From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Mainland authorities have rejected an application by the family of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong to seek legal representation for him, on the grounds that his case is still under investigation. Ching’s journalist wife, Mary Lau Man-yee, said she received a notice from the State Security […]
Read MoreFrom The Reuters AlertNet : A pig-borne disease that killed nearly 40 people in southwest China has claimed a victim in the far south, bordering Hong Kong, state media said on Tuesday, a day after the government said it had brought the outbreak under control. The new death and three separate infections were reported in […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network: The mainland’s internet police are keeping a wary eye on messages posted by its 5 million bloggers, although most of them use cyberspace as a channel to express their desire for individualism, according to a leading network expert from the mainland. Hu Yong , […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: China formally charged a prominent Hong Kong journalist with spying for Taiwan on Friday, ratcheting up a politically sensitive investigation that has also resulted in the arrest of a mainland scholar with ties to China’s president, Hu Jintao. The government decided to charge Ching Cheong, chief China correspondent for the Straits […]
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: China vowed yesterday to punish officials who falsify or delay reports on a deadly swine flu that has infected at least 198 people and killed 36, while Hong Kong’s government adopted tough measures to guard against the disease.
Read MoreFrom China Daily: To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, top Chinese rock’n’roll bands and singers will gather in Beijing’s Workers Stadium tomorrow to perform a string of revolutionary songs. It will be the largest performance ever staged by Chinese rock stars…… Some accuse the performers of yielding to commercialism […]
Read MoreFor the Project Syndicate, Sin-ming Shaw, formerly a leading Hong Kong investment fund manager and currently visiting scholar at Columbia University wrote: Should Chairman Mao’s huge portrait still hang above the front gate of Tiananmen Square? Should China’s ruling party still call itself Communist? These are not idle questions. Unless and until China’s leaders answer […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A group of activists petitioned the central government’s liaison office yesterday calling for the early release of Hong Kong-based journalist Ching Cheong… About 500 people have signed an internet petition calling for Ching’s release during the past week, and the alliance plans to step up the […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Thousands of workers in a Hong Kong-owned textile mill in southern China staged a strike and protested for higher wages and clashed with police, prompting riot police to use tear gas and arrest workers, Chinese media reported over the weekend. The strife erupted on Friday morning at the Futai Wool […]
Read MoreFrom The LA Times (Sub required): Two years after coming to power, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have staked out a two-pronged strategy for political control: projecting a kinder, gentler image while cracking down on those disseminating unauthorized information. The news this week that a prominent Hong Kong journalist had been detained […]
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