Gao Fei is the pen name of a journalist from China now living and working in the U.S.
From Cool Hunting blog: Shek Kip Mei Estate, Hong Kong’s oldest public housing estate, is composed of 100 rooms, each closet-like in size at only 100 square feet and built in response to a devastating fire in the 1950s that left thousands homeless. In a new series of photographs called “100 x 100,” Michael Wolf […]
Read MoreIn a column in The Washington Post, Gary Schmitt attributes China’s military spending to its “cravings” toward power and recognition. Last month’s annual Pentagon report on the Chinese military took note of Beijing’s sizable expansion of its capabilities — as have all the reports since the Defense Department began producing them in 2000. And, as […]
Read MoreTo help clean China’s food safety image, the vice minister for the State Administration for Industry and Commerce guided reporters on a tour of a Beijing food safety lab and guaranteed that “there is now largely no problem with food safety.” From CBS News: An official downplayed China’s food safety woes on Tuesday, saying they […]
Read MoreAt a CITIES conference, China proposed to re-legalize domestic trade of tiger parts from artificially-bred tigers. Conservationists fear that this would increase demand and encourage poaching. A decision will be made at the conference on Wednesday. From The Nation: Pressed by conservationists to shut down breeding farms housing some 5,000 tigers, China hinted Tuesday it […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Yahoo News: A jailed Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets has joined a U.S. lawsuit claiming Yahoo Inc. helped the Chinese government convict dissidents, his mother said Sunday. Shi Tao, who was sentenced in 2005 to 10 years in prison, is seeking compensation from the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet company, claiming Yahoo […]
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