Monthly Archives: June 2010
China June PMIs Show Slower Manufacturing Activity
From the Wall Street Journal:China’s official PMI, issued by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the National Bureau of Stat
China Says Welcomes Visit by US Defence Secretary
From AFP:China’s military said Thursday it would welcome a future visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, state media reported, one month
Building China’s Backbone: Dandelion School for Migrant Worker Kids
Beijing Kids Magazine has a short profile of Dandelion School for the children of migrant workers in Beijing:Gongyi Xiqiao is a frontier outpost on
Photo: Dancers on the street in Beihai, Beijing, by Patrik Lockne
Dancers on the street in Beihai, Beijing, by Patrik Lockne
China Communist Party Publicity Echoes Bryan Adams Hit
The Guardian reports on the first media tour of the Central Party School in Beijing:“[The purpose of] our party is to serve the people. We hav
Music Video: How Long Does It Take You to Buy This Home?
A new music video by pop singer Huang Zheng (黄征) is a viral hit online. Called Sell, it takes on skyrocketing housing prices in Chinese cities by depi
Google Web Search Partially Blocked in China
From the Los Angeles Times blog:Google Inc. confirmed Wednesday that a search engine feature had been partially blocked in China on the same day tha
Espionage Probe Casts Shadow on Ties with China
Der Spiegel reports:When German Chancellor Angela Merkel flies to Beijing in July, she will have plenty of the usual accolades for the Chinese. She
Shaoguan, One Year On
Just over a year ago, a violent lash broke out between Uighur and Han workers at a toy factory in Shaoguan. The following week, violent riots erupted
China’s Real Challenge is the Western Public
ChinaGeeks translates a piece from Southern Weekend:As the world develops, communication improves, and the internet continues to widen its reach, th
China Returns U.S. Criticism Over Sinking of Korean Ship
The New York Times reports that tensions between China, the United States, and the Koreas, including the dispute over the sinking of the South Korean
China Slowdown Fears Hit Global Markets
From CNN Money:Concerns about the global economy roiled world financial markets Tuesday after a report on leading indicators in China was revised lo
Foxconn Preparing to Shift Main Production to North China
Foxconn, the behemoth hi-tech manufacturing plant that has been hit by a number of worker suicides this year, is shifting its base of operations from
In Pictures: Would BP’s CEO Have Been Executed In China?
Forbes has created a slideshow satirically imagining how events would unfold if the BP oil spill had happened off the Chinese coast. From their introd
