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From Xinhua: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the nation to intensify efforts to fight bird flu when the country is facing a “very serious situation” in controlling the epidemic. Bird flu has not been totally controlled in China and the danger of spread still exists in some regions, the premier said during an […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Migrant workers are temporary laborers from rural areas working without official permits in cities. Many urban employers of these workers want their effort, but not the liability for safety, fair wages, family services, and a host of other rights furnished to those with residential permits by way of birthright or deep pockets. […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Hu Jintao is visiting London as president of a China at its most powerful for 200 years. It now needs resources to keep its factories running, its people sated. Its leaders want the economy to more than triple by 2020. For some, it is the business opportunity of a lifetime, but for […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (read the full text via Peking Duck): Today, the most relevant fault line in China is Tiger Leaping Gorge, a spectacular geological site in Western China along the Yangtze River, and one of the deepest gorges in the world. With its thunderous rushing waters cutting through mountains, it is certainly […]
Read MoreThe following is from a working paper titled “China and the Geopolitics of Oil in the Asian Pacific Region“, by Pablo Bustelo, Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, Madrid. Thanks to Mr. Bustelo for sending in the link to CDT: China’s growing demand for oil is significantly changing the international geopolitics of energy, […]
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