The big news from China is the release of Charter 08 The charter is being released now because it is the 60th anniversary of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and, perhaps in part because A Ku Indeed and Tang Dynasty Times are starting a reading group on Daniel Bell’s East Meets West: Human Rights and Democracy in East Asia. So if you are in the mood to talk democracy and human rights, now is the time.
China Beat has an excellent rundown on Bell’s book with links to reviews etc.
If anyone is following along with the group, the first post is up now at Tang Dynasty Times:
http://www.tangdynastytimes.com/2008/12/east-meets-west.html