JMSC 6027 Covering China Spring 2010

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/16/world/la-fg-china-analysts17-2010feb17 The West was fooling itself if it expected Beijing to do its bidding, analysts say. February 16, 2010|By Barbara Demick Reporting from Beijing — China and the United States have been referred to as global partners, strategic competitors, outright rivals and “frenemies” — friends who secretly hate each other’s guts. In recent months, a [...]

Dear all Here’s another reading for Tuesday, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65947/the-end-of-the-beijing-consensus The article has caused quite a stir among democratic activists and China watchers. Why? Regards, Ying

Dear class, Your book report is not a summary of the book but a critical commentary of the book in relation to topics discussed in our course. Place the book in the context of class discussions and materials: the challenges of covering China, the critical issues and debates, and the state of reporting on China. [...]

Dear class I hope you’ve been following the bombshell Google story.  We had planned to discuss traditional media coming Tues, and the Internet in the fourth week, But reality has a way of taking over plans,  which means that we’ll have to move up the discussion on the Internet to this Tues. Below are some [...]

Dear class Welcome to the Covering China course. Please read the enclosed before Tues, our first class. I look forward to meeting everybody. All the best for 2010 Ying Chan Stephen MacKinnon – The Romantic Generation Tsan Kuo Chang – China from Here and There James Mann – Framing China After An Icon