Author: Melissa M. Chan
Melissa Chan is currently a graduate student in the department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a degree in English in 2009. Her current research interests are diasporic Chinese populations, film, and translation.
One Country, Two Systems? Not Really.
With the recent argument between mainland tourists and Hong Kong locals on the subway and Professor Kong Qingdong’s comments in a TV interview, tensions seem to be rising between Hong Kong and the mainland. As China’s economy has risen in the past few years, Hong Kong residents have been less than welcoming
January 31, 2012 2:45 PM
Guangxi’s Battle for Clean Water
After detection of high levels of cadmium in the tributaries of the Pearl River, officials claim that the levels of the poisonous chemical found in batteries has been successfully diluted. The chemical spill threatened the water supply of 1.5 million people, including residents in Hong Kong and Macau. This report comes
January 31, 2012 2:38 PM
Most Recent Entries
- 2012.01.29 China Calls For ‘Stability and Peace’
- 2012.01.29 China Holds Off Reserve Ratio Cut
- 2012.01.24 Chinese Academic Puts the Bite on Hong Kong
- 2012.01.24 China ‘Protecting Kim Jong-nam’
- 2012.01.22 China Comes Clean on Air Pollution
- 2012.01.22 China Suffers Second Bird Flu Death
- 2012.01.17 China’s Growth Rallies Global Stocks
- 2012.01.15 China’s Gold Imports Hit Record Highs
- 2012.01.15 China’s Nuclear Plant on Track
- 2012.01.10 China Halts Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments
- 2012.01.10 China Sees Increase in Trade Surplus
- 2012.01.08 Manila Protests Chinese Ships Presence
- 2012.01.08 Two Tibetans Set Themselves Alight In Sichuan (Updated)
- 2012.01.03 Chinese Premier Warns of ‘Difficult’ Start in 2012
- 2012.01.03 China, Hong Kong on Bird Flu Alert
- 2012.01.01 Manufacturing Index Defies Negative Forecasts
- 2012.01.01 President Hu Jintao Delivers New Year Speech
- 2011.12.27 S. Korea, China Discuss Stability in N. Korea
- 2011.12.27 China Reveals New Train Amid Rail Doubts
- 2011.12.20 Hong Kong Shares Inch Higher
- 2011.12.20 China Orders Nationwide Emission Cuts by 2015
- 2011.12.18 Property Prices See Second Consecutive Drop
- 2011.12.13 China Stock Market Faces 4 Day Slump
- 2011.12.13 China May Approve Nuclear Projects After Revising Safety Rules
- 2011.12.11 Top China Official Urges More 'Forceful' Web Controls
- 2011.12.11 President Hu: China to Focus on Expanding Imports
- 2011.12.06 China's Thin Margin for Error in Property Policies
- 2011.12.06 China Jails Australian for 13 Years
- 2011.12.04 China Leader Warns About Unrest Due to Economy
- 2011.12.04 Hong Kong Sees 20 IPOs From Mainland by Dec. 31
- 2011.11.29 China’s Vaccine Makers Gear Up for Overseas Markets; Product Safety Image Still a Concern
- 2011.11.29 HIV Positive Teachers to Petition China Government
- 2011.11.27 Chinese Manufacturing Feels Brunt of Global Slowdown
- 2011.11.27 China PM Responds to Outrage Over School Bus Crash
- 2011.11.22 China Could Post First Trade Deficit In Two Decades In 2012 As Demand Slumps In Europe, U.S.
- 2011.11.22 China , Hong Kong Expand Currency-Swap Pact to $63 Billion
- 2011.11.20 China’s Thirst for New Diabetes Drugs Threatens Bayer’s Lead
- 2011.11.20 14 Killed in Chemical Plant Explosion
- 2011.11.15 IMF Sees ‘Buildup’ of China Bank Risk Needing More Oversight
- 2011.11.15 China Peace Prize Awarded to Vladimir Putin
- 2011.11.13 China’s Hu Pledges More Imports to Boost World Growth
- 2011.11.08 China Tells Iran to Show ‘Flexibility and Sincerity’ Over Nuclear Issue
- 2011.11.08 China's Wine Industry Ripens as Local Thirst Grows
- 2011.11.06 China Wins Two Gold in Weightlifting at World Championship
- 2011.11.06 China Web Firms Vow to Curb 'Harmful' Information
- 2011.11.01 Police Seize $30 Million Worth of Counterfeit Drugs
- 2011.11.01 China's Manufacturing Activity Slows
- 2011.10.30 Dalai Lama Puts Blame for Self-Immolations on China's Policies
- 2011.10.30 Gas Explosion in Coalmine Kills 29
- 2011.10.25 China to Legally Define Terrorist Activities
- 2011.10.25 China "Won't Follow US" Carbon Emissions
- 2011.10.23 China Looks to Curb Debt and Regulate Inflation
- 2011.10.23 Mothers Rally Against Mainland Births in Hong Kong
- 2011.10.19 China's Vice Premier to Visit North, South Korea
- 2011.10.19 China Embraces Beauty Pageants
- 2011.10.16 Hong Kong to Subsidise Housing after Public Anger
- 2011.10.16 'Occupy Taipei' Attracts 300 Protesters
- 2011.10.12 Almost Half of Chinese Auction Bids Unpaid



