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The 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 […]
Read MoreAs 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. […]
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