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From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A lawyer helping residents of Guangdong’s Taishi village in their struggle to oust their headman was attacked by strangers yesterday after visiting rights activist Yang Maodong, who is believed to be under government surveillance. Tang Jingling said he suffered no physical injury. But Mr Yang, who […]
Read MoreFrom The Business Online: CHINA’S export-processing factories have been hit by a wave of worker unrest raising the question of how this will affect long term prospects for the mainland’s growth model. Last year saw more than 1,000 strikes involving plants with more than a hundred workers each in the fastest-growing province of Guangdong alone. […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China will see a greater development and use of renewable energy in the years to come as the country has adopted policies to encourage greater efforts in this regard. The Renewable Energy Law of China, which came into effect on Jan. 1 this year, stipulates that development and use of renewables such as […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Dongshigu is a village that the Chinese authorities would like the outside world to ignore. This community of 400 farmers is located in Shandong province, the origin of the Confucian ethical code that has dominated the nation’s morals for more than 2,000 years. But it is now the site of one of […]
Read MoreFrom Knight-Ridder, via the San Jose Mercury News: Enthusiasm — rather than knowledge — is what marks the sudden rise of winter sports around China’s capital, where a flurry of ski resorts and an indoor ski dome have opened in the past few years. Some of the resorts are within sight of the Great Wall […]
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