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From the Financial Times: From next week, carmakers in China will be required to meet stricter standards for engines than those in the US. The new engine rules are part of a raft of measures Beijing is preparing for the sector. It is easy to understand why Beijing is talking tough with the carmakers. A […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A Chinese central government spokesman said here on Wednesday that any possible meeting between President Hu Jintao and Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian should be held on “our own soil.” “The Taiwan issue is an internal issue of the Chinese people, so any such meeting should only occur on our own soil,” said Li […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: All across China, the debate is erupting. With the latest high-tech spying equipment proliferating, and with an estimated 200,000 surveillance cameras installed in Shanghai alone, Chinese citizens are beginning to fight back. For the first time, they are asserting the newfound notion of privacy. Until recently, China’s Communist regime could […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the Boston Globe: The world must adapt to Asia’s rising superpowers China and India and avoid imposing tariffs to protect their economies, a World Bank official said on Wednesday… “The world still thinks of China as an issue that needs to be managed,” he said at a briefing in Singapore. “Attempting to […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Last week, China flexed its muscles in the economic and military spheres, setting off a flurry of reactions in Washington that threaten to complicate Sino-American relations and reveal long-term risks for the globalization process.
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