From The Register: The wife of a jailed Chinese cyber-dissident has travelled to the US to sue Yahoo! for its role in facilitating his prosecution. Wang Xianoning was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in 2003 for posting what Beijing claimed were subversive materials on the net. His wife, Yu Ling, flew into the US this […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Foreign journalists covering China’s annual parliament session are being allowed for the first time to interview lawmakers and political advisers directly. Chinese official media are touting this as a sign of the country’s growing transparency to the world’s press ahead of next year’s Olympic Games. China’s domestic media, by contrast, face growing […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: China will create an agency to invest its immense reserves of foreign currency, now totaling more than $1 trillion, the country’s finance minister announced on Friday. The minister, Jin Renqing, offered no specifics about how much of China’s currency reserves would be under the agency’s control. But whatever the precise figure, […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: A landmark proposal to protect private property was formally introduced into China’s legislature amid continuing controversy, and in one possible sign of the legislation’s sensitivity, the latest issue of an influential Chinese business magazine that covered it was pulled earlier this week. It wasn’t immediately clear who blocked the issue […]
Read MoreRumors have come out from the NPC and the CPPCC that people from China’s minority parties will be promoted to ministers in Wen Jianbao’s administration, reports the Asia Weekly. According to the official data, there are over 30 provincial level officials who are not from the Communist Party, said the Chinese magazine, which is based […]
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