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From CRI, via China.org: In a Guangzhou-based newspaper’s ranking of Chinese writers born in the 1980s, Li Shasha climbed over big names such as Han Han, Chunshu and Guo Jingming to reach the top of the tree. Other young writers are referred to as “Linglei,” a word coined by Time Magazine to describe China’s rebellious […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: America’s image is still so tattered abroad after the Iraq war that China is viewed more favourably than the US in many countries, a global poll finds… “It’s amazing when you see the European public rating the United States so poorly, especially in comparison with China,” said Andrew Kohut, director of the […]
Read MoreFrom the June 21 USA Today: All across the continent, Chinese companies are building dams, repairing roads and running telecommunications systems. The modern scramble for Africa resembles the late 19th century, when European nations carved up the continent as they searched for minerals and slaves. Now they have been joined by Chinese companies. With world […]
Read MoreFrom AFX, via Forbes.com: Police have arrested 22 people over a deadly mob attack on a village whose residents have refused to leave their land to make way for a power plant, Xinhua news agency reported. A construction contractor and 21 accomplices were arrested in the northern Hebei province and are being charged with killing […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: Chinese hackers have defaced the website of a police-run security company leading a new effort to strengthen government control over the Internet. The attack against the website of Beijing General Security Service came amid its drive to recruit a corps of 4,000 ‘Internet security guards’ to monitor the […]
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