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From the Financial Times: Beware of extrapolation, a former British chancellor of the exchequer once remarked: it can make you go blind. The warning should be heeded by those western observers who, dazzled by China’s rise in basic manufacturing, breathlessly proclaim it is destined to become a global leader in science and technological innovation… China […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via ABCNews.com: The deadly bird flu virus has dominated headlines around the world, but China’s own home-grown outbreaks remain largely taboo in the country’s state-controlled media. While China has been praised for prompt reporting to international agriculture and health organizations, its media has been mostly silent, showing limits to its transparency that could […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Hu Jintao, Chinese president and Communist Party general secretary, will visit North Korea for a three-day visit starting on Friday, his first official visit since assuming office in 2002 and more than four years since Hu’s predecessor, Jiang Zemin, made his call on the Hermit Kingdom. Hu’s visit comes at a critical […]
Read MoreFrom The Daily Times: China’s state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported on a government investigation into a string of forced sterilisations and abortions in the village of Linyi, Shandong province. The speed of the investigation ” said to have begun days after the kidnapping of Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist who had been a public […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Guardian: The Holy See hopes that tensions between the Catholic Church and China will end soon, the Vatican’s secretary of state was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Chinese government prevented four Chinese bishops from attending a worldwide synod, or meeting, of bishops this month at the Vatican. “Let’s hope […]
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