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Here is the second case reported this week of legal action taken by a journalist in China against a government official or agency. From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A senior Beijing-based journalist has taken the Qitaihe municipal government Office of Law and Order and its director, Liu Mingying, to court in […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The proportion of people 60 and older is growing faster in China than in any other major country, with the number of retirees set to double between 2005 and 2015, when it is expected to reach 200 million. By midcentury, according to United Nations projections, roughly 430 million people ” […]
Read MoreNews agencies are reporting that six people have been charged with the murder of Lan Chengzhang, who was killed at an illegal mine when he worked for China Trade News newspaper: Police in China have charged six people over the death of a journalist who had been investigating a mining accident in the northern Shanxi […]
Read MoreTime Asia this week is carrying several articles about Hong Kong, including: “Hong Kong: A Child of the Motherland” by Leung Chun-Ying, convenor of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, which advises the Chief Executive on policy; “An Agenda for Hong Kong’s Future,” by former legislator Christine Loh; an interview with Chief Executive Donald Tsang; and an […]
Read MoreESWN has translated a number of documents concerning the dismissal of Renmin University Dean of Political Sciences Zhang Ming, who was apparently fired from his post after writing on his blog about disagreements with his supervisor at the university. The translations include Zhang’s original blog posting, titled, “Perhaps I might be forced to leave the […]
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