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From Business Week: Hoping to ease tensions raised by the massive trade imbalance dividing two of the world’s economic powers, China has periodically come to the United States on so-called “buying missions” to demonstrate the country’s willingness to import more goods and services. China kicked off its latest campaign Wednesday in San Francisco with a […]
Read MoreFrom South Africa’s Mail and Guardian: China has appointed a seasoned diplomat as its special Africa envoy, with a brief to focus on Darfur, the government said on Thursday, amid growing criticism of Beijing’s role in Sudan. “The Chinese government has decided to name Ambassador Liu Guijin as a special representative for African affairs,” Foreign […]
Read MoreFollowing news that violations of the one-child policy by China’s wealthy elite may cause a population boom in the near future, Asia Times takes a closer look at the societal implications of the “money for baby” privilege: The trend of rich people bypassing the one-child rule comes at a time of rising social tensions caused […]
Read MoreLiang Jing (梁京) wrote the following commentary (see original Chinese version here). Many thanks to David Kelly of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore for providing the translation to CDT: What can a...
Read MoreFor the CDT Bookshelf, China Digital Times invites experts on China to recommend a book to CDT readers. This month, Joshua Kurlantzick, a visiting scholar in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s China Program and author of Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power is Transforming the World, recommends China and the Developing World: Beijing’s Strategy […]
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