Monthly Archives: October 2009

Rising Seas Threaten Shanghai, Other Major Cities

October 18, 2009 7:26 PM

From AP:This city of 20 million rose from the sea and grew into a modern showcase, with skyscrapers piercing the clouds, atop tidal flats fed by the

Taiwan’s Parliament To Ratify China Trade Pact

October 18, 2009 7:16 PM

From AFP: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou said at the weekend that the island’s controversial trade pact with China will be subjected to p

Mark MacKinnon: A Police State Without Traffic Police

October 18, 2009 10:48 AM

Mark MacKinnon of the Globe and Mail blogs about the life-threatening experience of riding in a Beijing taxi:The only thing more dangerous than bein

Photo: Datong Coal Mine

October 17, 2009 10:03 PM

Sorting coal at a small, privately operated mine outside the city of Datong, from teunvoeten.

One Giant Step for China

October 17, 2009 9:49 PM

From Michael Sheridan of the Times Online, a look at China’s space program and the search for the first Chinese woman to go into space: So, the

Chinese Town Capitalizes On Mao Connection

October 17, 2009 7:15 PM

From Los Angeles Times: You can’t help but wonder whether Mao Tse-tung would be rolling over in his mausoleum if he could hear the ka-ching! of

Trading To Start On China’s New Small Stock Index

October 17, 2009 6:48 PM

From AP:Trading on China’s new stock market catering to smaller companies will begin Oct. 23, the chairman of the country’s securities r

Beijing’s Air Is Cleaner, but Far From Clean

October 17, 2009 10:54 AM

A nuanced look at Beijing’s air, from Michael Wines at the New York Times: No, the surprise is this: Beijing’s air is actually getting cleaner.

China Jails Ex-Professor 10 Years for Subversion

October 17, 2009 10:46 AM

Democracy activist Guo Quan has been sentenced 10 years on charges of subversion. From Associated Press: The founder of a Chinese group that challenge

The Pendulum Swings Against the Pit

October 17, 2009 10:39 AM

The Economist reports on the government’s steps to improve coal mine safety: An accident that killed more than 270 people at an iron-ore mine in

At 86, a Liberal-Minded Party Elder Is Still Jousting With China’s Censors

October 16, 2009 9:32 PM

The New York Times profiles Du Daozheng, the former high-ranking official who helped record Zhao Ziyang’s memoirs that were released in book for

Photo: Morning Fog in Jiangxi

October 16, 2009 5:19 PM

Morning fog in Jiangxi, from chanmelmel.

Should The White Haired Girl Marry The Evil Landlord?

October 16, 2009 4:52 PM

At EastSouthWestNorth, Roland Soong looks at some modern day reactions to the revolutionary opera The White Haired Girl, one of the Eight Model Plays:

In Guiyang, a Golden Rule Built on Graft

October 16, 2009 4:33 PM

Wang Heyan reports on Fan Zhongqian, a former Guizhou official convicted for graft. From Caijing: Cash, real estate and a golden book of traditional C

China to Relocate 15,000 from Lead-Poisoned Area

October 16, 2009 4:13 PM

It has been announced that 15,000 Jiyuan residents will have to relocated after 1,000 children were discovered to have lead poisoning. From AFP: Autho

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