From BBC News: In a one-party state, made up of more than a billion people, there is an awful lot to hide. On any given day in China there may be 200 different protests. Most take place in the countryside, where many feel left behind by China’s economic boom. But the Chinese state works hard […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: The South China Morning Post, the leading English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, said Monday that its top editor had resigned in the latest of a long succession of changes in editorial management in recent years. Mark Clifford, an American, was editor in chief of the Post group for just one […]
Read MoreFrom The Australian: Just as China and Japan are starting to patch up their political differences, history wars are again threatening to throw a spanner in the works. On the eve of a crucial visit to Japan by China’s Premier Wen Jiabao, which he hopes will be “ice-thawing”, the project aimed at producing a joint […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s revamped postal ¬≠savings system on Tuesday opened for business as the country’s fifth biggest bank, pledging to improve its reach in rural areas where financial services and capital are scarce. The launch of the China Postal Savings Bank ¬≠followed years of delay and dispute over how to reform the sprawling postal […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Hong Kong’s air pollution is caused locally rather than by south China’s industrial engines for at least half the year, according to a study released Wednesday. The territory can therefore do more to fix a chronic problem that is affecting its international standing as a top-tier financial and services centre, it said. […]
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