Monthly Archives: June 2010
China to Crack Down on Gambling over World Cup
Chinese officials are cracking down on illegal World Cup betting, according to a report from Reuters, via the Washington Post: Chinese police have pledged
Naked in the ‘Sunshine’ (Updated)
Many officials in China have resisted plans to pass a national “Sunshine” policy, which would require the disclosure of official expenditures.
Flood Toll in China Rises to 46; More Rain Falling
From AP: Floods caused by heavy storms have killed 46 people this week in southern China, with 50 people missing as heavy rains had yet to subside. The
Walkout Closes Another Toyota Supplier in China
From the New York Times: Workers at an auto parts factory in Tianjin, China, run by a Chinese subsidiary of Toyoda Gosei, which is 42 percent owned by
Culture’s Long March from Revolution to Crises
From the English version of Caixin: Flames of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 consumed many but also engendered a skeptical generation that’s
China Bids on Newsweek Unsuccessful
China Daily reports: China’s Southern Daily Group’s recent attempt to acquire Newsweek magazine – the country’s first bid for
Foreign Policy: Time For China To Act In North Korea
From Foreign Policy and U.S. National Public Radio: For nearly a decade, the United States has attempted to invest Beijing with a sense of responsibility
Photo: Wu Yulu, “the peasant inventor” who gave up farming and taught himself to build robots, by Zhao Hua Xi Shi
Wu Yulu, “the peasant inventor” who gave up farming and taught himself to build robots, by Zhao Hua Xi Shi
The Reality of the ‘China Fantasy’
From Foreign Policy: Is the “China Fantasy” starting to get deflated by reality? Three years ago, Jim Mann’s provocative book of that
Jason Ng: What Kind of Tea Did I Drink?
“Drinking Tea” (??) is now a common vocabulary in online political discourse. It refers to the widespread practices by DSD police or other
Simon Tisdall: The Chinese Behemoth Awakes
From The Guardian: China’s forceful intervention in the Greek debt crisis this week has given harassed European leaders meeting at today’s
Han Dongfang: China’s Workers Are Stirring
Labor activist Han Dongfang writes in the International Herald Tribune: After 30 years of reform and spectacular economic growth, the cracks are beginning
Toyota is Latest Car Maker Hit by Strike in China (Updated)
From the Associated Press: Toyota Motor Corp., the latest automaker to be hit by a strike at a China parts supplier, said Thursday its car assembly operations
British-Run Climate Projects Take Root in Chinese Schools
From ClimateWire: For Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue, a website she set up four years ago to shine a penetrating light onto the environmental problems
Security Tops Environment in China Energy Plan
The New York Times reports: Like the energy future that President Obama briefly described in his Oval Office address on Tuesday, the Chinese proposal
