From AP, via the International Herald Tribune: Long-debated legislation to protect private property in China is a step closer to being passed after the country’s top legislative panel reviewed the latest draft and deemed it ripe for approval, state media reported. The head of the national legislature, Wu Bangguo, and a panel of senior lawmakers […]
Read MoreSouhouxiaobao posted an article from Hong Kong magazine Dongxiang on a report that the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection recently submitted to the central Party leaders. It’s the fourth report on the Shanghai corruption Investigation. Please note that CDT has not yet been able to independently confirm the charges in the Dongxiang report, but it […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: Local government abuses have created an underclass of petitioners who seek redress in Beijing. They arrive from distant villages and towns in groups of five or less, eyes downcast as they approach the entrance to the walled compound. Many wear the drab bulky clothes of China’s hardscrabble countryside, and their […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via The Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and General Electric Co.’s finance arm are joining the race for a share of China’s growing consumer-credit market by launching their own credit card this week, a Wal-Mart spokesman said Tuesday. The card is to be formally launched on Friday but the companies began […]
Read MoreFollowing The Wall Street Journal’s comments, China Should Allow North Korean Refugees to Stay, Financial Times expressed its view on North Korean refugees. China must stop hindering the flow of North Koreans seeking to escape hunger and poverty in the world’s most isolated country, while other world powers should back up their tough resolutions with […]
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