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From the New York Times: Even before China’s annual “Internet summit” got under way here, Charles Zhang, the stylish founder of the Web portal Sohu.com, was holding court in the lobby of the Hyatt Hotel, standing before a crush of reporters and television cameras. Soon after, two other Chinese Internet superstars, William Ding, the 34-year-old […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: For the Beijing bureaucrats who control China’s petrol pump prices, the cloud cast by Hurricane Katrina over global oil markets is lined with silver. At least for now, Katrina’s disruption of the US refineries – not China’s voracious demand – is copping the blame for the global oil supply squeeze that sent […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: As Hong Kong Disneyland prepares to open on Monday, Disney will hold off building a similar theme park in mainland China until it has been assured that it will be able to air Disney shows on Chinese television, according to Robert Iger, the company’s president. Disney’s firm stance underlines the […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: China will have to tolerate more dissent as its economy grows and opens up to the rest of the world, former President Clinton said Sunday. Clinton, who is on a four-day visit to China, also said he would have raised the case of a Chinese journalist imprisoned for allegedly […]
Read MoreFrom the EastSouthWestNorth blog: The following story appeared in Nanfang Weekend. It follows the story of one particular forum post at the Tinya Club [sic]. The post first appeared in February 22, 2005. Since then, it was been viewed more than 223,000 times, and almost 4,000 people have commented on it. It is estimated that […]
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