From Morgan Stanley – Global Economic Forum: Those were not my words – at least not when I heard them firsthand in Beijing, last Friday, 15 March. In uncharacteristically blunt language, China’s Premier, Wen Jiabao, used the occasion of his annual press conference following the conclusion of the National People’s Congress to send a very […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s next presidential election is one year off, but it’s no secret as to whom Beijing is endorsing. Official media fanfare for “Ah Ma” (ÈòøÈ©¨), likely Nationalist Party (KMT) nominee Ma Ying-jeou (È©¨Ë㱉πù), has been less than subtle of late. Over the weekend, the CCTV-4 program Haixia Liang’an (ʵ∑Â≥°‰∏§Â≤∏) featured Ma in a string of […]
Read MoreFrom Space.com, via Yahoo! News: China is ramping up for the launch this year of Chang’e 1, a lunar orbiter designed to set the stage for the nation’s future Moon-bound missions. Assembly of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Moon probe is complete, with tests underway of its rocket booster, according to several state media […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Only authorized dramas are allowed on Chinese prime-time television, customs inspectors are seizing books on Mao Zedong at China’s borders and newspapers are prohibited from running stories on the Communist Party’s misdeeds. In the midst of a sensitive political season, China’s machinery of state control is gearing up to make sure that nothing […]
Read MoreFrom the China Media Project: The head of China’s top print media regulating agency said yesterday that newly emerging media platforms like Weblogs have “already drawn attention from relevant government offices” and stressed they would soon be brought under their supervision with the help of new management regulations on Internet publishing, according to the Beijing […]
Read MoreChina analyst David Cowhig has provided the following translation of an article from the China Business Herald about Doctor Gao Yaojie and the AIDS epidemic in China. Below is a note from the translator followed by the translation: Translator’s note: Dr. Gao Yaojie will receive a Global Leadership Award from Vital Voices on March 14 […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: A landmark proposal to protect private property was formally introduced into China’s legislature amid continuing controversy, and in one possible sign of the legislation’s sensitivity, the latest issue of an influential Chinese business magazine that covered it was pulled earlier this week. It wasn’t immediately clear who blocked the issue […]
Read MoreSeveral newspapers and magazines have published reviews of James Mann’s new book, The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression. (Read also CDT’s interview with Mann about the book.) From the Washington Post: The China Fantasy raises an awkward and important question: What if there is a third alternative between the rise of […]
Read MoreFrom EuroNews: For the last four years, China’s rapid rate of growth has been dramatic. In 2006 GDP was running at an impressive 10,7% – but is the economy in danger of running out of control to the detriment of both human and natural resources? Two decades of change from a command to a more […]
Read More[Disclaimer: The following post is dedicated to politics junkies and members of China’s foreign press corps looking to justify their existence over the next ten days. General interest readers are kindly advised to ignore…] Call it a “show of democracy”, but the show just keeps on growing. Credit the mainland media for making the “two […]
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