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China is now preparing two major technological projects that will provide detailed surveillance information of the land and people. “Digital China,” which is written into China’s 10th five year plan, will create an electronic map of the entire country. “Electronic maps of the country are only the basic framework of Digital China,’” [Wu Wenzhong] said. […]
Read MoreThe recent riots in Jieyang, Guangdong are now getting some attention in the English media. The South China Morning Post (via: China Study Group) reported today that, “The riot broke out at about 9pm last Wednesday after a local woman quarrelled with toll collectors, claiming she had been overcharged. Some witnesses said the woman was […]
Read MoreThe IHT has reported on a scheme by Chinese businesses to not only avoid but profit from intellectual property rights laws by copying international products and then patenting them under local laws: “Businesses in the United States, Europe and Japan lose $50 billion a year to counterfeiting in China, the U.S. Commerce Department estimates. But […]
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Paul Mooney makes the point that the recent upsurge in unrest we have been reading about in China’s countryside may be due as much to improved communications as to an increase in incidents: “Making matters worse for the government, China’s ‘new media’ appear to be reaching a critical mass. While news of […]
Read MorePhilip Pan profiles Liu Yu, a taxi driver from Dazhou, who traveled to Beijing with her colleagues to protest against new permit requirements for cab drivers in her city: “‘We carried great hope in our hearts,” she said, recalling that day in December 2003. “We believed that the central government would help us, that the […]
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