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From Times Online (link): THE audience of invited guests gasped and laughed from almost the first scene at yesterday’s premiere of one of the boldest domestic films yet shown in China. Perpetual Motion, from the director Ning Ying, has caused a stir even before it opens in China’s most cosmopolitan cities this week, with critics […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link): In Shanghai’s long march to be the international city of the 21st century, no idea is too far-fetched. That, at least, is what Raymond Shaw is hoping. A Beijing-born American who runs the China office of an engineering multinational, Mr Shaw has launched a proposal to raise the 20-odd buildings […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the New York Times (link): Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Monday terminated the governmental committee responsible for unifying with rival China, significantly deepening tensions with Beijing and defying opinion in Washington. After a one-hour meeting with the National Security Council, Chen announced he was ending the National Unification Council and doing […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy (link): The only thing rising faster than China is the hype about China. In January, the People’s Republic’s gross domestic product (GDP) exceeded that of Britain and France, making China the world’s fourth-largest economy. In December, it was announced that China replaced the United States as the world’s largest exporter of technology […]
Read MoreFrom the Mercury News (link): Americans are sharply divided over whether Internet companies like Google and Yahoo should allow their content to be censored in China, according to a survey to be released Tuesday by a Michigan-based think tank. About 47 percent of 1,056 respondents said they believed content companies should not allow such censorship, […]
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