Monthly Archives: October 2010
EU Plans to Clamp Down on Carbon Trading Scam
In the Guardian, Damian Carrington describes Chinese companies’ gaming of the EU Emission Trading Scheme, and European proposals to combat it: The
China’s Factories Turn to Yangtze River to Escape Higher Wages
Chinese industry is being driven inland along the country’s waterways, particularly the Yangtze, according to Bloomberg: China’s manufacturers a
Why Did China Boom?
Asia Society has produced a multimedia site in which 100 experts are asked one question: Why did China boom? From the introduction: The China Boom Project
China’s Blood-Stained Property Map
An interactive, participatory map project aims to show each and every violent land grab incident in China. The Wall Street Journal blog reports: Called
Pioneer of China Environmental NGOs Dies
Liang Congjie, founder of Friends of Nature, China’s first environmental NGO, and grandson of Qing Dynasty reformer Liang Qichao, has died at the
China Crackdown on Dissidents Continues Despite Citizen’s Nobel Peace Prize
As the Chinese government continues to harden the official line against Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, authorities are also cracking down on his activist colleagues.
China’s Other Billion: A Million Deng Yujiaos
Following is the latest installment in a series of posts by journalist Rachel Beitarie*, who will be sharing with us dispatches from her journey
China Is Said to Resume Shipping Rare Earth Minerals
The New York Times has the latest in the saga of China’s rare earth exports: The Chinese government abruptly ended on Thursday its unannounced embargo
China’s Tianhe-1A Takes Supercomputer Crown from US
China has another achievement to add to its growing list of superlatives: the world’s fastest supercomputer. From Wired Magazine: The supercomputer
China pulls out of Tokyo film festival | FP Passport
Jiang, also deputy director-general of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT), told reporters, "We protested against
Photo: Huanglong Mountain, Sichuan, by ming1967
Huanglong Mountain, Sichuan, by Sung Ming Whang
Zheng Qingyuan: Vigorous, Steady Efforts Urged to Advance Political Structural Reform
A front page commentary in People’s Daily denounces multi-party democracy, in what some observers see as a response to recent comments by Premier
China’s New No. 1 – Forbes (blog)
Forbes (blog) China's New No. 1 Forbes (blog) Zong Qinghou tops the latest list of China's 400 Richest from Forbes.
China needs to “say no” on rare earths: report – Reuters
Globe and Mail China needs to "say no" on rare earths: report Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - A newspaper published by China's Ministry of Commerce urged
Learn from India, says Chinese think-tank
China is outpacing India in national competitiveness, but India is ahead in some areasRule of law, protection of vulnerable groups areas where China ranks
