From China Daily: The government plans to set up the first national mechanism for combating trafficking to protect women and children from forced labor and prostitution. The joint effort by 21 ministries – including the ministries of public security, labor and social security, education and supervision – aims to provide sustainable and long-term solutions to […]
Read MoreCar bans will be introduced in many cities, but not throughout the cities of course. Translated from Beijing Morning Post: China will be introducing its first no-car day on the 22nd of this month in 108 of its cities. The car ban, however, will be only applied to selected spots in those participating cities, including […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Yahoo.com: China will ensure that children taking part in new compulsory dance exercises at school do so in large groups, an attempt to calm parents worried about puppy love blossoming between their offspring, local media reported. The Education Ministry said in June it was introducing seven sets of dance steps to all […]
Read MoreThe education ministry had urged schools nationwide to pay more attention to sports and lighten children’s burden by reducing homework and increasing exercise, photos via China Daily: Students play basketball during the nationwide activity at a park in Beijing, April 29, 2007.
Read MoreAs news rages about the “nail house” in Chongqing, where homeowners have become a national sensation by standing their ground against threats to demolish their home, Japhet Weeks presents a portrait of a family in Beijing who has been facing a similar, if less sensational, situation for almost a decade. ==== Is there life after […]
Read MoreFrom The Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition): The Northeast Asian history war is getting serious. A recent case in point is Chinese Netizen’s denunciation of South Korean short-track athletes at the Winter Asian Games in Changchun, China for holding up a banner saying Mt.Baekdu belongs to Korea. As if they didn’t have enough trouble from the […]
Read MoreFrom China National News: Taiwan has revised its high-school history textbooks to show that Taiwan is an independent country and not part of China, media reports said Monday. The China Times said that on the education ministry’s order, the title of the national history textbook for high-school – to be used after the winter vacation […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: China will waive tuition fees for 150 million rural children next year in an attempt to close the education gulf that has opened up between rich and poor students since the start of the country’s market reforms. The 15bn yuan (¬£1bn) scheme was hailed by the state media as a major element […]
Read MoreFrom IHT: “It is natural that not everyone can afford excellent education resources,” a spokesman for the Education Ministry, Wang Xuming, was quoted as saying earlier this year in the official Beijing Review magazine. “A well-off man can go to a brand- name store to buy a 10,000 yuan suit while a poor person can […]
Read MoreFrom The Letters from China blog: “Nanjing Massacre”, “Diaoyu Islands” On The Nanny’s List Non-news: the Party’s Propaganda Department and its ilk keep a long list of sensitive words like “June Fourth” or even “Jiang Zemin” to ensure the internet remains harmless – harmless to the Party, I suppose. Baidu, the country’s biggest search engine […]
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