Monthly Archives: July 2009
China to Open its Entertainment Industry to Taiwanese
From Bloomberg: China’s government plans to allow Taiwanese to set up and run entertainment businesses on the mainland, an official said at talks betw
China Tools Up For Space Race
From AFP: Forty years after the United States landed a man on the moon, China’s fledgling space programme is racing to get to the lunar surface
From Stimulus to Restructuring
From Economic Observer Online:The re-emergence of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) as a regulatory body with teeth, is an indicator th
Injured Toll From China Riots Raised To 1,680
From AP: State media says the Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) government has raised the injured toll in last week’s riots in the restive Chinese region t
Photo: A kindergartener in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
A kindergartener in Liuzhou, Guangxi, by Expatriate Games
Thousands Camp in Tents after 6.0 Quake in China
The AP reports on the aftermath of the earthquake in Yunnan Province:At the epicenter of Thursday’s quake in Yao’an county, nearly 22,00
Australia Presses China on Detained Rio Exec
Reuters has the latest on the investigation of Rio Tinto employees, including an Australian national, who are suspected of stealing state secrets:Au
Rumbles on the Rim of China’s Empire
An article in the New York Times and an editorial in the Washington Post look at accusations that Beijing acts as a colonizer in Xinjiang, and resentm
Uighur Workers Held Behind Locked Gates
GlobalPost has an update on the Uighur workers at a factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong, who were at the center of an incident that apparently led to the r
A Strongman Is China’s Rock in Ethnic Strife
The New York Times profiles Wang Lequan, the powerful Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang:Mr. Wang, 64, the Communist Party secretary and absolute
Liang Jing: A Common Disaster for all Peoples
Thanks to David Kelly, researcher at the University of Technology Sydney, for translating the following opinion piece by overseas political commentato
Taiwan, China Should Cooperate on Environment, Party Head Says
From Bloomberg: Taiwan and China should cooperate on energy conservation and environmental protection, the Chairman of the island’s ruling party said
China’s Rise To Create Truly Global Auto Market
From Reuters: In the century since Henry Ford rolled out his first Model T — the world’s first mass-produced, affordable car — in 19
China Home Prices Rise for First Time in 7 Months
From Bloomberg: China’s urban home prices rose for the first time in seven months, adding to evidence that record bank lending is driving a recovery i
Yingjie Guo: Farewell to Class, except the Middle Class: The Politics of Class Analysis in Contemporary China*
From the Japan Focus: Anthony Giddens was right to emphasize that ‘[a] large part of the chequered history of the concept of class has to be understoo
