China and the self-surveillance protest
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei installs live-feed at his own home in protest at government surveillance… Prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has installed four live webcams at his home in Beijing as a symbolic protest against the police’s 24-hour surveillance of him. [Update: The Chinese authorities have now ordered Ai to turn off his webcams] Last year Ai Weiwei was [...]
The imprisonment of journalists significantly increased last year… In its latest report on press freedom around the world, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found that the number of imprisoned members of the press increased by 20 percent, hitting its highest level since the mid-1990s. As of December 1 2011, 179 journalists were [...]
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Chinese public reaction divided on the country’s veto of the UN resolution on Syria… Russia and China seem to have voted with their own interests in mind in their recent controversial opposition to a draft resolution at the UN Security Council, which calls on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to stop the killings in his country, a revision of [...]
Continue reading …Much of the international community has responded with barely contained anger following the veto of a UN resolution on Syria by Russia and China. The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, was highly critical of both countries, saying they aimed to ”sell out the Syrian people and shield a craven tyrant”. Russia’s ambassador to the [...]
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Should Europe see China’s growing influence in Africa as a threat? In Luanda, the capital of Angola, Chinese construction workers are relentlessly putting up another skyscraper, one of many which have been popping up like mushrooms all over the city over the past few years. Back in 2002, this was a barren, impoverished [...]
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Could the global financial crisis mark the start of Chinese dominance? Last week, David Cameron sent his best wishes to the people of China in celebration of their New Year: the year of the dragon. This relatively new tradition hints at the growing influence that China is having on fellow sovereigns; Mr Cameron [...]
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Arab League suspends monitoring mission as UN considers action… The Arab League has temporarily suspended monitoring in Syria after an increase in violence there. The move comes after the UN Security Council met to consider a draft resolution on Syria put forward by France, Britain, Germany, along with a number of Arab states. [...]
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