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From Reuters, via washingtonpost.com: China freed one of its highest-profile political prisoners on Thursday and Washington opted not to seek a U.N. rebuke of Beijing’s rights record, days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits China. The apparent tit-for-tat concessions, made public almost simultaneously, come at a time when Sino-U.S. ties are dogged by tensions […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: On Monday, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao answered questions from national and international journalists for nearly two hours at the conclusion of the National People’s Congress, China’s annual legislative session, the only scheduled press appearance he makes each year. Major government-controlled newspapers published identical transcripts of his comments on Tuesday, identical […]
Read Morefrom AP, via washingtonpost.com: International media watchdogs on Tuesday accused leading satellite operator Eutelsat of bowing to pressure from Beijing by refusing to renew a contract that allows a U.S.-based Chinese television company to broadcast into China. “The inexplicable decision to suddenly end the contract of an independent broadcaster in this way appears to be […]
Read MoreThe UNHCR has recently posted a report on the situation of North Korean refugees in northeastern China. The report is written by James D. Seymour. From the Executive Summary: In the wake of the North Korean famine, which began in 1995, hundreds of thousands of people fled to northeast China. Although many returned and a […]
Read MoreFrom the IHT: China is scouring the world for supplies of oil, steel and whatever else it takes to feed its ever-expanding economy, but the last thing you would expect the country to need is more people. Think again, say human resource managers at multinational companies. In the world’s most populous country, good engineers and […]
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