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From Reuters, via ABCNews.com: Beijing is likely to hint at the possibility of giving full democracy to Hong Kong by 2017 to win over pro-democracy lawmakers opposed to the city government’s election reform proposals, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Citing an unidentified source close to Beijing, the South China Morning Post said the hint would […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek: Bungling, delay, cover-up. When such missteps follow a major disaster, officials often have to resign. We saw it unfold in the United States after the killer hurricane Katrina. Now we’re seeing heads roll in China, following the Nov. 13 chemical plant explosion that killed five people and spilled 100 tons of benzene-like carcinogens […]
Read MoreChina analyst David Cowhig sent the following into CDT: A News.sina.com.cn BBS had a posting entitled “What you certainly won’t see on Chinese Central Television” showing US soldiers in friendly encounters with Iraqis and Iraqi children. A wide range of responses. Some of the responses were: — It is good to see both the good […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: China’s goal is not just to replicate the boom of its coastal areas. It wants to tame Xinjiang, its wild western frontier. Since January 2000, when China launched the “great development of the west” (often referred to as the “Go west” policy), it has been clear that there is more to this […]
Read MoreFrom Time Europe: Given the western fascination with all things Chinese ” from feng shui to fusion food, from Mandarin collars to the mainland economy ” it is hardly surprising that London’s Royal Academy would mount an exhibition devoted to its art. All the riches of Chinese civilization are on display at the sumptuous “China: […]
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