Where are the proposed solutions?

[kdavid]

I've recently been attempting to get in at least an hour of reading each day. I'm interested most in China's social problems and the proposed solutions.

A problem I've found, however, is that most writers, at least online, tend to only be complaining. "China needs democracy" or "The government needs reform" seem popular, but I don't see any real concrete ideas with realistic solutions.

Clearly, I'm not reading everything under the sun. I also tend to just skim through online papers, etc. and find something that appeals to me, so I'm not exactly thorough in my search. In general, however, I find a clear lack of ideas from Chinese writers.

Are there any online papers, journals, bloggers, etc. who frequently include proposed solutions in their articles? If so, could you please share?

[ohaacke]

I agree with you about most blogs and news articles about China and the excessive complaining, it's not constructive thinking.

There's one blog I like to read called China Law Blog. It's fair and resourceful, often offering solutions. Although focused on law, they have some great professionally written articles.

I've made a blog that I hope to expand soon, although I don't propose any solutions, I keep it fair with a positive outlook.

Please share any other good blogs, news sites, etc, you may know of.

[ohaacke]

Maybe I was mistaken, are you looking for articles in Chinese or English?

[gato]

What are you reading? I would recommend 财新新世纪周刊 to you.

http://www.caing.com/

There are constructive solution-oriented writing to be found. The main difference is that writers have to be much more careful in criticizing the government.

[imron]

Heh, for a moment I thought that was a typo for caijing. That's a bit of strange domain name, especially considering on their site, their English branding uses the name caixin.

[kdavid]

Thanks for the responses.

@ohaacke

I'm looking for Chinese reading material.

@gato

I actually have quite a large list of "papers" I flip through each morning, including:

http://www.infzm.com/

http://www.chinatransparency.org/

http://www.nfcmag.com/

http://nd.oeeee.com/

http://www.my1510.cn/index.php

http://www.cyol.net/

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqzx/

http://www.haohaoreport.com/ (English mostly)

http://www.dfdaily.com/

There are also quite a few blogs I read, but I'm lazy right now and don't feel like listing those. In general, they also lack constructive proposals for dealing with various issues.

[gato]

Not surprising for blogs. 南风窗 is generally fairly constructive.