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While Zhang Yimou’s new kung fu epic, House of Flying Daggers, is getting rave reviews as it opens in the U.S., the movie has been largely panned by Chinese reviewers, according to the Guardian: “Although House of Flying Daggers grossed a reasonable 150m renminbi at the box office, newspapers and internet bulletin boards said it […]
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post yesterday reported the arrest of farmers’ advocate Li Boguang. The article quotes a police official in Fu’an, Fujian as saying, ‘We have reason enough to charge him. I don’t want to tell you what crime. We now are detaining him for 15 days. We can prolong it to one month […]
Read MoreChina is exerting an increasingly strong influence over Cuba and other Latin American countries, according to this report in the Chicago Tribune (Via the Miami Herald): “Experts say the Chinese investments could undercut the Bush administration’s efforts to isolate Cuba and symbolize China’s growing influence throughout Latin America, a region long known as America’s back […]
Read MoreAs Christmas approaches, AFP reports that the plastic trees, toys, and other consumer products of the season are increasingly being imported to the West from China: “China exported 1.6 billion US dollars worth of Christmas products in 2003, of which more than half went to the United States — including seven artificial trees erected in […]
Read MoreYe Guozhu has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after he publicly protested forced evictions in Beijing as the city prepares for the 2008 Olympics, according to the BBC. Ye’s family’s house was destroyed in 2003 to make way for new construction.
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