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From AP, via the Guardian: Pope John Paul II once wrote to China’s president and never stopped dreaming of a papal visit to China, Hong Kong’s bishop recalled in an interview published Sunday. Bishop Joseph Zen said John Paul sent a personal letter to President Jiang Zemin after the Chinese were outraged by sainthood granted […]
Read MoreFrom the Atlantic Monthly, the “top ten works of non-fiction [in China], as of January 2005, based on sales data compiled by the Beijing Open Book Market Consulting Center.” Number one: “No Excuse, by Ferrar Cape. Written in Chinese, purportedly by an American, this self-help guide urges adherence to what it calls West Point’s most […]
Read MoreHere a Boston Globe review of Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, which recently opened in the U.S.: Stephen Chow rolls the newly acquired idiom around in his mouth. “Over the top,” he says, turning for affirmation to the Cantonese translator he hasn’t used yet during an afternoon chat. She nods. He nods. “I like that,” […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura Nobutaka on Sunday that China hopes Japan to take “concrete actions” to face up with and self-examine its history of invasion. See also “China snubs Japan’s demand for apology over vandalism” from Japan Today, as well as these excerpts of Japanese newspaper […]
Read MoreFrom ABC News (Australia): A senior official has called on China to develop multiple energy sources in rural areas in an apparent effort to ease over-reliance on coal to meet the country’s huge demand for electricity, state media said. In the countryside, there are abundant resources of wind power, solar energy, methane power, geothermal energy […]
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