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From the New York Times: Two and a half years after a mysterious respiratory illness from southern China infected thousands of people around the world and brought dire predictions of recurring and deadly plague, the virus known as SARS has again provided a surprise. It has disappeared, at least for the moment. Not a single […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via L.A. Daily News: Narrowing the rich-poor divide is a top priority, China’s communist leaders say. Earlier this year, Premier Wen Jiabao promised that by 2007, the government will see to it that every Chinese child gets nine years of schooling, with free textbooks for the poorest. How that will be enforced, especially […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Ninemsn.com.au: Japan and China failed to agree on compensation for damages caused by violent anti-Japan riots across China last month following two days of intensive talks. But Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and his Chinese counterpart Dai Bingguo agreed to meet again as early as June in Tokyo for further talks, […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: To strengthen the rule of law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and to prevent the use of the law for veiled geopolitical purposes, there is a need to limit the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) to legal issues; and to create a new Basic […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent: The former managing director of the Zomba record label will head a newly created office in Beijing, partly funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). UK Music Services will act as a point of contact for independent UK music companies wanting to break acts in China. The Government is keen […]
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