News That Stays News

The Chinese Internet, Capable of Shame March 17, 2011

1. Chinese netizens react to the Japanese earthquake on Chinasmack. Some deplorable nationalist gloating, but mostly a concession to greater civilization.

2. Chinese newspaper covers plenary session of the National People’s Congress, prints the same front page two years in a row. If I didn’t know better, I’d guess that this is someone’s inside joke.

3.The story of two British snipers, who killed 75 Taliban in 40 days.

4. The history of literary bureaucrats, from Tocqueville to Kafka, in Lapham’s Quarterly.

5. An analysis of the economic implications of Japan’s earthquake.

6. MIT Nuclear Engineering students explain the science of the nuclear crisis at Fukushima.

7. NYT paywall is finally here.

8. We’re bombing Libya?

Credits: Julia, The Browser, Banyan