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From Reuters: China’s second manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI returned home on Monday after orbiting the Earth for five days as patriotic fervor gripped the nation and the media hailed the mission as a symbol of China’s technological prowess. The two astronauts reported they had landed safely and were in good health after the space capsule […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: On Thursday last week the Guardian carried the following note in its daily corrections column: “In a report headed ‘They beat him until he was lifeless‘: How democracy activist in China’s new frontline was left for dead after a brutal attack by a uniformed mob (front page, October 10) we said that […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: An enormous bald fiberglass nude by Chinese sculptor Xiang Jing sits heavily on a pink bench in a room of her own, staring glumly into space. Smaller, life-size figures lined up in an adjacent space at China Art Seasons gallery seem to be gripped by anxiety. Petulant, grim or wary, […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: As governments in North America and Europe grow increasingly worried about the possibility of a global epidemic of bird flu, one crucial player is China. Yet for now, much of what the country is doing to manage a possible epidemic is a mystery. China is not only the world’s most […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The Bush administration on Sunday promoted a sweeping plan to overhaul China’s financial markets and open the country to foreign banks, investment firms and insurance companies. Chinese officials offered virtually no public reaction on the U.S. agenda. In a brief news conference at the end of a meeting of finance […]
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