From The New York Times: The Chinese automobile market still may not be big enough to support homegrown manufacturers and foreign automakers. China is passing Japan as the world’s second-largest vehicle market this year, with sales soaring for cars of every size and shape. But the Chinese market still may not be big enough to […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Where the West sees a new need for reform, Beijing sees nothing but resources and opportunity. Four or five miles along the asphalt road that runs east from Kaala, a small town in central Angola, a Chinese construction company has carved an unexpected right turn, a broad dirt path that […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: An attempt to sue authorities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region over discrimination against children infected with the Hepatitis B virus has foundered after parents dropped the case under what activists say was heavy pressure from local officials. The failure of the lawsuit highlights the difficulties faced by Chinese who seek to challenge […]
Read MoreTie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù), the Chinese female writer who recently became the Chairman of the China Association of Writers, got the least votes in the committee member election. Despite this, she was named as the chairman directly by the Communist Party because she is the only writer who is also an alternative member of the Party’s […]
Read MoreFrom The Economist: Grassroots democracy in China, which began to show faint signs of life three years ago, is struggling. On November 8th millions of voters in Beijing took part in largely stage-managed local elections. The authorities seem to have had second thoughts about encouraging more combative contests. In 2003 elections to district people’s congresses, […]
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