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The New York Times takes a closer look at the pet food scandal: As American food safety regulators head to China to investigate how a chemical made from coal found its way into pet food that killed dogs and cats in the United States, workers in this heavily polluted northern city openly admit that the […]
Read MoreFrom PolicyMatters.net, the publication of Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, an overview of the possibilities for sustainable development in China: In the next Five-Year Plan (for 2006-2011), the Chinese government turns away from growth-driven policies toward sustainable development. Whereas previous environmental policies were ineffective because they lacked the full backing of the Chinese leadership, […]
Read MoreESWN has translated an article from Southern Metropolis Daily about the death of a judge, Li Chaoyang, while being held in a detention center in Guilin: On April 2, Zhou Yanyue received some “oddly nice” warmth. First, at the Pingle court, the director Zhao Weidong asked her, “How old is the child?” and “What other […]
Read MoreAsia Times reports on rumblings of democracy in China: Spring has not proved to be a hopeful season in the politics of China’s past, but that could be changing. These days, there is democracy as well as pollen in the air. All this seems to pave the way for the introduction of a more democratic […]
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