美 Mei - Zhong 中 關 Guan - Xi 系

What Is the Point of This Kind of Research? (这样的研究有何意义?)
By Jing Kaixuan (景凯旋)
Original Publication:
南方都市报 (The Southern Metropolis Daily)
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
The Chinese Academy of Sciences recently released the world’s first ‘National Health Report’ (国家健康报告). In its ‘National Responsibility Index’ (国家责任指数) ranking, China was ranked first out of [...]

Looking at the Development of Democratic Conditions from the Viewpoint of Internet Culture (从网络文化看发展民主的条件)
By Zhao Duan (赵端)
Original Publication:
Study Times (学习时报)
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
The Internet is China’s most democratic area in which anyone can express their own viewpoint with a great deal of freedom. In fact, [...]

What is the population of China? 43 million! (中国人口是多少？4300万！)
By Wu Hongsen (吴洪森)
Original Publication:
Window of the South (南风窗)
Link to Original Article

Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
Upon seeing this kind of headline, readers will certainly ask, isn’t China’s population 1.3 billion?  Where did the other 1.2 billion-plus go?
When I say that China’s population is [...]

The New York Times Makes a Free ‘Ad’ for Guangdong (《纽约时报》免费为粤打“广告”)
By Ou wen (欧文)
Original Publication:
New Bulletin (新快报)
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
Mei-Zhong Note: For background on this article, please see this post and this post.
Note: This site has no relation to the author or original publication. This translation was [...]

Who Is Actually Exaggerating the Rise of China (究竟谁在夸大中国的崛起)
By Wang Long (王龙)
Original Publication:
China Net (中国网）

Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
The successful holding of the Beijing Olympics is causing Westerners, in their wonderment, to begin to reflect.  On August 27th, the New York Times published the article ‘Compared to China, [...]

Sino-US Relations Are Increasingly Moving Towards Maturity (中美关系日益走向成熟)
By Yang Kaidong (杨凯冬)
Original Publication:
Study Times (学习时报）
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
On August 8th, President Bush attended the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.  This was the last time that he would be visiting China as president.  Looking back on Sino-US relations eight years [...]

Why European and American Athletes Don’t Thank Their Countries When Winning Awards
欧美运动员获奖为什么不感谢国家
By 邵建 (Shao Jian)
Original Publication:
珠江晚报 (Zhu Jiang Evening Paper)
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
During the Olympics, some netizens recommended that August 8th be established as ‘Sports Day.’  Some proceeded to interpret this holiday as ‘All the People’s Sports [...]

Opinion Polls Contribute to the Depth of the Opening of ‘the Selection of Officials’
民调有助于“官员选拔”的深度开放
No Author’s Name Provided
Original Publication:
The Beijing News
新京报
Link to Original Article
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
After being ratified by the Central Committee, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee (the Organization Department) has entrusted the National Bureau of Statistics [...]

Social Information Provided by NGO’s Should Be Paid Attention To
应重视NGO提供的社会信息
By Guo Weiqing (郭巍青)
Original Publication:
The Southern Metropolis Daily
南方都市报
Link to Original Article in Chinese
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
According to the China Business Journal (中国经营报), this past April, the Shenzhen Workers Professional Safety and Health Center (the Workers Center) did an investigation on the [...]

Why is America energetically researching China?
美国为何起劲研究中国
By Shen Dingli (沈丁立)
Original Publication:
The People’s Daily (Overseas Edition)
人民日报海外版
Link to Original Article in Chinese
Translated by Anton Lee Wishik II for Mei-Zhong Guanxi
America is a superpower.  Where is it super?  It has a mighty economy, is dominant in finance, blazes new trails in science and technology, is the leader in military [...]