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From the Asia Wall Street Journal, via Utopia: China’s leaders may have convinced themselves that the country’s relatively new, albeit unbalanced, material prosperity will be enough to keep an uneasy population from peering into some of the darker corners of the country’s communist history. And the popular reaction (or lack thereof) to purged former leader […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has announced that former party chief Zhao Ziyang is still alive, according to this report on stuff.co.nz: “‘Zhao Ziyang is an old man who is over 80. He fell ill, but after attentive treatment, his condition is currently stable,’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan told reporters. ‘Overseas media reports that Zhao Ziyang […]
Read MoreChina and Taiwan are holding talks to establish the first direct cross-straits flights in time for the Chinese new year, according to this report from the BBC. Xinhua and CNN have also reported on the agreement.
Read MoreReuters (via stuff.co.nz) reports that: “China says it expects 25 million of its people to be out of work this year, but the actual number of jobless in the world’s most populous nation could be much higher… China’s official unemployment figure only covers registered urban jobless, and analysts say the true number of people without […]
Read MoreAccording to a report in Asia Times, India has made a deal to buy natural gas and develop oil fields in Iran, which may influence relations between New Delhi and Beijing: “The deal puts energy rivals India and China in partnership in Tehran, and turns the focus back on a proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. In signs […]
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