Monthly Archives: January 2009
1,000 Cheaters Busted in National Civil Servant Exam
A thousand applicants have been caught cheating on China’s competitive civil service exam, some by wearing wireless transmitters through which they
China Reports Second Bird Flu Death this Month
A woman in Shandong Province has reportedly died of bird flu, in the second such death in a month. From AFP: The 27-year-old, surnamed Zhang, fell ill
Father Of Poisoned Baby Rallies Parents In Tainted-milk Fight
From Toronto Star: Zhao Lianhai’s tiny apartment, tucked away in a middle-class neighbourhood south of Beijing, doesn’t look like the command
Dalai Lama Says Faith In Chinese People Unshaken
From Reuters: Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said he had faith in China’s people and held out hope for an eventual change
Chinese Publisher’s Obama Instincts Proved Right
From AFP: Young publisher Han Manchun was so taken by US president-elect Barack Obama’s ideas that he decided to have one of his books translated
China Confirms Toddler Infected With Bird Flu
A 2-year-old girl has fallen into critical condition after being infected by H5N1, the bird flu virus. Ian Ransom from Reuters reports, via Washington
U.S. Could be No-show at 2010 Shanghai World’s Fair
Don Lee from the Los Angeles Times reports that the U.S. may not participate in the 2010 Shanghai World’s Fair: Although a no-show by the U.S. wouldn’t
Photo: Ice artwork
Ice artwork from the 2008 Harbin Ice Festival, from trentstrohm.
Blogging for Change (Video Added)
Sohu recently hosted a blogger dinner on the topic “how blogging has changed our lives.” Below is the transcript in part, from Oiwan Lam of
A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts
The New York Times looks at the impact in Menghai County, Yunnan Province, of the collapse of the pu’er tea market: A pleasantly aromatic beverage
China Calls on World Bank to Provide Evidence of Graft
The World Bank has accused four Chinese construction firms of corruption and and banned them from working on a project in the Philippines. From AFP: The
A Little Study of the Internet Censorship in China
From Chinayouren: Last Sunday I did a post on internet censorship in China where I mixed in various different ideas and I’m afraid the final result regarding S
No Chinese Response To Memo On Tibet’s Autonomy
From AP: The Tibetan government-in-exile said Saturday it has yet to receive a Chinese response to its request for autonomy presented by the Dalai Lama‘s
Constitutional Monarchy at a Chinese Agrobusiness
From Economic Observer Online: On Dec 18, employees from Dawu Group gathered in the auditorium of Xushui Middle School to elect the company’s new
More Than 80 Pct of China’s Coastal Waters Polluted: Report
From AFP: Raw sewage and pollution from agricultural run-off polluted 83 percent of China’s coastal waters in 2008, according to state media. China’s
