From BBC News: China could soon overtake the US to have the world’s largest number of internet users, according to a state-controlled think-tank. “We believe it will take two years at most for China to overtake the US,” an official at the China Internet Network Information Center told state media. China had 137m internet users […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Economists struggling for a fix on the trajectory of China’s economy this year have focused on traditional drivers of growth, such as exports, investment and even consumer spending. But most have ignored what may be the key propellant pushing output higher – top-level politics, in the form of the impending Communist party […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China will consolidate coal mines and boost output of good quality coal while controlling overall production, the country’s planning agency says in a five-year blueprint for the industry. Total production will be capped at 2.6 billion tons annually by 2010, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a report posted on its […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: At a temperature of -10C (14F), in the grey-blue dawn, two schoolchildren have a thankless job to complete.They are meant to sweep away the soot, dirt and grime from the school gate. But this village is surrounded by coal mines and power stations, so it is impossible to get anything clean. Inside, […]
Read MoreFrom Useless Tree Blog: A recent news story reminds us of the essential Legalism – of the Han Fei Tzu lineage – that lies at the heart of the PRC government. But it also shows us how China is no longer a Legalist society. (For those of you familiar with the book banning issue, scroll […]
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