

Saturday, 4 June 2005 9:51 P GMT+09
Remember
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (2-0)

So much for openness: Officials in flood stricken Hunan warned against contact with foreign journalists.

Friday, 3 June 2005 7:48 P GMT+09
Despite claims of increased transparency in the wake of SARS, and the promise to open up China to the foreign press in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games, recent events in central China suggest that Beijing has chosen to remain committed to its o
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (2-0)

Playing on Public Concerns; When public interests and Government Censorship collide

Friday, 3 June 2005 2:12 P GMT+09
Though China is well known for its high level of censorship, and its disproportionate reaction to the spread of information that does not agree with state lines, Beijing has once again proven that there is always room for more censorship with the ann
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (10-1)

Three Peoples, One history, but will China accept it?

Wednesday, 1 June 2005 12:36 P GMT+09
Though it arrived with less of a fan-fair that some feel that it deserved, particularly in China, the month of May marked the officially sanctioned release date of a new high school text book that some see as being a revolution in the teaching of Asi
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives
Comments/Trackback (7-0)