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As part of a series on the growing influence of China in Japan, Asahi Shimbun reports on the export of trash to China: China’s red-hot economy is jacking up demand for steel, plastics, paper and many other industrial materials, creating a booming industry for scrap exporters like Katsura. In 2006, Japan exported about 1.19 million […]
Read MoreThe Black and White Cat blog (via ESWN) points out that the details about the apparent suicide of a Tianjin official are less than clear, and that Xinhua followed its standard operating procedure by releasing the news close to midnight on Friday: By now, everyone appears to agree that Song Pingshun, the chairman of the […]
Read MoreShanghaiist has posted a video of the recent riot in Zhengzhou. From Shanghaiist: To recap: Situation started with a female student vendor getting violently beaten by two city inspectors to the point that some of her teeth were knocked out. News of this spread, and up to about 1,000 students from various universities gathered and […]
Read MoreAsia Weekly (‰∫öÊ¥≤Âë®ÂàäÔºâreports on the man who helped (almost) make the Xiamen PX project happen, and his political connections. Translated by Reading China blog: Taiwanese businessman Chen Youhao attempted to push the project of PX forward. The CEO of his Xianglu Group is Yu Xinchang a high-tech elite having studied in the United States. Years […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the IHT: China is considering halting efforts to make oil from coal because of concerns about cost and energy efficiency, a state press agency on Sunday quoted an official as saying. China is hoping to ease its rising dependence on imported oil by promoting alternative energy sources like oil-from-coal and solar, […]
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