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From the Sydney Morning Herald (link): IT ISN’T easy to be rich in a communist country. Chen Tianqiao earned his first $US1 billion ($1.3 billion) at age 30, after his Shanda Interactive Entertainment went public on the US Nasdaq stockmarket and its shares quadrupled within seven months. A year and a half later, $US1 billion […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media (link): Shanghai officials have shut down an exhibition by nearly 40 Chinese artists for showing “pornographic” images and other works considered offensive, the second time an art show has fallen foul of city authorities in seven months. Cultural authorities closed “Solo Exhibition” after just one hour […]
Read MoreMigrant workers at a construction site in the wee hours of the morning, Shanghai, by monkeyking
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia (link): Several villagers detained by the authorities after last year’s Dec. 6 clashes in the southern Chinese township of Dongzhou have been sentenced to between three and seven years’ imprisonment by a local court. “The trial began on May 22, and today, the 24th, all of them received their sentences. Lin […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg.com (link): Rich nations aren’t used to the dark side of globalization. For them, the phenomenon tends to reduce costs, boosting corporate profits, securities markets and living standards. Recently, wealthy economies have gotten a taste of globalization’s other side. High-paying jobs are migrating to cheaper locales, while demand from developing nations is driving up […]
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