From CKNW: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi has come under attack in China for her starring role in the Steven Spielberg-produced Memoirs of a Geisha, the story of a young Japanese girl’s rise from poverty to top geisha. Critics have posted online comments recalling Japan’s brutal invasion of China and denouncing Zhang as […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via Forbes Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven nations, meeting for the final time this year, singled out China in their closing statement as they warned about excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates. The statement was stronger than the group’s communique following its September meeting, […]
Read MoreFrom China Labour Bulletin Nearly 2,000 retired cadres staged a protest outside the Shenzhen municipal government on 24 November against unfair pension payment arrangement. The retired cadres complained that employees in state-owned enterprises and government agencies received pension payments three times more than they did although they belonged to the same rank. They said the […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua net: More than 10,000 people were evacuated to safe places on Sunday after explosions at a chemical plant in Jilin City of northeast China’s Jilin Province. A witness said that a series of blasts took place at a workshopin No. 101 Chemical Plant under the Jilin Petroleum and Chemical Company from 2:00 p.m. […]
Read MoreFrom China Labour Bulletin: China Lawyers’ Net recently released a report showing that a rural migrant worker, seeking to recover unpaid wages, would need to spend about three times the amount owed him to have any chance of success. These figures add to the sense of injustice and tragedy evoked by the case of Wang […]
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