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From Xinhua: China would forbid any new foreign-owned TV channels from entering the country, domestic media reported. China “will not again allow a foreign satellite TV station to have landing rights in the country,” Xinhua said, citing new rules from domestic regulators. Regulators said the new rules were designed to strengthen oversight of the industry […]
Read MoreFrom City Weekend: With a spate of flashy film festival awards in recent years, Chinese documentaries have arrived in style on the international scene. And films like Du Haibin’s Beautiful Men, darling of this year’s Beijing Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, signal that times are changing and the people on the margins of society are […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: The battle of Shengyou village has come to highlight one of China’s sharpest social issues – the Communist Party’s complete control of land allocation. More than 66 million Chinese farmers have lost their land in the past 10 years. It is a land grab which has fattened the wallets of government officials […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: China vowed yesterday to punish officials who falsify or delay reports on a deadly swine flu that has infected at least 198 people and killed 36, while Hong Kong’s government adopted tough measures to guard against the disease.
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: In autumn and spring, the migration of hundreds of thousands of birds is such a glorious sight that Qinghai Lake draws tourists from all over the world. But after the first mass outbreak of avian flu among wild birds this summer, the resort is attracting attention from a different group of bird […]
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