Some Resources for the First Week’s Assignments
Here are some articles and blog posts on the topics for the first weeks assignment, just for your reference or inspiration–
On Hu Jintao’s US Visit:
- Associated Press (via Huffington Post): Hu Jintao State Dinner Meant to Better US-China Relations
- The Wall Street Journal: Hu Highlights Need for US-China Cooperation, Questions Dollar
- Silicon Hutong: Why Hu Jintao Is Not a Lame Duck
- New York Times: China Leader’s Limits Come Into Focus as US Visit Nears
- ChinaSmack!: Chinese Celebrities Target USA’s Sinophobia for Hu Visit
On Wikileaks China Cables:
- The Guardian: Wikileaks Cables Reveal China ‘Ready to Abandon North Korea’
- New York Times: Vast Hacking by a China Fearful of the Web
- Alone in the Fart: Xi Jinping’s Friend
- Thomas Friedman: From WikiChina
- Shanghaiist: Wikileaks: Africa Jealous of China-US, America Exasperated with ‘Muscle-Flexing’ and Xi Jinping’s Fave Movies
- For your reference, I’ve also added a page with links to many of the China-related cables coming from less obvious locations outside of China here
