Han Han, blogueur le plus lu au monde, joue avec la censure. La couverture du premier numéro du magazine littéraire de Han Han (DR) (De Pékin) Avec sa mèche rebelle et son air de jeune premier, Han Han, 27 ans, fait craquer les Chinoises.
Mais il a bien plus qu’un physique. Ce Shanghaien est aussi pilote de rallye, auteur d’une bonne quinzaine de bouquins, chanteur à ses heures et surtout blogueur le plus populaire de Chine et sans doute le plus lu de la planète. Une à deux fois par semaine depuis 2006, il poste un billet d’humeur qui déclenche aussitôt une avalanche de commentaires sur la toile [son blog a reçu plus de 200 millions de visites depuis son lancement, ndlr]. Ses propos s’y prêtent. Ainsi quand il évoque l’affaire d’un officiel dont le journal s’est retrouvé sur l’internet, racontant par le menu ses frasques sexuelles et ses pratiques corrompues, Han Han préfère la dérision à la colère : « C’est un bon fonctionnaire par rapport à d’autres.
Empêcheur de tourner en rond Han Han ? « On ne peut pas dire que les jeunes sont apolitiques. Global Voices in English » China and Hong Kong: Responses to Che. The release of the international investigation report on sinking of Cheonan in May 20, 2010, concluding that the South Korean warship had been bombed by a North Korean torpedo has alleviating the tension in Northeast Asia region.
South Korea suspended all trade and investment with North Korea while Pyongyang denied its responsibility for the March 26 incident and called the investigation a “fabrication”. The U.S government urged for global response but the Russian government did not support to raise the issue in the U.N Security Council until it gets 100% proof that the ship was sunk by North Korea. How about Chinese government's response? Up till now, the Chinese government's position has remained ambivalent, as chinesesky notes: 在中国当代外交史，这次危机独一无 二。
In the Chinese diplomatic history, such kind of crisis is very distinctive. Profile: China's Literary Bad Boy. On a recent afternoon at the Shanghai Tianma Circuit race-car track, the 1,000-strong crowd was treated to the sight of one of the competitors — still dressed in his driver's jumpsuit — walking slowly past the officials' stand, one arm held aloft with the middle finger of his hand extended.
"My only regret," he later wrote on his blog, "is that I couldn't show both fingers at the same time because I happened to be having a phone conversation. " The driver was 26-year-old Han Han: best-selling novelist, champion amateur race-car driver, wildly... Subscribe Now Get TIME the way you want it One Week Digital Pass — $4.99 Monthly Pay-As-You-Go DIGITAL ACCESS — $2.99 One Year ALL ACCESS — Just $30! Ai Weiwei. Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi; English pronunciation ), born 18 May 1957 in Beijing, is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism.[1][2] Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.[3] As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights.
He has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of so-called "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[4] In 2011, following his arrest at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, he was held for 81 days without any official charges being filed; officials alluded to their allegations of "economic crimes".[5] Life and work[edit] Early life and work[edit]