Photo: An oil field in Indonesia operated by PetroChina
An oil field in Indonesia operated by PetroChina, by Kemas Yunus Antonius
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Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Protector of Lake Loses Appeal in Chinese Court – Joseph Kahn
The New York Times gives an update on the legal case of environmental activist Wu Lihong: A court in Wuxi, in eastern Jiangsu Province, upheld the conviction of Wu Lihong, who became well known around China for seeking to prevent chemical companies from dumping untreated waste in Lake Tai, China’s third-largest freshwater lake. The ruling […]
Read MoreBlogging the Bloggers
Rebecca MacKinnon and Josh Chin report live from the Chinese Bloggers Conference which took place this weekend in Beijing. From Josh’s Ch-Infamous blog: Of the events I’ve actually managed to concentrate on, so far the most noteworthy panel (for foreigners at least) has been a debate, moderated by Rebecca MacKinnon, on the relationship between blogging […]
Read MoreLetter from China: What if Beijing is Right? – Howard W. French
In the International Herald Tribune, Howard French asks a series of “What Ifs” about China as a model for the rest of the world: What if popular consent in the form of real democratic participation by the citizenry had no bearing on a state’s ability to conducts its affairs with success? In myriad ways in […]
Read MorePetroChina Expected to Surpass Exxon Mobil as Largest Company – Donald Greenlees and David Lague
When PetroChina is listed in the Shanghai stock exchange tomorrow, analysts expect that it will surpass ExxonMobil as the world’s largest company by market value, according to this report in the International Herald Tribune: PetroChina shares, already traded in New York and Hong Kong, are expected to be seized on by a market awash with […]
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