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From Thepost.ie: Family and friends of deposed Chinese Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang gathered today to commemorate the one-year anniversary of his death. Authorities kept a close watch on dissidents seeking to further his legacy of political openness. Visitors streamed into Zhao’s Beijing home, where he spent the last 15 years under house arrest after […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the San Jose Mercury News: Police patrolled a village in southern China on Tuesday, a day after the cremation of a teenage girl who was beaten to death by officers in violent weekend protests over land compensation, according to media reports. The girl reportedly was clubbed by police wielding electric batons […]
Read MoreFrom Inter Press Service: With soaring oil prices, frequent electricity shortages all over the country and worsening pollution, it would seem that the prospects for China’s renewable energy industries have never been better. Beijing is keen to promote low-polluting alternative energy not only as a solution but also to improve its profile as a responsible […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent (via Peking Duck): A three-year investigation into booming export factories for companies such as Marks & Spencer and Ikea discovered the human cost of China’s “economic miracle”. It found an army of powerless rural migrants toiling up to 14 hours a day, almost every day. Many were allowed just one day off […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily, via Gov.cn: China’s attempts to shut down illegal and unsafe coal mines have met with mixed success, the nation’s safety watchdog has revealed. Only around 40 per cent of the pits on the government’s 2005 closure list had stopped mining by the end of last year, according to a document released by […]
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