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From the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief: In a rare disclosure of the enormous hidden cost of China‘s rapid economic development, the Chinese government acknowledged last week that “sudden public incidents“ such as industrial accidents, social safety accidents, and natural disasters are responsible for over one million casualties and the loss of six percent of GDP […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The eradication of poverty in China has stalled since the country joined the World Trade Organisation four years ago, with more than three-quarters of rural households expected to suffer a cut in real incomes between 2001-07, a report warns today. The study by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), […]
Read MoreFrom Times Online: Students hoping to make the grade for university entry in China next year will have a new subject added to their already exhausting exam curriculum: Olympic knowledge. The addition is part of the frenzy gripping China since the capital, Beijing, won the right to host the 2008 Olympics. Hoardings on every main […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: China’s rise as an economic powerhouse is resulting in a rapid expansion of its system of higher education, making it the fastest-growing destination for American foreign exchange students, a study has found. The number of American students seeking higher education in China has never been greater, increasing by 90 percent […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Operations similar to the world’s first partial face transplant in France last month could be set for China. After experts from a military hospital in Nanjing announced earlier this week that they have the ability to perform such surgery, the hospital has been inundated with telephone inquiries, according to Chen Fang, a nurse […]
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