Monthly Archives: October 2009
Rising Seas Threaten Shanghai, Other Major Cities
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
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 parliamentary
Mark MacKinnon: A Police State Without Traffic Police
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 being
Photo: Datong Coal Mine
Sorting coal at a small, privately operated mine outside the city of Datong, from teunvoeten.
One Giant Step for China
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 right
Chinese Town Capitalizes On Mao Connection
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 cash
Trading To Start On China’s New Small Stock Index
From AP: Trading on China’s new stock market catering to smaller companies will begin Oct. 23, the chairman of the country’s securities regulator
Beijing’s Air Is Cleaner, but Far From Clean
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 m
China Jails Ex-Professor 10 Years for Subversion
Democracy activist Guo Quan has been sentenced 10 years on charges of subversion. From Associated Press: The founder of a Chinese group that challenged
The Pendulum Swings Against the Pit
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
The New York Times profiles Du Daozheng, the former high-ranking official who helped record Zhao Ziyang’s memoirs that were released in book form
Should The White Haired Girl Marry The Evil Landlord?
At EastSouthWestNorth, Roland Soong looks at some modern day reactions to the revolutionary opera The White Haired Girl, one of the Eight Model Plays: Yesterday,
In Guiyang, a Golden Rule Built on Graft
Wang Heyan reports on Fan Zhongqian, a former Guizhou official convicted for graft. From Caijing: Cash, real estate and a golden book of traditional Chinese
China to Relocate 15,000 from Lead-Poisoned Area
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: Authorities
