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From the New York Times: Wen Guiyu thinks back to three years ago, when she and her mother came here from her small hometown in Hebei Province, after a 12-hour train ride. Arriving at their destination on Xi Tu Cheng Road, Ms. Wen recalls seeing masses of people – “10,000 of them.” Like her, the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: From behind her big desk on the top floor of a sleek new office tower in the Xintiandi district, Angelica Cheung, the guiding hand behind this country’s new edition of Vogue magazine, contemplated a very Chinese dilemma. “Just a few years ago, China definitely wasn’t ready and didn’t have consumers […]
Read MoreFrom The Age: Leading economists do not hesitate to give frank advice to China about reforming its economic policies and institutions. A generation ago, this would have been dismissed by many China watchers as both ideologically motivated and pointless. Now, it is routine and, as China wrestles with the enormous challenges of reshaping its economy, […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): The eviction notice gave them one week to get out. Residents, many of them retirement age with nowhere else to go, stayed put and tried in vain to stop the demolition crew… Housing relocations have become a major source of social tension in China. Ordinary Chinese are […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via People’s Daily: Shannxi Provincial Achives in northwest China opened secret files, including those about the 1966 to 1976 Cultural Revolution, for public reference Saturday. The 58,497-volume files covers archives of 58 institutions, such as those of the provincial revolutionary commission on personnel matters and institutional setup during the 1966 to 1976 Cultural […]
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