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From China Economic Net: Japan fanned the blaze of a raging row with China on Friday, by saying the lifting of the EU arms embargo on China would be a “big problem” for Asian stability. Japan is wooing world leaders for a favorable consideration of its bid for a permanent seat at the United Nations […]
Read MoreIn Slate Magazine, former securities analyst Henry Blodget, is traveling around China and writing “Go East Young Man: A series on the Chinese gold rush.” His first dispatch is here. A previous column includes...
Read MoreESWN has translated an excerpt of an open letter by writer Liu Xiaobo about the recent crackdown on university BBS sites. The original Chinese version is available on Boxun.
Read MorePaul Starr, co-editor of the American Prospect, writes: With the highest growth rate of all major economies, China is on its way to becoming the largest. Its economic clout is immense, and its political inÔ¨Çuence is rising. Developing countries look to it as an alternative model of rapid economic growth, without such liberal complications as […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei, a summary of students’ online reactions to the new restrictions placed on university BBS sites: Other, cheekier students on the BBS in question – “Shui-Mu Qinghua,” abbreviated, in accordance with the heretical non-Pinyin romanization of the university’s name as ‘Tsinghua,’ as “SMTH” – have taken to using Chairman Mao quotations to title their […]
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