From BBC: Chinese internet users have stirred a heated debate over the status of dragons, seen as a national symbol. The problem, some academics allege, is that Chinese people and Westerners have very different concepts of dragons. Chinese dragons are supernatural symbols without the Western traits of aggression or maiden-eating. The debated began when a […]
Read MoreFrom LA Times: For the first time since China’s communist revolution, a pro-democracy candidate in an area under Beijing’s control appears likely to compete in a contest for high political office. Alan Leong is virtually certain to lose the March race for chief executive of Hong Kong, and the election itself will be a far […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: So rare are top-level political excisions in China these days that Chen Liangyu’s fall from power in late September caught many by surprise. The Shanghai communist party secretary and Politburo member was detained by anti-corruption investigators on a Sunday morning, only hours after presiding over a ceremony the night before for China’s […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: While China has enjoyed soaring surpluses in many categories of trade in the five years since it joined the World Trade Organisation, one sector stands out as a glaring exception: media and culture. In China, the likes of Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg are familiar “in every household”, but Chinese stars are […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China will launch a nationwide audit of provincial and city-level social security funds in the wake of the scandal in Shanghai over the alleged misuse of pension monies by senior leaders in the country’s financial centre. Li Jinhua, the head of the National Audit Office, said the checks would begin in 2007 […]
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