Monthly Archives: July 2009
Chinese Hack Film Festival Site
From BBC News: Chinese hackers have attacked the website of Australia’s biggest film festival over a documentary about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. Content
Macau’s New Leader Faces Challenges
From Wall Street Journal: Fernando Chui was formally chosen Sunday to become Macau’s next leader, handing control of the Chinese gambling territory
China Vows Clean Online Games Within Five Years
From Reuters: China plans to implement a five year program advocating clean online games, starting next year, an official from the General Administration
China’s Internet Phenomenon: The Sudden Popularity Of ‘Jia Junpeng’
From People’s Daily Online: On July 16 2009, tens of thousands of people became internet friends with Jia Junpeng. In Baidu’s “World
E-China: The Bicycle Kingdom is Going Electric
AP looks at the new fad of electric bicycles, for those tired of a long bike commute but who can’t afford a car: Workers weary of crammed public
Wave of Suicide Sweeps China’s Graduate Class
The Telegraph reports on the tragic impact of the economic slowdown and high unemployment rates on China’s graduates: For Miss Liu, the daughter
China Dismisses Local Leaders after Angry Protest
AP reports on the aftermath of the recent protests in Shishou, Hubei: The Communist Party boss of a Chinese city and head of law enforcement were dismissed
Photo: A fisherman on West Lake in Hangzhou, by shenxy
A fisherman on West Lake in Hangzhou, by shenxy
“Princelings” Rule China’s Corporate World
In light of the recent corruption case in Namibia involving NucTech Corporation, formerly headed by Hu Jintao’s son Hu Haifeng, the Straits Times
Report: 30,000 China Steelworkers In Deadly Clash
From AP: Some 30,000 Chinese steelworkers clashed with police in a protest over plans to merge their mill with another company and beat the company’s
U.S. Kicks Economic Diplomacy With China Up A Notch
From Reuters: The United States aims to draw China more fully into helping reshape the global economy by broadening bilateral economic talks to include
China Launches Arabic International TV Channel
From AFP: China Saturday launched an international Arabic-language television channel as part of an ambitious programme to promote the communist country’s
Climate Change Pact ‘Needs’ China
From BBC News: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said there can be no global climate change deal without China’s support. Speaking in Beijing,
Rio Tinto Sales Executive Found Success in China’s Changes
The Wall Street Journal profiles Stern Hu, the Rio Tinto executive being detained in China on suspicion of stealing state secrets: Mr. Hu in many ways
China, Uighur Groups Give Conflicting Riot Accounts
As CDT reported earlier this week, the Chinese government and Uighur human rights groups have offered conflicting accounts of events that led to the violence
