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As Chinese provinces submit their annual GDP reports, Asia Times has two articles about the environmental impact of China’s economic growth. The first, the State of Pollution, says: On the face of it, Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang ranked as the top four in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), with each exceeding 1 trillion […]
Read MoreAccording to a report in the South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network, writer Shi Tao has been tried on charges of revealing state secrets: The secret trial of a dissident journalist charged with illegally revealing state secrets ended yesterday with the court expected to hand down a minimum jail sentence of 10 […]
Read MoreFrom the LA Times: Economic progress has been a top priority for Beijing. But it has been more like a religion in many regions, whose officials have gained recognition and won promotions based on achieving top GDP growth rates. The upshot is that for years, many provinces, counties and cities have submitted fraudulently inflated statistics. […]
Read MoreFrom the IHT: In terms of overall giving, China is still far from the top of the international league tables. In the days after the tsunami, Beijing pledged $62 million and added $20 million more at the Jakarta aid summit a week later. Donations from ordinary Chinese come to about $35 million… But the seeming […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: …While most of the NPC session was humdrum on the face of it, the combined policy initiatives the 3,000 delegates endorsed are comparable in their significance to the reform measures introduced by Deng Xiaoping. They signal the coming of age of the new leaders, president and Communist Party chief Hu Jintao and […]
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