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From China Daily: Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), who died on Sunday in Beijing, is best remembered for his passion for sociology and anthropology. He gave “Chinese substance to the modern social sciences and applied them rigorously to the needs of China and its people,” according to the board of trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for […]
Read MoreFrom ABC (Australia): The death toll from a factory explosion in Zambia has jumped to 50, as the Government accuses the mine’s Chinese owners of treating staff like pigs. Rescue workers have recovered a mass of body parts from the site of the blast at an explosives factory at the Chambishi copper mine north of […]
Read MoreFrom the Telegraph: Chinese police have paraded 42 anti-Japanese protesters on television, in the clearest sign that the communist leadership is determined to halt violent demonstrations and set a friendlier tone towards Tokyo. Some of the detainees, caught on camera hurling bottles and vandalising Japanese restaurants and cars in Shanghai 11 days ago, made public […]
Read MoreThe June issue of the Atlantic (sub required) has two articles about China. From “How We Would Fight China” by Robert D. Kaplan: For some time now no navy or air force has posed a threat to the United States. Our only competition has been armies, whether conventional forces or guerrilla insurgencies. This will soon […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: Taiwanese opposition leader Lien Chan will be watched by millions of Chinese people throughout his historic tour of the mainland, thanks to live coverage from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). From today until May 3, CCTV will provide full coverage of the Kuomintang (KMT) chairman’s ground-breaking trip, […]
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