Monthly Archives: February 2009
Pakistan President Seeks China’s Economic Support
Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, was in Shanghai today. From AP: On his second visit to China in just a few months after taking office, Asif
Families of Chinese Miners Angered by Lack of Info
Some relatives of miners who were killed in yesterday’s mine accident in Shanxi province complained that the mining company at fault has not been
China Tainted Pork Makes 70 Sick
More problems with food safety in China, this time in Guangdong Province. From the BBC: The victims were treated for stomach ache and diarrhoea in Guangdong
Zardari Wants China to be Arbitrator for India-Pakistan Disputes
The Times of India reports that Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has requested that China become an arbitrator for disputes between other countries
A Clinton Listening Tour, but China Gets an Earful (Updated)
The New York Times sums up Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to China: The Clinton Straight Talk Express made its last big stop in Beijing
Tibet’s Rising Son
Newsweek profiles the Karmapa Lama, who may be next in line as the leader of Tibetans in exile: The Karmapa, now a handsome 24-year-old with a shaved
Photo: A coal miner awaits news after a mine blast in 2008
A coal miner awaits news after a mine blast in 2008, via flickr
China’s Jobless Migrants Loath To Return To Countryside
From Reuters: The parched farmlands of central China hold no future for Li Honglin, but she is trapped there until word comes from a clothing factory far
Crisis Brings Threat Of Crime Wave To China
From AFP: Yang Zhili did not think the economic crisis would affect his quiet daily routine as a taxi driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen until
China’s Tough-Love Approach to Internet Addiction
Many Chinese teenagers are sent to a military compound in Beijing by their parents to detox from an Internet obsession, from Time: Even though it was just
Geoff Dyer: China’s Dollar Dilemma
From The Financial Times: The flotation of Blackstone in June 2007 has already gone down as one of the symbolic events in America’s financial bubble –
Beijing’s Olympic Building Boom Becomes a Bust
From the LA Times: The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics reported this month that housing sales in the city dropped 40% last year. Chinese economists
At Least 74 Miners Dead in China Blast (Video added)
A coal mine tragedy happened in Shanxi on Sunday when at least 74 mine workers lost their lives after a mine blast, via the New York Times: The miners
Clinton: China Must Continue to Invest in U.S. Bonds
Hillary Clinton points out that U.S. and China are on the same boat and they are going to rise or fall together, via the Washington Post: Secretary of
Lawyer for Guantanamo Bay Uighurs Vows To Fight
17 Uighur Chinese citizens remain imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay due to a lack of nations willing to offer amnesty, U.S. unwillingness to repatriate them
