From SperoNews: “Hide the uncomfortable truth while promoting goodness stories in view of increased press freedom conceded to foreign reporters during the 2008 Olympic games”, wrote Shangdon’s provincial government to its officials. And in a document issued by the city government of Pingdu, all departments, organisations and officials were urged to “prepare for the challenge […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: After a huge sell-off here just a few weeks ago that helped set off a drop in global financial markets, China’s stock market has rebounded and rose to a record Wednesday. Many investors say the sell-off on Feb. 27, when the Shanghai composite index plunged 8.8 percent, was simply a […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Hundreds of demonstrators blocked key railway lines in eastern China in protest at threats to their benefits, state media has reported. More than 200 protesters, and several hundred onlookers, descended on two lines near Guixi in Jiangxi province. They were protesting at planned zoning changes in Guixi which could impact on income […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The school where the Chinese Communist Party trains its officials is set to publish a textbook on combating corruption, state media has said. The book will be the “first systematic, formal and exclusive textbook” against graft in the school’s history, a director told the China Daily. Work on the book began after […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China plans to mount a head-on challenge to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus in the global market for big passenger jets by setting up a state-owned company to build the aircraft. A statement on the...
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