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From National Public Radio’s Day to Day: The Chinese government fired its environmental protection minister and other officials over the spill of deadly toxic chemicals still coursing through a river in the country’s northeast. The administration of President Hu Jintao has pledged to hold officials accountable, but the handling of the spill suggests local officials […]
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: Freedom in the bedroom is a novel concept in China, where for decades communist minders dictated most aspects of people’s private lives. Dressed in baggy Mao suits–hardly outfits to set the pulse racing–citizens of the People’s Republic had to ask permission from local officials on everything from whom to marry to what […]
Read MoreFrom a New York Times editorial: Zhao Yan, a researcher for the Beijing bureau of The New York Times who has been imprisoned in China for more than a year, was named journalist of the year on Wednesday by the international press freedom advocacy group Reporters Without Borders. Mr. Zhao, 43, was arrested in Shanghai […]
Read MoreFrom Inter Press Service, via Asia Media: If US trade officials are critical of China’s aloof attitude toward the upcoming global trade talks, held in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, they have a point. China, as a developing country sharing the West’s desire for broad trade liberalization but perceiving itself as a champion of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A gas explosion at a Chinese coal pit has killed at least 74 miners, state media said on Thursday, notching up another statistic in a grimly predictable series marking the world’s deadliest mining industry. Hours after Xinhua News Agency broke the news of the deaths in northern Hebei province, it said seven miners […]
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