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From the Washington Post: China said Tuesday that a draft U.N. resolution on North Korea backed by the United States was an “overreaction” to the country’s recent missile tests and that the proposed sanctions would likely complicate efforts to restart negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear program. The declaration, read by a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, suggested that […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: A short walk from Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, a historic neighborhood named Qianmen is an eerie picture of destruction. Ancient homes lie in rubble. Scavengers squat in alleyways and wait to ransack vacated buildings. The reason for the devastation is the 2008 Olympic Games, which […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Houston Chronicle: Most of China’s chemical plants pose a “grave environmental risk” because they are located too close to cities and rivers, a top regulator said Tuesday. The State Environmental Protection Administration warned of an increase in toxic accidents unless safety was tightened at facilities, the official Xinhua News Agency […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: When a self-taught lawyer and activist named Chen Guangcheng went public with reports of forced abortions and other abuses by family-planning officials in China’s Shandong province, he became a local hero. He also became a state threat. Roughly a year later, despite international pressure, widespread support from lawyers and an […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Trying to rein in reporters straining at the leash of censorship, Beijing is drafting a law that will impose heavy fines for unauthorized news of big disasters and social unrest. Wang Yongqing, vice minister of the legislative affairs office of the State Council, insisted the law would improve news by ordering officials […]
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