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Today’s New York Times has a brief review of the Shanghai Biennale, now on exhibit at the Shanghai Museum: “Perhaps what is most shocking about this outlay of modern creations is how few of the museum’s Chinese visitors looked shocked, even at the mock mountain landscape created by a row of naked human bottoms. Only […]
Read MoreChina is offering support for Iran by rejecting U.S. pressure on the IAEA to send Iran’s nuclear issue to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions. Read the Al Jazeera report here. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is in Tehran for meetings with Iranian officials. A CNN report is here. China’s Sinopec recently signed a […]
Read MoreCaijing magazine has reported that the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress has met to begin drafting a law protecting private property. At the annual meeting in March, the NPC amended the constitution to include private property rights. According to Caijing, “The 55-page property rights draft contains 297 articles divided into 22 chapters in […]
Read MoreAn article by Inter Press Service explains how what should have been an especially pain-free US election for China turned into a diplomatic crisis after China Daily published Qian Qichen’s article criticizing Bush’s policies. The Chinese government is now doing damage control, and several domestic papers have published articles lauding Bush’s reelection. The full report […]
Read MoreForbes Magazine released the list of China’s richest people today, People’s Daily reported. The list includes 35 people from Guangdong, 22 people from Shanghai, and another 22 from Beijing. Larry Rong Zhijian, chairman of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific, was named the mainland’s richest man with assets of 1.5 billion US dollars. The full report […]
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