Dear Mr Kerr (et al),

 Herewith an extended version of my comment, re: http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/aug/19/waiting-wikileaks-beijings-seven-secrets/

 Since 2006 I have worked with Chinese who are journalists, editors, and television media personalities,  producers,… Read full post »

(This is the anecdote with which I close "Tongue Ties That Bind", and it has recently been suggested that it was the only part of the overlong post worth reading. Herewith, edited. JC)

 During the SARS crisis, a friend of mine - a tall, good-looking rake, a native son… Read full post »

re: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/12/can-china-gain-journalistic-credibility/what-chinese-reporters-face

Note: I have worked with - and, as a fully-contracted employee, for - a mainland Chinese television network since 2006. I am currently a contracted consultant with the same entity.&… Read full post »

Wednesday 30 June 2010

The heavy rains would come later, and when they did, lightning reflected in the glass and steel of new buildings, and thunder rumbled like the empty belly of an angry god. But the morning began with a searing hot sun -- sharp, hurtful, sticking into you like… Read full post »

Notice: The wifi in my dodgy little hotel suffers from what is known in these lattitudes as "zhong'guo te'se" -- Chinese characteristics. In the present instance, this phrase is being used in an unapologetically perjorative manner. Happily, the desktop unit in my room has a slow but reliable and stab… Read full post »