From the Economist: China’s goal is not just to replicate the boom of its coastal areas. It wants to tame Xinjiang, its wild western frontier. Since January 2000, when China launched the “great development of the west” (often referred to as the “Go west” policy), it has been clear that there is more to this […]
Read MoreFrom SBS – The World News: China has reported two new outbreaks of bird flu, bringing the total number of confirmed outbreaks in the country to 29 this year. One outbreak occurred in the northwestern Xinjiang region and the other in central China’s Hunan province, a statement on the agriculture ministry’s website said. This topic […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Phayul.com: China’s Communist Party chief Hu Jintao has appointed a political ally as acting party boss of Tibet, a move that further consolidates his power base. The party’s elite Central Committee recently appointed Zhang Qingli, 54, vice governor of the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang in China’s northwest, as acting party boss […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via The Washington Post: China detected a new bird flu outbreak in the far western Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, bringing the total number of outbreaks for the country in recent weeks to 21. The latest outbreak killed 11 birds at a farm in the city of Turpan on […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: China on Friday confirmed two new outbreaks of bird flu in poultry, bringing to 15 the number of cases reported nationwide since Oct. 19. The latest outbreaks were hundreds of miles apart _ in the northern province of Shanxi and the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, the government’s Xinhua News Agency […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Raking a spread of drying chili peppers, Gao Hong looks like millions of other farmers scattered throughout China, but his thoughts are on more than how much the harvest will bring in. “My first priority is to defend the country’s borders,” says Gao, 50, whose loyal parents named him Red (Hong) — the […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): The eviction notice gave them one week to get out. Residents, many of them retirement age with nowhere else to go, stayed put and tried in vain to stop the demolition crew… Housing relocations have become a major source of social tension in China. Ordinary Chinese are […]
Read MoreFrom The Boston Globe: China urged local security agencies yesterday to “prepare for danger” and remain vigilant against terrorists in the predominantly Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. The call by Luo Gan, the top security official on the governing Politburo Standing Committee, came just ahead of the 50th anniversary tomorrow of the Communist control over […]
Read MoreChelala writes in Tokyo Times that “During a recent visit to Beijing, U.N. rights envoy Louise Arbour called attention to the serious human-rights situation in China and the need for improvements according to international human-rights standards. An important step in that regard would be for China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Road construction has become ubiquitous throughout the west, from steamy tropics to snow-capped mountains to arid deserts. It seems as if everywhere one goes, there is a bypass, a road under construction, and workers in orange waistcoats pitching their tents by the roadside. Some of the results are impressive. The Erlanshan tunnel, […]
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