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From Asia Times (link): When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao presented his third Government Work Report this week to the National People’s Congress (NPC), there was plenty to boast about. With China’s economy racing along at 9.9% growth last year and surpassing Britain as the fourth-largest economy in the world, the premier clearly enjoyed basking in […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post (link): China warned the United States on Tuesday against sending “false signals” to Taiwan by playing down a recent decision by the island to do away with the National Unification Council. Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Taiwan’s decision constituted an “open provocation” that required a tough response not only from China […]
Read MoreFrom the New Statesman (link): According to Hu Jintao, China’s president and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Marxism is still applicable in China. And, in a recent announcement that has startled analysts, the party has pledged “unlimited funds” to the cause of “reviving” Marxism in China, in an attempt to turn the country […]
Read MoreOn NPR’s All Things Considered, Louisa Lim reported on blogging in China (link). Tomorrow, All Things Considered will cover podcasting in China: China has more than 30 million bloggers, by some estimates. A few are political. Some are unusual, such as Mumu, a Communist Party member who has clips of herself doing sexy dances. But […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters (link): Some police have been detained for not following orders properly after shooting protesters to death in China’s southern Guangdong province in December, the provincial governor said on Tuesday. At least three people died and eight were wounded in Guangdong’s Dongzhou village when police shot villagers protesting against a lack of compensation for […]
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