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AP has covered the protest letter by thousands of Chinese journalists, which was first posted here: In a bold challenge to rigid government media controls, Chinese journalists have petitioned for the release of a pair of colleagues jailed after aggressive reporting that was believed to have angered local officials. In an open letter, the journalists […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Behind the headlines over the past week about big Chinese bids for American companies and China’s debut as a car exporter lies a much broader challenge to a half-century of American economic and political ascendance, a challenge that goes beyond the one that came from Japan nearly a generation ago. […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: A media group in China has filmed a soap opera to be broadcast only on mobile phones. Each of the five episodes, about two bikers vying for the love of a beauti ful woman, will last five minutes. There is very little dialogue and a lot of close-ups of characters striking exaggerated […]
Read MoreIn the Christian Science Monitor, Matthew Clark summarizes recent news coverage of CNOOC’s bid for Unocal: Since the Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC Ltd. offered to buy oil and gas company Unocal Corp. on Thursday, various news sources have been examining whether or not the deal would threaten US national security. “Congress was building pressure […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: China’s National Audit Office (NAO) found misuse of funds totaling 9.06 billion yuan (about 110 million US dollars) in 38 government departments in 2004. The figure represented six percent of all the funds put under audit, NAO auditor-general Li Jinghua said Tuesday in Beijing when delivering a report on the performance of […]
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