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Time Magazine reports on the lack of a political consciousness in China’s twentysomething generation and describes a gathering of a group of prosperous young friends: The one subject that doesn’t come up ” and almost never does when this tight-knit group of friends gets together ” is politics. That sets them apart from previous generations […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government is setting a new incentive system to get local officials to act green. From Kyodo: China’s government is setting up a system to link officials’ career prospects with their success in helping to protect the environment and reduce energy use, state media reported Tuesday. The move comes after every provincial and local […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: For a long time, the Bush administration has talked ” and talked and talked ” to China about economic issues. But since the end of last year it has also filed legal challenges over Chinese tariffs on auto parts, export subsidies and counterfeiting of videos and DVDs, and it is […]
Read MoreMcClatchy Newspapers is reporting that the Chinese government has relocated 250,000 Tibetans from remote, rural areas to “socialist villages,” which they must build and pay for themselves: The government calls the more than year-old project the “comfortable housing program.” Its stated aim is to present a more modern face for this ancient region controlled by […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: Over the past year, I have had to travel out of Xi’an on three occasions, deep into the farmland of Shaanxi province. Once was to talk with farmers about their response to the negotiation of a free trade agreement with Australia. On each occasion, the countryside remained enveloped in a grey fog […]
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