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.

China Pipeline Raises Ethnic Strife – Jehangir Pocha

From The Boston Globe: The flame from a looming oil tower illuminates the endless desert like a beacon of hope. Oil and natural gas — lots of it — have been discovered beneath the sands near this industrial town in the center of China’s isolated western Xinjiang Province. As in Iran and Saudi Arabia at […]

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Chinese Ex-Banker Jailed for 15 Years – Joe Mcdonald

From AP: The former chairman of one of China’s biggest banks was jailed for 15 years Friday, for taking bribes to arrange loans, his lawyer said, in a case that added to a string of high-profile graft cases at state-owned banks. Zhang Enzhao(º†ÊÅ©ÁÖßÔºâresigned 16 months ago as chairman of China Construction Bank Ltd., one of […]

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China Pledges to Double Aid to Africa – Joe Mcdonald

From AP: President Hu Jintao opened a summit with dozens of African leaders Saturday by pledging to double China’s aid to Africa, provide billions of dollars in loans and build hospitals and schools as it tries to expand economic and political ties. China is trying to present itself as a partner in Africa’s economic and […]

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China Web Control Stirs Controversy at Internet Forum – Karolos Grohmann

From Reuters: China’s control of the Internet stirred controversy at the first global Internet governance forum on Tuesday when a rights group accused western firms of providing Chinese police with technology to limit web freedom. Reporters without Borders, a press freedom group, said sales by major U.S. companies to China had bolstered Beijing’s capabilities of […]

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Animal Tester – Jehangir Pocha

From Forbes: With pressure groups and rising costs making it difficult for Western pharmaceutical firms to expand their animal testing laboratories at home, Glenn Rice has pioneered outsourcing of this work to China. Rice, 50, is the decorous chief executive of Bridge Pharmaceuticals, a contract research organization in the San Francisco Bay area. He splits […]

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