ChinaGeeks

The following is a guest post by Kaiser Kuo! Enjoy! – Ed.
Here’s a translation of a brief essay on U.S-China relations by Chen Xiangyang (陈向阳), an associate researcher at the World Politics Institute at the China Academy of Contemporary International Relations. The original appeared in Xinhua’s 瞭望新闻周刊 (Liaowang Xinwen Zhoukan, Outlook Weekly). I found this to be a [...]

The following is a guest post.
Some Thoughts on the Development of Chinese Government

By Colin Glassey – August 21, 2009

One element of Chinese government which has been poorly presented in English is the way the Chinese system of Imperial government can be viewed as a system that evolved – slowly and fitfully – over 2,000 years. [...]

The movie Gattaca left a deep impression on me as a 1984-esque portrayal of a world where genes mean too much. According to this CNN article, in Chongqing, a “Children’s Palace” was established to help parents decide how to raise their child based on genetic testing.

The following is a guest post written and translated by K. Drinhausen.
The first few months of this year of “online politics” saw a tech-savvy Wen Jiabao chatting with the online community and a series of praise for netizens and their ability to uncover corruption as well as deficits in the legal system and criminal prosecution. [...]

Sometimes, it’s good to have a fresh perspective around here. In that spirit, we bring you the first of what we hope will be many guest posts. This one is by Josh Johnston.
As you may or may not have heard, an apartment building (luckily still unoccupied and under construction) in the compound “Lotus Riverside” in [...]