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The New York Times looks at the food and export crisis from the perspective of U.S. industry 100 years ago: Like America’s industrializing economy a century ago, China’s is powered by zealous entrepreneurs who sometimes act like pirates. Both countries suffered epidemics of fatal fakes, and both have had regulators who were too inept, corrupt […]
Read MoreThe BBC is the latest to report on the controversies surrounded the construction of the Dongtan eco-city outside Shanghai: Conventional cars will be banned in the city centre, while the plans include capturing and purifying water, waste management recycling, reducing landfills that damage the environment, and creating combined heat and power systems. …But some observers, […]
Read MoreBloomberg has posted a podcast interview with Steve Tsang about Hong Kong politics and Taiwan’s relationship with the PRC: Steve Tsang, a professor at Oxford University, talks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about his books, “If China Attacks Taiwan: Military Strategy, Politics and Economics,” and “A Modern History of Hong Kong,” and China’s relationships with Hong […]
Read MoreIn response to the growing chorus of public anger at environmental degradation, the government has announced plans to crack down on corrupt local officials that sanction polluting industries: Echoing the language of the Cultural Revolution, Zhou Shengxian called for a “struggle” against polluters, and said the public refused to accept the increasing degradation of the […]
Read MoreThe U.S. presidential election is 16 months away, but China is already proving to be a hot button issue for candidates. The Democratic front runners, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, have said they will co-sponsor legislation to levy duties on Chinese imports in order to force China to reevaluate its currency. From the Financial […]
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