Monthly Archives: November 2011
Exports and Imports: The Chicken and the Egg
While Hu Jintao has pledged to boost imports to offset weakening global demand for Chinese exports and the sharpest cutback in in manufacturing since the
Can China Fight Pollution?
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Durban this week, Panos Mourdoukoutas writes in Forbes that China lacks a realistic way of executing
Shanghai Government Joins Official Microblogging Ranks
As China’s microblogging population continues to surge, with more than 300 registered users reported last week, Shanghai’s municipal government
CDT Money: PMI Shows Fall in Manufacturing, Chinese NYSE Firms up Against the Wall
Moderate pessimism continues as the main theme of economic news from China, as it faces turmoil in the EU – if considered a single economy, China’s l
Accusations of Chinese Cyber Espionage Grow Increasingly Public
NPR’s “All Things Considered” discusses the cloak -and-dagger world of corporate espionage in the context of Chinese cyber attacks on
Yao Ming Courts China's Wine Boom
With demand for wine in China ripening – both for domestically produced and, more dramatically, imported wines - one of the country’s most
Photo: The outside wall of a bed sheet factory in Shanghai, by jijis
The outside wall of a bed sheet factory in Shanghai, by jijis
Limited Choice in China's Village Ballots
For Al Jazeera, Melissa Chan reports on village elections, which are held whether or not there is more than one candidate for a post: This year, like
Chinese Manufacturing Feels Brunt of Global Slowdown
Amid the manufacturing slowdown and decrease in demand for Chinese goods abroad, factories in Guangdong have experienced a recent wave of labor strikes.
China PM Responds to Outrage Over School Bus Crash
In response to the bus crash that killed 18 preschool students in Gansu province, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has vowed to improve bus services using
Engineer’s Return to China Leads to Jail and Limbo
The New York Times looks at the convoluted case of Hu Zhicheng, a naturalized American citizen and engineer who returned to China to work, but has been
China Tycoon Slams Iceland Over Failed Land Bid
A Chinese businessman says prejudice against Chinese is to blame for the Iceland government’s rejection of his offer to buy a huge piece of land
China Flexes Its Regional Muscle
Via NPR and the New Republic, Ellen Bork, director of democracy and human rights at the Foreign Policy Initiative, writes about how Nepal is caught between
Photo: Have a nice weekend, kids! by Suri Sun
Have a nice weekend, kids! by Suri Sun
China’s "Princelings" Present Issue for CCP
The Wall Street Journal explains the challenge posed to the CCP by China’s “princelings,” including Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai’s
