From International Herald Tribune: The streets of certain districts in Shanghai this time of year have an almost dreamlike quality to them. The dream in question would be that of a prosperous and happy China. Walk down Nanjing Road at lunchtime and you’ll be treated to sights of finely coiffed and impeccably dressed people, especially […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: China’s highest court will begin to review, from January 1, every death sentence in the country under a change of law that seeks to end miscarriages of justice. But just a few day before the new regulation comes into force, a slew of death penalties were announced in the state media, giving rise […]
Read MoreFrom Weird Asia News: A man looks out of a cage in Liaocheng, East China’s Shandong Province on December 26. The man surnamed Li, 43, suffers from psychosis since about five years ago due to his family discordance. He broke furniture, houses or beat villagers as his illness outbroke. His relatives had to put him […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post China warned Friday that the military landscape in northeast Asia is getting “more complicated and serious” because of North Korea‘s nuclear weapons program and tighter defense cooperation between Japan and the United States. The Chinese views on regional security, in a government white paper on national defense, provided a rare glimpse […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: A Beijing court’s ruling that the popular Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com Inc. infringed copyrights in posting U.S. movies online comes as China seeks to demonstrate that it can crack down on intellectual-property violations. Sohu offered a subscription service through which customers could download more than 100 American movies. The Beijing […]
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