From Reuters: China reported 18,543 new cases of HIV/AIDS in the first half of this year, state media said, near the number for the whole of 2006. Drug abuse was the main cause of new infections, Xinhua news agency quoted Han Mengjie, an official with AIDS Control Work Committee of the State Council, as saying […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Communist China has introduced new rules that appear aimed at controlling the selection of the next Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual head. Most Tibetans believe that eminent monks, such as the Dalai Lama, are reincarnated after death. China, which governs Tibet, will now have the final say over who can be selected […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: There are conflicting reports about whether a test run of traffic controls in Beijing less than one year before the 2008 Summer Olympics has been effective in improving air quality in the Chinese capital. Chinese state media reported Tuesday that the city’s overall air quality improved during the four-day test, which removed […]
Read MoreReuters reports that Chinese journalists covering a recent bridge collapse in Hunan were beaten by “local thugs.” Another report (in Chinese) on overseas news website Duowei.com revealed that those “thugs” are local Director of Agriculture Bureau and his staff. From Reuters: Chinese journalists probing a bridge collapse that killed dozens of people said they were […]
Read MoreIn a long and intriguing essay in this past week’s Economic Observer (ÁªèʵéËßÇÂØüÊä•), former Party newspaper man Zhou Ruijin (Âë®ÁëûÈáë) reminisces about his role in reinvigorating Deng Xiaoping’s market reforms during the down years after June 4th. As deputy chief ed of the Liberation Daily (ËߣÊîæÊó•Êä•), Zhou was the author behind four breakthrough editorials that […]
Read MoreThose who have visited Beijing in recent years have expressed concern over the city’s air pollution. This report outlines one measure the Beijing city government is planning to take to pass a planned air quality test: Asking drivers to stay off the roads for the duration of the testing period. Is this cheating? Will it […]
Read MoreThe SCMP (subscription only) and Danwei have revealed how Beijing propaganda-meisters are purging the city’s papers in reaction to Beijing Television’s cardboard-stuffed baozi story, which allegedly was cooked up. Editors in the capital have confirmed to CDT that the Beijing Daily Messenger(Âåó‰∫¨Â®±‰πê‰ø°Êä•), originally chartered as an entertainment tabloid, got orders this week to eliminate many […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post has written an editorial condemning the recent clampdown on the media and activists, including the closure of China Development Brief: The publication was also unusual in that it was not registered with the Chinese government or controlled by the state, and yet it was seen to be relatively friendly to the Chinese […]
Read MoreAfter the China Development Brief, published by Briton Nick Young, was closed down for allegedly “conducting unauthorized surveys,” the Chinese government has sent out a warning to foreigners about the types of information they try to procure in China. From Reuters: China’s state-controlled media have warned citizens to raise their awareness and prevent leakage of […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A senior central government information official has urged local governments to be more open and transparent, saying their attempt to block media coverage of negative incidents was “too naive”. Wang Guoqing, vice-minister of the State Council Information Office, said “blocking bad news” was becoming more difficult, given the wide use of new […]
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