From Financial Times: For a forum meant to allow Washington and Beijing quietly to sort out long-term problems, the run-up to the first US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue starting on Thursday has already featured some traditional high-decibel diplomacy. In recent days Hank Paulson, the US Treasury secretary, and Susan Schwab, the US trade representative, have both […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Boston Globe: China has created a vibrant auto industry over the past two decades, but executives said on Sunday that a significant gap still separated local manufacturers from the world’s top brands. “If we want to become a global automotive giant, there is still a long road to travel,” Yin Jiaxu, chairman […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times via Boston Globe After 19 hours on a hard-seat train ride from Beijing, Zhao Taishan stood in the cold drizzle waiting for the mall doors to open. The 45-year-old had come here, as he does every November, to buy items for his sporting goods business. He walked past corridors of stalls […]
Read MoreFrom LA Times: New rules quietly adopted in China are likely to have a chilling effect on lawyers who represent political protesters, Human Rights Watch warns in a report being released in Hong Kong today. The report, “A Great Danger for Lawyers,” charges that the rule of law in China has been sharply curbed by […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: US-Chinese relations are in jeopardy because Beijing is slowing the pace of reform and putting the global economy at risk, Washington’s chief trade negotiator said on the eve of a high-level delegation to China. The Bush administration has identified “troubling indications that China’s momentum towards reform has begun to slow” in the […]
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