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From Reuters: Attorneys for a blind rights activist facing trial in eastern China appear to have been detained by police, another lawyer said on Thursday, the day before the scheduled start of the trial. Chen Guangcheng is due to face trial in Shandong province on Friday on charges of disrupting traffic and destroying property following […]
Read MoreFrom Straits Times, via Asia Media: After nearly 16 months in detention, Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong was put on trial by the Chinese authorities yesterday on charges of spying for Taiwan. The closed-door trial, held at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court, was wrapped up by the end of the day. But no […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: If Shenzhen can leap from assembling basic products with low-wage, poorly skilled labor to nurturing the innovations of lavishly paid talent, it could blaze a trail for the rest of corporate China, which must increasingly develop its own brands, designs and technology to rival those of America, Japan and Europe. It would […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Look at those white stucco Regency terraces. This must be Pimlico. Look again. Well, perhaps we are in Bristol; that’s the spire of St Mary Redcliffe over there, isn’t it? On the other hand, all those black-and-white Tudor shops seem to spell Chester. Right? Wrong. This is not England, nor even a […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: When toxic-chemical spills in its rivers threaten the water supply in neighboring countries, China’s lax environmental record becomes a serious regional issue. However, when researchers in California report that on a given day 25% of the pollution littering the skies above Los Angeles has wafted over from China, the country’s battle to […]
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