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From Geotimes: China’s Three Gorges Dam is famed for its size ” and its reservoir may be large enough to change regional weather patterns. The large body of water has altered temperatures, wind patterns and rainfall rates in both the local Three Gorges Dam region and in the upstream Sichuan Basin, a new study reports […]
Read MoreIn the International Herald Tribune, Daniel Bell writes: Marxism no longer serves as Chinese society’s guiding ideology. But that doesn’t mean the end of ideology. Western experts hope liberal democracy will fill the void, but they will have “joined Karl Marx,” as the Chinese used to say, before that happens. In China, the moral vacuum […]
Read MoreThe following is the final version of a piece that ran in today’s Asian Wall Street Journal, written by Beijing-based rights defense lawyers Li Jinsong, Zhang Lihui, Li Fangping, Teng Biao, and Xu Zhiyong: Chen Guangcheng, a blind advocate for the rights of Chinese villagers, recently made headlines around the world when he was sentenced […]
Read MoreSeveral media outlets and human rights organizations have reacted to the recent announcement by Xinhua that the official news agency would be responsible for all news distribution in China. From a New York Times editorial: China has long prided itself on its ability to master capitalism without indulging in the messy business of democracy. So […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: About 250,000 Chinese die of suicide each year, making suicide a leading cause of death for Chinese people, according to an expert on mental health. Suicide is the number one cause of death for Chinese people aged between 15 and 34, said Michael R. Philips, China representative of the International Association for Suicide […]
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