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Jiao Guobiao: How To Open Up News Control In China

Thanks to Eswn for translating Professor Jiao Guobiao’s latest essay: How to open up new control in China. In the article, Jiao, a professor in Peking University concluded that “If the news control should be opened up and the news media are allowed to function as public opinion watchdogs, a single newspaper will be more […]

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Inflation grows in China’s rice paddies

“All of this would seem to suggest an infinite supply of labour that allows China to produce an ever-increasing range of manufactured goods at ever-diminishing prices. But the picture appears to have dramatically changed this year – while the fearful reaction from rival manufacturers in the rest of the world is peaking. While prices for […]

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Sex revolution sweeps across China

LA Times run an article Sex revolution sweeps across China today. (Via: Daily Herald) It quoted Wang Jipeng, a blogger who made his name on the BlogChina website last year by taking on Chinese commercial portals for their porn contents.

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China’s “soft power”?

New York Times today had a front page article entitled “Across Asia: Beijing’s Star is in Ascendance” It certainly raised many important questions about China’s increasing influence over the Asia-Pacific region. The New York Times article also generated interesting online exchanges about China’s “soft power” among some China observers. Daniel Lynch from the School of […]

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China legalizes electronic signatures to promote e-commerce Associated Press

“China’s parliament on Saturday passed a law legalizing electronic signatures in an effort to boost its small but growing online commerce industry.” I got this news on Hindustan Times, using AP’s article which mainly quoted Xinhua’s original report. Also in the article: “China already has some 4,000 Web sites that carry on e-commerce, … their […]

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