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Netizens in China have long been posting online photos of local government buildings which seem excessively luxurious and grand for their purpose. Now the official media is getting in on the act. From China in Transition: In a post titled “You are a citizen, but also a journalist,” the popular online public forum tianya.cn asks […]
Read MoreSeveral China-based bloggers are reporting that Yahoo is not accessible in China. According to Greatfirewallofchina.org it is blocked, though Peking Duck reports it has come back in Beijing just now. The block on Flickr has apparently been stepped up as well, according to Sinosplice and Shanghaiist. Jottings From a Granite Studio quotes Thomas Jefferson (“An […]
Read MoreThe International Herald Tribune takes a look at the fate of the British conglomerates that decided to stay in Hong Kong after the handover to Chinese rule ten years ago: Swire Group, which opened its first office here in 1870, might have had little choice but to hope for the best. Many of its assets, […]
Read MoreOn his Chinese Law and Politics blog, Carl Minzner sums up the revised draft of the Emergency Response Law: The new draft law removes the ban on “independently issuing information” regarding sudden incidents, and replaces it with a ban on the dissemination of “false information” regarding sudden incidents, according to a June 24 Xinhua article. […]
Read MoreAsia Times reports that China is slowly increasing military ties to Latin American countries: Despite this increase in trade and economic activity, Beijing’s political and military influence have remained minimal. However, in recent years certain developments in Latin America have created an environment far more conductive to the expansion of Chinese political and military influence. […]
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