“The nation is broken but mountains and rivers are still there (ÂõΩÁ†¥Â±±Ê≤≥Âú®)” is a famous line from a poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu (AD 712-770). Today, some Chinese turned Du Fu’s line into “The nation is still there but mountains and rivers are broken” (ÂõΩÂú®Â±±Ê≤≥Á†¥). Searching for this altered Chinese phrase online, […]
Read MoreNot your typical China demolition story. In this case, the petitioners are Chinese Australians. The question: Does it matter? From the New York Times: Beijing observed the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympics on Wednesday night with fireworks and pageantry at a celebration in Tiananmen Square. A few blocks away, Sun Ruoyu and her sister […]
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: Human rights groups accused China on Tuesday of failing to improve its record on civil liberties and of continuing to harass lawyers, dissidents and journalists despite official promises to make human rights a centerpiece of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing . Meanwhile, a group of Chinese scholars, journalists and lawyers wrote […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Torrential rains in southern China have unleashed surging floodwaters that have swept through small cities and farming villages, claiming at least 66 lives, forcing nearly 600,000 people to be relocated and destroying millions of dollars in property, the state news media reported Sunday. Rescue efforts were under way in the […]
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: China, which puts more inmates to death than the rest of the world combined, is reporting fewer executions this year after reinstating a requirement that every death sentence must be reviewed and approved by the country’s highest court. Ni Shouming, a spokesman for the Supreme People’s Court, said lower courts across […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: For years, China has chafed at efforts by the United States to exclude it from full membership in the world’s elite space club. So, lately, China seems to have hit on a solution: create a new club. Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor to the developing […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: In Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in central China, so many owners of private cars and trucks are using fraudulent toll-exempt military plates that one toll highway has estimated its annual losses at roughly 10 million yuan, or $1.2 million. In March a driver outfitted his vehicle like an ambulance, with […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Abortion is legal and widely accessible in China, yet the usual profile is of married women complying, voluntarily or not, with the one-child policy. But as Chinese society rapidly changes, so has the face of abortion. More young, single women are having abortions and even constitute a majority of those […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China announced new regulations on Tuesday to reduce government secrecy and grant citizens greater access to official information, but the regulations include broad exceptions that raise questions about how much new openness will be tolerated. The regulations, approved in a decree signed by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, were announced with […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: For all the expectations and civic pride that Beijing has attached to being the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the event is a source of civic anxiety, too. What if traffic is terrible? What if the weather is bad? These are worries for any host city, but Beijing also […]
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