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From Asia Times: Many NGOs are active in China today. They address a wide range of issues and represent diverse constituencies… They provide much-needed services where none existed before, raise public awareness of important issues, and help push the government to provide better care and protection for vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society. On the […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: China’s banking system seems to be suffering from kleptomania. Zhang Enzhao, chairman of state-owned China Construction Bank Corp., resigned in March after bribery allegations showed up in U.S. court documents. In the past five months two other big state lenders — Bank of China and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: China’s 68 million Communist Party members have spent the past few months attending self-criticism meetings to address their personal and professional shortcomings as part of Party chief and China’s President Hu Jintao’s “Education Campaign of Maintaining Party Members’ Advanced Nature.” But the exercise isn’t taken as seriously as it was during the […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Since last year, the Guangzhou-centered Pearl River Delta (PRD), a dominant economic locomotive in China and a magnet for migrant workers in outlying regions, has been reporting a severe shortage of workers. Encouraged by the official ballyhoo of a steep pay rise, many have flocked into the region to try their luck. […]
Read MoreThe Long March Project, originally launched in 2002, has begun a new phase: May 1, 2005, led by Long March Chief Curator Lu Jie, the Long March team arrived at the Beijing’s West Train Station to send off artist Qin Ga. Three years prior, as the Long March team daily made its way forward on […]
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