April 15, 2004 “China’s standards development process continues to be unclear and lacks transparency, planning, and open channels for international input. There is an unmistakable tendency on the part of the Chinese...
Read MoreApril 11, 2004 “Is China, with its mix of raw capitalism and tattered Leninist politics, edging toward a more liberal, middle-class state or is it hurtling toward a political seizure?” “Following is an...
Read MoreApril 11, 2004 “According to government statistics, 42 billion trees have been planted since 1982. Last year alone, the effort involved more than 560 million people. In the latest phase of the effort, announced two years ago, China plans to plant trees in an area of 170,000 square miles ” just over the size of […]
Read MoreApril 7, 2004 “Why all the concentration on standards now? China’s leaders realize that if they are ever to turn the corner from being a “developing” manufacturing base for the world’s low-end products, to taking their place among the world’s developed economies, then it will be crucial to control the “business” of new technology development.” […]
Read MoreApril 7, 2004 “For many years, beggars were rarely seen in the showcase cities of this country that still calls itself a socialist state. Image-conscious city officials ordered the police to arrest panhandlers and other homeless people, many of whom had traveled illegally from the destitute countryside. But in the past six months, the number […]
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