The Chinese Dream: a shoddy ripoff of the American Dream - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

What is the Chinese Dream, asked ChinaFile, and Beijing-based internet veteran Jeremy Goldkorn is not very impressed at this stage. "An empty concept," he writes.

+Jeremy Goldkorn:

I hope that the notion of the Chinese Dream is a signal that the Party recognizes that China ought not to be merely the world’s biggest factory, largest market, and most significant creator of pollution. I hope it is a recognition of the dignity and the aspirations of ordinary Chinese people. 

Unfortunately, I have seen nothing to convince me that the Chinese Dream is anything but a shoddy ripoff of the American Dream, a propaganda campaign imposed from above as an ideological framework to justify continued Party rule, and to find a euphonious way of talking about China’s place in the world. 

The emptiness of the concept was demonstrated in May when Xinhua reported that "a senior Chinese official… called for the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) to research the “Chinese dream.” The official went on to say that the research “would provide academic support for self-confidence in the Chinese path, theories and system.” In other words, China’s leading think tank was given the task of finding an actual meaning for the Chinese dream. 

On the other hand, on the Internet where you find ordinary Chinese people talking about their own ideas rather than Party ideology, many people joke that the real Chinese dream is to get a Green Card and emigrate to the United States.

More in ChinaFile.

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+Steve Barru and +Fons Tuinstra discuss at the China Weekly Hangout on April 4 what they expect from the political change in the upcoming ten years under Xi Jinping; agenda: Hu Jintao, austerity, poor-rich divide, and more.

 

On July 1 Hong Kong we saw the annual march against Beijing rule. The +China Weekly Hangout will examine on Thursday July 11 (delayed hangout from July 4) the turnout, and how the relationship between Hong Kong and Beijing has developed, since China took over the former British enclave. You can read our announcement here, or join the debate at our event page here.

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Why China will try to ignored the RSA-scandal - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

President Xi Jinping did not try to score points on the US cyber scandal around the NSA at the California summit. And the central government might try to ignored whistle-blower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong as much as possible, China watcher Jeremy Goldkorn explains in the LA Times.

The LA Times:

Beijing, however, has chosen not to capitalize on the U.S. government’s embarrassment. The tightly controlled state press on the mainland has barely mentioned the U.S. surveillance program and was silent Monday on Snowden’s flight to Hong Kong. 

"The reason is that Beijing is doing all sorts of dodgy things ranging from surveillance to hacking. I don’t think they want to draw attention by being excessively critical of the United States,’" said +Jeremy Goldkorn, a Beijing media analyst. 

The wording of the extradition treaty between the United States and Hong Kong gives Beijing veto right if "surrender of a fugitive would harm defense, foreign affairs or essential public interest or policy."

More in the LA Times.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.  

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Who is hacking who, the China Weekly Hangout asked on February 28. A discussion with security consultant +Mathew Hoover and reporter +Charlie Custer of +TechinAsia about the hacking issues, the Sino-US relations, including some useful information on what to worry about and what not. Moderation: +Fons Tuinstra of the China Speakers Bureau.

Chinese labor in Africa is the subject of the China Weekly Hangout on Thursday 13 June, following the story of over 124 Chinese gold miners, who got arrested in Ghana last week. Our expert panelist will be +Eric Olander of the China Africa Project, and you can read our announcement here. You can register for participation at our event page.

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Online witch hunts, picking the wrong ones - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

China's famous human flesh searches, an online witch hunt, often go after people for all the wrong reasons. Internet watcher Jeremy Goldkorn recalls China's first hunt, in 1995, after Zhu Ling, a Fudan university student, was murdered. Most likely the wrong person was identified as the murderer, he tells ABC in Australia.

ABC:

JEREMY GOLDKORN: ...I mean from what we know, there's no hard evidence. The police have said because of the recent return of public attention to this case, they took the rather unusual step of making a public announcement via the internet, on Weibo, the social media site, saying that the case had not been tampered with politically and that they simply were not able to find the criminal proof that anyone had committed the crime. But the problem is, of course, it's China, so when the police deny that there's anything wrong nobody believes them because (inaudible) doesn't have a lot of credibility when it comes to dealing with cases like this. There's always the suspicion that the rich and the powerful are getting away with murder. 

STEPHEN MCDONELL: Now this case has also thrown up an example of what's known in China as the 'human flesh search engine' concept, whereby you sort of out people on the internet. You put their private details up on the internet and somehow this pressures them to act in a certain way. It does seem a little removed from the case, and actually quite an unjust thing to do, wouldn't you say? 

JEREMY GOLDKORN: Yeah. I mean, the moral questions thrown up by this kind of online vigilantism, or online activism - I think they're quite a few. One has to compare it with the Boston bombings recently, where you had the social media, the social website Reddit pursuing what in China would be called a 'human flesh search engine', in which they outed a guy who I think later turned out to have committed suicide - and this was before his parents had found out he was missing - and they accused him of being one of the bombers. 

STEPHEN MCDONELL: China doesn't have a monopoly with this problem, then? 

JEREMY GOLDKORN: Yeah that's what I'm saying. This is a problem of modernity and of the internet and of the digital age, and it's not just a Chinese phenomenon. I think it may be worse here because the government and public institutions have less credibility. The police have less credibility. There's a lot of mutual distrust in society. A lot of people feel powerless in their day to day lives in China, and there are more people and more internet users than anywhere else. So I think certainly there's more of it here, and it's more intense, and the questions it throws up are often even more difficult to answer than, say, the Boston bomber episode. But I do think it's a universal problem now.

More in ABC.

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Online witch hunts you see also on an international level, for example when country's try to identify hackers from other countries. The China Weekly Hangout discussed 'who is hacking who?' during its session on February 28, 2013, with security consultant +Mathew Hoover and TechInAsia reporter +Charlie Custer. Moderation by +Fons Tuinstra of the China Speakers Bureau.

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What is China doing right? - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkoen

The indispensable Chinafile asked some of its authors to list what is going right in China, after many obvious stories about what is going wrong. Danwei-founder Jeremy Goldkorn submitted a pretty long list, and this is how it starts.

Jeremy Goldkorn:

I’ll answer this question with an off-the-cuff and very personal list. Some may say these points are not actually good things, or that China isn’t actually doing these things well, or that the outcomes will not be copacetic. One of the very negative things about China is that if you look deep enough into any feel-good story, you’ll find something wrong or rotten, but this is a list of positives, so I won’t qualify my point with an acknowledgement of the counter arguments. Here goes: 

- Continuing to lift millions and millions of people out of poverty (that’s the big one). 

- A culture of hard work, thrift, and diligence that emphasizes the importance of education. 

- The fapiao, a state-issued invoice system that is a work of genius which allows a massive more-or-less unregulated informal economy to thrive and still contribute taxes to the state. 

- Investing in Africa, seeing developing countries as potential markets rather than basket cases. 

- Dreaming big. 

- Infrastructure. 

- Increasingly professional emergency response systems for bird flu scares, earthquakes etc.

More in Chinafile.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

Every upside has its downsides, and especially in China those downsides can be massive. The successful economic development has led to a massive shortage of sustainable energy. In September 2012 the China Weekly Hangout discussed energy security  with +Merritt Cooke from the Wilson Center and +Richard Brubaker  of CEIBS. Moderation by +Fons Tuinstra of the +China Speakers Bureau 

This Thursday the China Weekly Hangout will discuss the changes in China's labor force, especially the blue collar workers with +Dee Lee (Inno) , running since 2007 a workers' hotline at Inno in Guangzhou. Expected is also economist Heleen Mees from New York. Moderation by +Fons Tuinstra, president of the China Speakers Bureau. Our first announcement is here,and you can register for the hangout here.

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Internet: China's Kangaroo Court - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

The famous film director Zhang Yimou was one of the last celebrities, scrutinized by a diligent internet for supposed breaches of the one-child policy. Chinese turn to the internet for real and imaginary injustice, explains internet watcher Jeremy Goldkorn in Marketplace. "It’s a kind of Kangaroo Court mentality."

Marketplace:

The first indication that Zhang had broken China’s one-child policy reportedly came last year, when an actress who failed an audition for Zhang’s last film posted the information on the Internet. Chinese social media observer Jeremy Goldkorn says turning to the Internet for justice -- or revenge -- has become common in China. 

"The Internet generally is really the only place that Chinese people can turn to if they feel they were victims of an injustice or if they feel the government is doing something wrong," says Goldkorn, "but there is a negative side to it. There is a sort of vigilantism that can be very nasty. It’s a kind of Kangaroo Court mentality.”

More in Marketplace.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

China Weekly Hangout: 

Next week the +China Weekly Hangout will focus on the changes in China's labor force, with +Dee Lee (Inno) of the NGO Inno in Guangzhou, running since 2007 a workers' hotline. You can read our initial announcement here, or register directly for the event here.

China has no shortage of injustice to discuss. The China Weekly Hangout discussed food security and dead pigs in Shanghai's Huangpu river earlier this year with sustainability expert +Richard Brubaker, +Andrew Hupert and +Chris Brown on food security and how the ongoing problems will lead to massive food inflation. In the end we (both in China and outside) will have to pay the price for safe food. Moderation: +Fons Tuinstra of the +China Speakers Bureau.

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China's soft power: putting lipstick on a pig - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

China working on its soft power is a hard sell, argues Beijing-veteran Jeremy Goldkorn in ChinaFile. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."

Jeremy Goldkorn:

Until Chinese political leaders would rather their daughters went to Peking University over Harvard, until Chinese people would rather buy Mengniu infant milk formula over the equivalent brand from New Zealand, until Beijing and Shanghai become as pleasant to live in as New York and L.A., China will find its soft power ambitions thwarted. 

As the ancient American saying has it, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig—doesn't matter how much you spend on the lipstick.

More in China File. 
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The China Weekly Hangout discussed on March 7 how China's media are gaining traction in Africa. Attending were +Eric Olander  of the China Africa project and Beijing-based journalist +Lara Farrar . Moderation by +Fons Tuinstra of the +China Speakers Bureau.

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iTunes: Apple's Trojan horse - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

China is Apple's largest market, and internet watcher Jeremy Goldkorn explains in China File why its troubles are far from over, after the recent upheaval about the Chinese media attack on its customer' service. The state-sponsored attacks will continue, he tells, for example on its vulnerable iTunes service.

Jeremy Goldkorn:

China is the major part of [Apple's] growth plans, and they need to do everything they can to stop hostile attitudes towards their company and products from the Chinese government and official media. I don’t think Chinese consumers are very upset about the problems CCTV exposed, but the government could very easily make Apple’s China dreams impossible to realize. 

If Apple does not act contrite, there are thousands of other issues that CCTV or other state actors could attack them on, starting with the apps and content on their iTunes store: To this day the iTunes is the greatest Trojan horse of foreign content that any foreign media or tech company has managed to sneak into the People’s Republic without serious scrutiny. 

Despite the apology, I expect Apple will continue to meet hostility from official organs in the coming years - their government and public relations teams are going to have to earn their keep.

More in China File.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

China's media are changing very fast, not only at home, but also expand into the rest of the world. The China Weekly Hangout discussed on March 7 how they try to conquer Africa. A session with  veteran journalists Eric Olander of the China Africa Project, and Lara Farrar, previously working for both the China Daily and CNN. Moderation by Fons Tuinstra, president of the China Speakers Bureau.

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Can China transform Africa? - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

I think arguments that China’s involvement in Africa is a form of neo-colonialism are both simplistic and prejudiced, but there also plenty of people looking at Chinese economic and political ties to Africa through rose-tinted glasses," tells China and Africa watcher Jeremy Goldkorn in ChinaFile on whether China can transform Africa.

Jeremy Goldkorn:

The question is all wrong. China is already transforming Africa, the question is how China is transforming Africa, not whether it can. From the “China shops”—small stores selling cheap clothing, bags, and kitchenware—that have become ubiquitous in Southern Africa, to oil, infrastructure and mining projects across the continent, China’s government, private and state companies, and individual Chinese immigrants are changing the continent that the west gave up on sometime in the 1990s. 

There are both very positive and negative aspects to the Chinese presence in Africa. I think arguments that China’s involvement in Africa is a form of neo-colonialism are both simplistic and prejudiced, but there also plenty of people looking at Chinese economic and political ties to Africa through rose-tinted glasses. It is certainly refreshing for African countries to deal with an enthusiastic new global player with deep pockets and little interest in pushing and ideology. It is up to African political and business leaders to make sure that their own countries do not get a raw deal.

More in ChinaFile, with comments from Isabel Hilton and Donald Clarke.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

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The dangers of Tencent's WeChat - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

Both the location of servers and the nationality of an internet company could offer challenges on the privacy of your data. So, when you are using the growing popular WeChat service of the Shenzhen-based Tencent company, the Chinese government might be peeking along, tells internet watcher Jeremy Goldkorn in Motherboard.

Motherboard:

“The Chinese government could in theory gain access to anything stored on a server in China,” said Jeremy Goldkorn, founder and director of Danwei, a research firm that tracks Chinese media and internet, in an email. “Furthermore, the Chinese government could in theory apply pressure on a company whose major operations and revenue are in China to hand over data stored outside China.” 

Historically, that kind of pressure is more than just a theory. In 2006, Yahoo, an American company, came under fire for handing data to the Chinese government, which resulted in the jailing of several dissidents. A Chinese company faces even more pressure to keep its host country’s government happy. 

Just last week, Bloomberg Businessweek published revelations about China’s monitoring of not only Skype’s joint venture in China with Tom Online, a Chinese wireless Internet company (called TOM-Skype), but some regular Skype users outside the country as well.

More in Motherboard.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

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Online rage hits mostly lower officials - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

Misuse of power incites online rage frequently, but those hit on the internet by angry netizens are mostly lower government agencies, tells internet analyst Jeremy Goldkorn at NBC News. The internet works as an alert for higher officials warning them something is amiss on a lower level. 

NBC News:

Jeremy Goldkorn, an expert on Chinese media and Internet culture, said local governments were increasingly held to account by higher authorities for issues raised on the blogosphere. 

“If they do not react, these lower level officials like city urban management police could lose their jobs,” he said. 

“The first reaction of these types of officials is just to try to cover up and distract attention from the case. Because of the speed and growth of the social media, it becomes more and more difficult for that kind of distraction happen,” he added.

More at NBC News.

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A successful Leninist strategy for the internet - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

The cat and mouse game between China's internet users and its government is well documented. But who is winning the struggle is less clear. According to internet watcher Jeremy Goldkorn the government has won, he explains in GlobalPost.

The Global  Post:

“The strategy has always been to make sure that the voices that are approved by the government are the loudest and clearest and easiest to hear — on all platforms,” says Jeremy Goldkorn, a Chinese media expert in Beijing. “That’s Leninist media strategy adapted to the modern age.” 

In its ceaseless campaign to control dissent in China, officials have made clear they are no longer content with simply trying to censor and police online writings; they want to guide the debate as well... 

“I think the government has now completely caught up with the Weibo age,” says Goldkorn. “They’ve succeeded in dominating Weibo just like they do every other type of media, or at least having enough control so that it doesn’t get out of hand.”

More in the Global Post.

Jeremy Goldkorn is a speaker at the China Speakers Bureau. Do you need him at your meeting or conference? Do get in touch or fill in our speakers' request form.

Failing foreign firms is the subject of tomorrow's China Weekly Hangout (Wednesday 30 January, on 10pm Beijing Time, 3pm CET and 9pm EST; mostly we gather on Thursday's). Participating are Richard Brubaker and Andrew Hupert; moderation by Fons Tuinstra. Interested? Read our official announcement, or visit our event page here for registration of leaving your questions. Some of the subjects on our agenda: What did Caterpillar and Media Markt do wrong? Is Apple the Blackberry of China? Will CoolPad win the smartphone wars? Will KFC survive its food scandal?

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The public discourse on pollution - Jeremy Goldkorn

Jeremy Goldkorn

Not so long ago, data on China's pollution would be a state-secret, but now the debate and the figures on air pollution are all over the place, both in the state-owned media and the internet, tells media watcher Jeremy Goldkorn in the New York Times. 

The New York Times:

“I’ve never seen such broad Chinese media coverage of air pollution,” said Jeremy Goldkorn, a business consultant in Beijing who tracks the Chinese news media. “From People’s Daily to China Central Television, the story is being covered thoroughly, without trying to put a positive spin on it.” 

People’s Daily, the official party mouthpiece, published a front-page signed editorial on Monday under the headline “Beautiful China Starts With Healthy Breathing.” “The seemingly never-ending haze and fog may blur our vision,” it said, “but makes us see extra clearly the urgency of pollution control and the urgency of the theory of building a socialist ecological civilization, revealed at the 18th Party Congress.”... 

“Last year, Chinese media began to report with regularity on air pollution, especially in Beijing and concerning PM 2.5 in particular,” Mr. Goldkorn said. “But the apocalyptic skies above the capital this last weekend seemed to have encouraged an even greater enthusiasm for reporting this story.”

More in the New York Times.

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