Gao Fei is the pen name of a journalist from China now living and working in the U.S.
From International Herald Tribune: Two years after Donald Rumsfeld bluntly criticized China’s rapid military buildup, Defense Secretary Robert Gates struck a conciliatory tone toward Beijing on Saturday, saying the United States and China have the opportunity to “build trust over time.” In a speech delivered from the same podium where Rumsfeld, his predecessor, said in […]
Read MoreA story about the conundrum facing the Chinese table tennis team: while it finds itself in a “new golden age,” it worries that other countries might lose interest in the sport. From Reuters, via China Daily: China’s absolute domination of the table tennis world championships has sparked more calls for the country to help develop […]
Read MoreChina starts to take action, punitive and preventive, in response to the recent string of food safety scandals. From AP, via the Houston Chronicle: China’s former top drug regulator was sentenced to death Tuesday for taking bribes to approve untested medicines, as the country’s main quality control agency announced its first recall system targeting unsafe […]
Read MoreA man vends balloons in Labour Park in Dalian, from Elizabeth Thomsen
Read MoreChina Daily’s top story gives attention to “left-behind” rural children living under the care of grandparents, relatives, or a single parent, a result of the rural young choosing to work in cities. Related articles show special effort launched to help ‘left-behind’ children, especially to protect them against crime. Another article reports that the majority of […]
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