Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.
From Reuters via The Washington Post: China’s annual economic growth surged to an 11- year high of 11.9 percent in the second quarter, cementing expectations for tighter policy to keep the world’s fastest-growing major economy from overheating. The figures put China on course to chalk up its straight fifth year of double-digit growth and to […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: There are some signs that China is easing up on its policy on North Korean refugees who have escaped from the starving Stalinist country. China reportedly issues temporary-resident permits to some North Korean refugees. “It is my understanding that China issues identification cards to some female North Korean refugees who are […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: China’s quality watchdog said that the products of domestic tire manufacturer Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co Ltd — which has been accused of exporting faulty tires to the US — ‘completely meet’ US safety standards for imports. A report posted on the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ), […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Beijing police have detained a television reporter for allegedly fabricating an investigative story about steamed buns stuffed with cardboard at a time when China’s food safety is under intense international scrutiny. A report directed by Beijing TV and played on state-run national broadcaster China Central Television last Thursday said an unlicensed snack vendor […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Internet users and company officials in China on Wednesday blamed a series of disruptions to cross-border email traffic on adjustments to the country’s vast Internet surveillance system. IT company executives offered varying explanations for the email disruptions, but agreed they were not a result of standard technical problems. China is in the midst […]
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