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From Time Asia (link): The first sign that Lotus Mountain is not Aspen comes from the man skiing down the hill in a pin-striped business suit. Other skiers are dressed in more sporty Gore-Tex outfits, but many share the snow-dusted rear of the man dressed for a day at the office. After all, most of […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek (link): China’s official buzzword these days is “harmony.” Whether the audience is Chinese or foreign, rich or poor, Beijing’s leaders are spreading the message: can’t we all just get along? After becoming president in 2003, Hu Jintao made the pursuit of a “harmonious society” his personal mantra. Last week Prime Minister Wen Jiabao […]
Read MoreFrom UPI (link): China has pledged to issue a blacklist of dishonest academics to stem the tide of false research results and plagiarism among academics and scientists. Science Minister Xu Guanhua vowed he would name and shame guilty researchers, the South China Morning Post reported Thursday. The Ministry of Education said it was conducting its […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media (link): Imagine you’re a star to more than a billion people in the Chinese-speaking world. Your TV shows are beamed into millions of households every week, and your ego likes it. But step out of your Asian backyard, and everybody thinks you’re a closed-circuit television service. […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media (link): Hundreds of thousands of netizens posted appeals and questions to Wen Jiabao on special bulletin boards prepared by main state media websites in the run-up to the premier’s press conference yesterday. The rare opportunity to make their voices heard by the premier attracted a wave […]
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