China Daily has reported that almost 7,000 officials have been investigated in China for “abuse or dereliction of duty” in the first nine months of the year. Of these cases, “A total of 1,780 officials were found to have been involved in 1,456 cases of abuse of power or negligence… The crackdown aims to prevent […]
Read MoreChina has rejected calls for a referendum on direct elections in Hong Kong, Xinhua reported. According to a Reuters report: “China has rejected calls from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers for a public referendum on whether local residents should be allowed full, direct democracy from 2007… Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule […]
Read MoreIn Newsweek, another article about how China (and the rest of Asia) is being ignored in the U.S. presidential election campaigns. Fareed Zakaria writes: “The US presidential debates are lauded for having been substantive and revealing. In particular, people have noted how rare it is to have a serious discussion about foreign policy these days. […]
Read MoreThere are two newly translated articles at the China Elections and Governance website. One article is a detailed interpreattion of the amended Zhejiang village election regulations and another article tells a story of a village chair stabbing a tax resistance villager to death in Jiangxi province. According to Dr. Yawei Liu: “The two articles seem […]
Read MoreThe BBC reports: “North Korea’s second most senior leader, Kim Yong-nam, is in China for a rare visit expected to focus on the North’s nuclear programme. His visit comes amid a flurry of efforts to restart stalled six-party talks aimed at addressing the crisis. US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to visit Japan, China […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “Hong Kong’s new Legislative Council members have taken the territory’s official oath of office. In last month’s elections, 25 of the 60 seats went to pro-democracy candidates – more than ever before. The new members are likely to create problems for Hong Kong’s leader Tung Chee-hwa and his pro-China government. One of the […]
Read MoreThis article is nine days old but it showed another perspective on the Google China News Service issue. The article was on China Economic Net, a online news site based inside of China. “Recently, Google Inc., a search engine operator, launched its trial Chinese version of news with a low key; before that, it had […]
Read MoreThe China Elections and Governance website has translated an article from Southern Weekend about changes in the focus of peasants’ activism in rural China: “Relying mainly on a recent Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) study, this article describes how the focus of peasant activism has moved from tax disputes to property rights, particularly in […]
Read MoreAccording to the Washington Post, the outcome of yesterday’s Hong Kong legislative election, which gave the Democrats additional seats but not a majority, “represented a setback for the campaign to persuade Beijing to allow universal suffrage here. ” The Straits Times, meanwhile, reports that, “Hong Kong media criticised Beijing yesterday for meddling in this weekend’s […]
Read MoreThe AP reports today, “A group of industry, farm and labor groups, seeking to put pressure on the Bush administration before the presidential election, petitioned the government on Thursday to file an unfair trade practices case against China. ” The full report is here. In April, the Bush Administration rejected a similar petition from labor […]
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