From the Financial Times (link) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Cambodia $600m in loans and grant aid during a weekend visit intended to enhance Beijing’s strategic influence as a major patron of the impoverished south-east Asian country. China’s financial contribution to the cash-strapped Phnom Penh government is roughly equivalent to what other international donors, including […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) Last week a momentous anniversary passed in Beijing, and no one noticed. The silence tells us as much about the present as about history. Thirty years ago, on April 5, 1976, more than a hundred thousand demonstrators gathered in Tiananmen Square, ostensibly to commemorate the death of former premier Zhou […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet (link) China has begun production of the rocket carrier for the launch of Shenzhou-7 spaceship in 2008, a senior project official has announced. Jing Muchun, chief designer of the launch vehicle system of China’s Manned Space Program, told China Central Television that procurement and production of the parts for the rocket carrier had […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (link) China has agreed to requests by the US and Europe to hold talks over a trade dispute regarding tariffs on car parts. The US and EU accuse China of imposing illegal tariffs to prevent foreign components being imported for use in Chinese car assembly plants. Washington and Brussels recently complained to […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link) After nearly 30 years of trying, the world’s most famous rock band finally made it to the world’s largest country, as the Rolling Stones brought their show to a small stage in China’s biggest city. The concert on Saturday, a late addition to the band’s Biggest Bang world tour, […]
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