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From Reuters: Raking a spread of drying chili peppers, Gao Hong looks like millions of other farmers scattered throughout China, but his thoughts are on more than how much the harvest will bring in. “My first priority is to defend the country’s borders,” says Gao, 50, whose loyal parents named him Red (Hong) — the […]
Read MoreChinese sociologist Li Yinhe has written a commentary entitled “Viewing protection of human rights from the events at Taishi village.” Much of the Internet commentary about Taishi village has been purged from the...
Read MoreFrom The Standard: China must scrap its rigid 50-year-old household registration system if it wants to normalize and facilitate the flight to the cities that has been driven by rapid economic development. With the outdated system still in force, the indicators that measure China’s urbanization are distorted and misleading.
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: More than 200,000 coal miners plagued by pneumoconiosis, or black lung, will enjoy medical treatment as a total of 42 million yuan (5.4 million US dollars) has been so far raised for that purpose. The money came from 18 large state-owned coal mining businesses, according to officials with the China coal mine […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via CNN: China is struggling to overcome what a minister called the world’s worst water crisis caused by widespread drought, pollution, rapid economic growth and waste, the China Daily has said. Per capita water availability in China was about a quarter of the world average and expected to fall further, the report said. […]
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