From The New York Times: China installed a new bishop today over the objections of the Vatican, prompting Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong, to issue a blistering statement accusing mainland authorities of having threatened and kidnapped mainland clergy to make them participate in the ritual. Cardinal Zen said late tonight […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Beijing has for the first time appointed foreign institutions to manage the overseas investments of its $40bn state pension fund, in a move that is expected to further strengthen China’s clout in international capital markets. The National Social Security Fund, established in 2000 by the central government as a pension fund of […]
Read MoreA couple manually processing the buckwheat in Shanxi province , via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The leader of a Chinese Christian sect and at least 11 of his subordinates have been executed for ordering the murder of members of a rival religious group, as authorities sought to suppress big underground churches that they deemed cults. Xu Shuangfu, the founder of the Three Grades of Servants […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor For the first time Friday, it will be a crime to damage China’s ancient Great Wall. For a national symbol so intimately linked to China’s international image, the Great Wall is in a pretty sorry state. Crudely rebuilt in places to resemble a Disneyland attraction but mostly left to crumble […]
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