From Financial Times: Britain has offered a secret deal to Italy under which it would back Rome’s demand for punitive tariffs on cheap Chinese shoes in return for Italian support for the UK’s long-hours work culture. The classic example of European Union horse-trading has dismayed retailers, who claim a deal with Italy could force Britain […]
Read MoreFrom CNNIC: China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released its 2006 China Blogging Report on Sept. 23. The report said the number of Chinese bloggers reached 17.5 million at the end of August, and active bloggers (with at least one update each month) reached 7.70 million. Blog readers were more than 75 million. The report […]
Read MoreFrom Netease (translated by CDT): At 9:20 yesterday morning, Chen Xiaoying, a 42-year-old migrant worker in Zengcheng City, Guangdong Province, inadvertently scratched the tail of a white Toyota car while she was crossing a street. What followed this small incident was disastrous. The driver got out, dragged Chen to the roadside, and slapped her twice, […]
Read MoreFrom China Business News (translated by CDT): How did a construction worker in Sichuan province become a Forbes China Billionaire? Bribery. Wang Dejun, who 20 years ago was a plasterer, was listed in 2004 on Forbes magazine’s list of Chinese billionaires with assets worth 1.1 billion yuan. In June this year, he stood trial on […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The American Chamber of Commerce in China has denounced as a “step backwards” rules issued by Xinhua, Beijing’s state news agency, banning foreign rivals from dealing directly with local clients and requiring them to strictly censor their products. The chamber’s condemnation of the rules, which have been widely seen abroad as a […]
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
