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Josie Liu reports on whistle blower Gao Chun, who tried for years to expose corruption within the pharmaceutical industry and the State Food and Drug Administration and the support he is garnering from netizens in China: Gao Chun, a 41-year-old man from Hunan, gained his fame along with Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu’s fall. He was featured […]
Read MoreThe China Internet Network Information Center has released new statistics on Internet usage in China, and the numbers just keep going up. From People’s Daily: According to the report, as of June 30, China has had 162 million Internet users, only second to the United States, 211 million. Comparing to the end of 2006, it […]
Read MoreThe Charlie Rose Show is reporting from China this week to interview “leaders in business and politics about China’s economy, politics and culture”. The first broadcast is an interview with He Ya-Fei, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs. Watch the video here.
Read MoreA scene from the Karakoram Highway, which connects China and Pakistan, by sheilaz413
Read MoreThe Washington Post writes about Zhang Zhijian, who was detained in 2006 after reposting an essay outlining collusion between food and drug regulators and pharmaceutical companies: The case of Zhang and other would-be whistleblowers opens a window into the weaknesses of China’s regulatory system, which in recent months has come under global criticism after a […]
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