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On the New York Times website, Jim Yardley reports both in print and on video about the crisis facing the Yellow River: The source of the Yellow River, itself the water source for 140 million people in a country of about 1.3 billion, is in crisis, as scientists warn that the glaciers and underground water […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China’s easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived. Users reported Friday that the site was unavailable in several parts of China, barely a week after it suddenly became accessible. It wasn’t immediately clear if user-contributed encyclopedia was unreachable due to technical glitches or because government […]
Read MoreThe Economist writes about the discrimination faced by the one out of ten Chinese citizens who suffer from Hepatitis B: IN CHINA, as elsewhere, people with HIV/AIDS often suffer discrimination. But a far bigger group of virus carriers in China encounters similar bigotry. For 130m Chinese carrying the hepatitis B virus, which can cause fatal […]
Read MoreFrom Globe and Mail: Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a coming economic summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam, an official said Thursday. In a move deemed by many to be a diplomatic snub earlier this week, China abruptly called off a private meeting between the two leaders” apparently because […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: Some believe China’s rise is good for Africa: China will need resources; Africa has the resources; therefore China will invest in Africa and Africa will benefit, as has China. This view is naive because, even though Chinese leaders proclaim Afro-Chinese solidarity, at heart the Chinese interest is mercantilist. China is driven by […]
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