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From the People’s Daily: The Chinese government helped migrant workers retrieve more than 33 billion yuan (3.99 billion US dollars) of back pay by the end of March, said Hu Xiaoyi, spokesman with the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, in Beijing Thursday. The amount accounts for 99 percent of the total officially recorded owed […]
Read MoreFrom the Hindu: The number of China’s rural population “in abject poverty” dwindled by 2.9 million in 2004 from the previous year, the government said on Thursday. The number of rural residents living in abject poverty stood at 26.1 million at the end of 2004, or 2.8 per cent of the total rural population, according […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: Now, after three weekends of angry anti-Japanese street protests, authorities in Beijing appear to have decided that the largely student-led campaign to target Japanese businesses and diplomatic buildings may be harming China’s image abroad and creating tensions in the region – and could pose a domestic challenge if sentiments among […]
Read MoreFrom VOA: China’s rapid economic growth and demand for a larger share of the world’s energy resources are raising questions about whether Beijing can sustain a nine percent annual growth rate and what the consequences might be for the global economy. VOA’s Barry Wood has the views of analysts in Washington, who addressed a forum […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Art dealers, architects and designers who helped create the freewheeling Dashanzi Art District, where artists can meet the masses, are planning to stage a festival to celebrate Beijing’s emergence as a global cultural centre… The culture-fest, which runs through May 22, will also showcase digital media artworks and new-millennium minstrels “who will […]
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