From Reuters: Tight security blanketed China’s capital on Saturday, the 16th anniversary of the bloody end to the Tiananmen Square democracy movement, with the leadership fearful of any protest that could threaten its grip on power. Uniformed and plainclothes police fanned out around the square and dissenters were kept under guard in their homes for […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China and Russia reached a final agreement yesterday on their eastern border, putting an end to 40 years of negotiations, China’s foreign ministry said according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, exchanged documents ratified by their parliaments agreeing to share the last […]
Read MoreFrom The Standard: China’s chief securities regulator has vowed to better legislate the country’s ailing stock markets, acknowledging that much work lay ahead to restore investor confidence. “There will be more legislative efforts put in place soon,” said Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Thursday. He said Beijing would increase the accountability […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A sociologist at China’s top government think-tank and a colleague have been detained on suspicion of leaking state secrets, three independent sources said on Thursday amid a series of recent high-profile detentions. Lu Jianhua, 45, a sociologist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), was taken into custody by agents of the […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily,via Xinhua: Students in China maybe sick of endless exams but it is the state of their general health that worries doctors. Latest figures show three out of four Beijing students due to take the national college entrance exam next week have sight problems – while only 9 per cent of Guangzhou students […]
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