Wu Nan

Wu Nan is a student of the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. Wu Nan worked for the Boston Globe Beijing Bureau as a news assistant for three years. She also worked as a reporter for one and a half years at the Economic Observer, a Chinese national financial weekly based in Beijing. Her reports focused on the changes in modern China society and the world.

Survey: Gov’t Officials Ignorant of, susceptible to, HIV/AIDS – Li Hujun

From Southern Weekend, translated by CDT: Nearly two-thirds of Chinese officials don’t know that no AIDS vaccine exists and nearly a third are in favor of isolating HIV-infected patients from the rest of the population, according a recent survey. The survey, run by AIDS policy expert Jin Wei (Èù≥Ëñá) from the Central Party School(‰∏≠§ÆÂÖöʆ°), was […]

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Foreign Women Label Beijing a Dating Wasteland – Erik Nilsson

From China Daily: As China’s expatriate population grows, many foreign women looking for love are saying this is the wrong place to meet Mr Right. …”The dating scene in Beijing is sad,” said 27-year-old Kate Minnikin, of Brisbane, Australia. “I know a lot of expat women who are single, but I don’t know one foreign […]

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Death Penalty Gets Tighter Scrutiny in China – Peter Ford

From The Christian Science Monitor: The policemen investigating a murderous assault knew they didn’t have enough evidence against their chief suspect, Li Jiuming, to hold up in court. So they decided to do what police here often do, according to Chinese lawyers: torture a confession out of him. That false confession, presented four years ago […]

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Thousands Riot Over China Land Seizure: Paper – Reuter

From Reuters: Thousands of Chinese villagers clashed with riot police after barricading officials and foreign businessmen in a warehouse they said had been built on illegally seized land, a newspaper reported on Friday. The clash erupted on Wednesday near Shunde, in the southern province of Guangdong, during the opening of the warehouse, which villagers said […]

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Jobless Urbanites to Hit 10m by 2010 – China Daily

From China Daily: About 10 million urban residents will have difficulty finding jobs by 2010 due to pressure from the growing labour force, according to a new report. In a 2006-10 development outline published late Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Âä≥Âä®ÂíåÁ§æ‰ºö‰øùÈöúÈɮԺâ said China, as the world’s most populous country, will continue to […]

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