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From the New York Times: The most important person in the world right now may be Hu Jintao, and we’re beginning to get a better sense of what kind of a leader he is: disappointing… Mr. Hu appears to be an intuitive authoritarian who believes in augmenting the tools of repression, not easing them. Most […]
Read MoreFrom the Times: IN THE far west of China, the Uighur minority shares a language, a religion and a culture with the Muslims of Uzbekistan. They also both chafe under authoritarian governments that do not hesitate to use force to suppress them. But whereas the latest protests by Muslims in Uzbekistan’s restive Ferghana Valley ended […]
Read MoreFrom National Geographic News: According to Vital Signs 2005“a new report by the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental nonprofit”China is now driving the consumption and production of almost everything, threatening to deplete the world’s resources… China is in the middle of the largest rural migration in human history, with millions of its people leaving […]
Read MoreESWN has translated portions of a document from the Guangdong Province Department of Telecommunications outlining self-censorship guidelines for BBS operators. The original document is here. From ESWN’s commentary: This type of delegation of the regular daily censorship duties should not be surprising.¬† It also occurs in the United States and elsewhere.¬† For example, if someone […]
Read MoreFrom Fortune Magazine: The proximate cause of so much hooey was the end of global textile and apparel quotas Jan. 1. In a rational world the results wouldn’t have surprised anyone. The elimination of quotas had been scheduled years in advance. The productivity of Chinese factories was not exactly a secret, and the deals for […]
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