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From The Independent: Travelling through some of America’s major cities last week, I detected a degree of anxiety confined not just to the latest George Bush revelations on the threat from al-Qa’ida. People in the United States worry about terrorism, but they also worry about economic threats. In some US quarters, the latest economic bogeyman […]
Read MoreCCTV carried a report about children working at a toy factory in Dongguan, Guangdong Province during summer vacation. Below is a translation of an excerpt of the report (translation by CDT). The full report (in Chinese) is here: When reporters arrived at Houjie, Dongguan city, we encountered a group of workers who looked like students. […]
Read MoreFrom the AP. via the Star: Romance and marriage have changed drastically in China after 25 years of breakneck economic growth and looser social controls. In a country now wide open to Western influences, even Valentine’s Day is making inroads, with chocolates, dinner dates, flowers and cards all becoming popular expressions of affection on the […]
Read MoreESWN has translated “A Investigative Reporter’s Year-End Review” by journalist Fu Jianfeng. The original Chinese is here: On this same day last year, I did not sit by the quietly flowing Zhujiang to contemplate what happened during the past year. I did not look at the blossoming Chinese redbuds. My distant thoughts were with the […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Washington Post: China issued its first official regulations on how to prevent and control the spread of the AIDS virus Sunday, mandating free testing and medication for the country’s poor. The statute issued by the State Council, China’s cabinet, protects HIV carriers and AIDS patients from discrimination and criminalizes intentionally […]
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