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Another story from Bobai about consequences faced by villagers who violate the family planning rules: Earlier this month, as locals tell it, Yulin city in Guangxi region launched a harsh campaign to rein in “excess births” and strictly enforce the one-child-per-family rule imposed nationwide in 1980 to curb China’s soaring population growth. Those deemed to […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek: When critics accuse U.S. companies of moving jobs to China to exploit cheap labor and sweatshop conditions, businesses always argue that their presence has helped improve labor standards and even forward democracy. Now the same companies that pat themselves on the back are lobbying to weaken a draft Chinese labor law“and workers’ rights […]
Read MoreAsia Times analyses the recently concluded Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington: Chinese officials are unhappy at mounting political pressure on the economic dialogue from the US side. Analysts say the bitter experience of the Chinese delegation in Washington, DC, may lead Chinese leaders to think twice about the relevance of the SED, which was founded […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Central banker who can curb “irrational exuberance” among stock market investors. Statesmen with international credibility preferred. Availability soon. Too bad Alan Greenspan, who does not speak Chinese, can’t apply. One of the biggest challenges for Chinese leaders these days lies in when and how to rein in the country’s soaring […]
Read MoreAnother story from Bobai about consequences faced by villagers who violate the family planning rules: Earlier this month, as locals tell it, Yulin city in Guangxi region launched a harsh campaign to rein in “excess births” and strictly enforce the one-child-per-family rule imposed nationwide in 1980 to curb China’s soaring population growth. Those deemed to […]
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