Kate Zhao

Kate Zhao graduated from the Graduate School of Communication at Zhejiang University, with a major in cross-culture communication. She has worked as both a full-time and part-time business reporter at various Chinese media such as China Business, China Marketing, New Marketing, and 21st Century Business Herald. She also worked as a public relations manager for Crest brand at P&G Greater China in Guangzhou.

China Says Farmland Is for Cultivation – Henry Sanderson

More on the increasingly heated debate over land use in China, from AP: China stressed Thursday that farmland should be used for cultivation, not gobbled up by construction as the country’s rapid development pushes further into the countryside. In a front-page article in the People’s Daily newspaper, the Communist Party mouthpiece, said the State Council […]

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A Time for Moderation – Yun-han Chu and Andrew J. Nathan

In the International Herald Tribune, Yun-han Chu and Andrew J. Nathan write about the potential outcomes of the upcoming legislative and presidential elections in Taiwan and what it means for cross-Straits ties: Yet the most important result of the elections is all but predetermined: Taiwan’s next president will be a relative moderate on cross-strait issues. […]

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The $1.4 Trillion Question – James Fallows

In the Atlantic Monthly, James Fallows writes about China’s controversial investment in Blackstone Group last year and China’s subsidizing of the American lifestyle: The Blackstone case is titillating in its personal detail, but it is also an unusually clear and personalized symptom of a deeper, less publicized, and potentially much more destructive tension in U.S.–China […]

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Consultant Questions Beijing’s Claim of Cleaner Air – Jim Yardley

A new study questions the Beijing government’s claims that it can meet pollution targets for the Olympics. From the New York Times: The study, written by an American environmental consultant, found flaws in Beijing’s “Blue Sky” system of air quality monitoring stations and noted that the city changed its method for measuring pollution in 2006. […]

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