Competition

DRAGONOMICS

Just one single article this Banyan guy is not talking about China's occupying Tibet, bullying Japan, embarrassed by Taiwan, etc. And just one Chinese phrase that offers good intension as opposite to what he always does, and whalla the Chinese fools are all on board?

New blog can be called DengXiaCheen, Deng Xia taken from the name of dengxiaoping... Cheen implies china as its called in Hindi in India ... 'DengXiaCheen' implying china as expected by Xiaoping..

Bit late to the party; still heres my entry:
Confucious
Yin and Yang

Hu Yaobang or Zhao Ziyang.
I dare you to have the courage to name the blog after REAL reformers.
History will prove them right!

"Chen Yun" He was the economist that first proposed "bird-cage economics" that led to the official "socialism with chinese characteristics." He is an unsung figure in chinese economic reform of the 80's and 90's and should be remembered. I know I didn't make the deadline of the contest, but he is certainly worth a look.

"Qiquan" - 'quan' refers to official in Chinese.

They were the appointed Chinese traders permitted to do business with the foreign merchants from England, Portugal, Dutch, France, Sweden, etc, whose activities were limited to the Cohong districts. They were not allowed to enter China freely and were restricted to dealing with these Chinese 'Hongs'. Circa 1700s to 1800s, before opium war.

I know this competition is closed, but I would suggest (or support, if already suggested) "Tiānmìng" (天命), which is the translation for mandate of heaven, a doctrine that has existed throughout dynastic and modern china. It encapsulates China's long history, the relationship between stability, revolutions and the role of the state, and the current social contract between the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese citizens.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Johnston

Johnston, born in the 19th century, Puyi's teacher in the Forbidden City, who witnessed the fall of the Qing Dynasty and revolutions in China. Given that this blog is written in English, an English correspondent should fit the criteria.

"TRAGEDY OF THE COMMIES" - though, maybe a little too snide to publish... But we're all secretly thinking it.
"RED - THE NEW GREEN" perhaps more fitting.

Dear Editor, I would like to propose the following name for the China Blog:

Jade 'power 2'....I can not write it here as the system is not able to word processed the word I wish to write here.

The modern writing of 国 was originally came from the word ‘口’， meaning 'Square' or can be written as 'Power 2' in maths...

So, the 'Jade''power 2' that i propose here could appeal to the general public as the center for the modern way of communication and exchange of views and prospective associated with Mainland China.

Cheers!

A name for the China blog? How about simply..."Competition". Seems apt to me.

The Great Blog of China

YOU ARE WELCOME ECONOMIST

Kang Youwei [康有为]

Chinese thinker and reformer of the late Qing dynasty

The concept of datong was developed over two thousand years ago in the Confucian classics. It has been translated as “Great Unity”, “Great Community”, “Great Universality”, “Great Similarity”, “Grand Harmony”, etc.

Kang wrote a book called Da Tong shu (大同書) [“The Book of Great Unity”] which contained elements of Confucianism, Buddhism, liberalism, utilitarianism, utopianism and socialism/communism. The concept of “harmonious society” advocated in recent years by the Chinese Communist Party also draws on the Chinese tradition of thought, particularly the Confucian vision of social harmony and amicable social relationships. Kang’s work, therefore, bridges the two thousand-year old concept of datong with the official policy of the Chinese Communist Party today.

In addition, the name Kang Youwei would fit the pattern of other blogs named for individuals.

Alternatively, I’d suggest

Tian xia [天下]

Tian xia could refer to China geographically or to its people or to the entire world. The “world” concept encompasses the meanings of “the whole world under heaven,” “the world and its people” and a “world institution” or a universal system for the world—that is, to make a harmonious world “under heaven.”

"Middle Kingdom" - resonates with everyone who reads it, east or west, with historical nuance.

I would like to propose 'Pandagon' because:
1) it sounds catchy easy to remember;rhymes with USA's 'Pentagon' too
2) it is a combination of the names of two animals most often associated with China - i.e. panda and dragon

Hungry Panda

I suggest: "Over the Great Wall" fits the bill that "It will cover politics big and small, from the tea leaves of Zhongnanhai to the hillside prefectures of the Wuyishan, business and economics on every scale, pop culture, historiography, the odd travelogue, and lots in between. This leaves a lot of range as far as the blog's name goes (it doesn't need to begin with "B", or refer to a tree). Ideally it will accord with the style and 19th-century origins of The Economist."

I suggest: "Over the Great Wall" fits the bill that "It will cover politics big and small, from the tea leaves of Zhongnanhai to the hillside prefectures of the Wuyishan, business and economics on every scale, pop culture, historiography, the odd travelogue, and lots in between. This leaves a lot of range as far as the blog's name goes (it doesn't need to begin with "B", or refer to a tree). Ideally it will accord with the style and 19th-century origins of The Economist."

How about the "Middle Kingdom", a direct translation from Chinese?