Via Washingtonpost.com: “The chairman of one of China’s biggest securities companies has been replaced in an effort to rescue the ailing state-owned brokerage, officials and media reports said Thursday. The decision to replace Zhou Jipu as chairman of Huaxia Securities marks the second shake-up this year of a major Chinese brokerage following the government takeover […]
“Murong Xuecun is one of a growing number of Chinese writers who are choosing to publish their work on BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems) and literary websites. These writers hide little from their readers and while a few years ago most stories were on personal subjects with frank descriptions of inner emotions and explicit accounts of […]
Washington Post political correspondent David Broder published this essay yesterday. He quoted a retired Chinese economist Mao Yushi in his article. “China is splitting into two countries,” he (Mao) told me and Philip Pan, The Post’s Beijing correspondent. “The cities are developing” under the policies of market capitalism that have been adopted by China’s communist […]
“China may issue its first licenses for high-speed mobile services next year, to boost competition for current operators China Mobile and China Unicom before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The country may add licenses using so-called third-generation, or 3G systems to squeeze more calls on existing channels and avoid reallocating government or military airwaves, CRIENGLISH.com reported […]
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