Ding Gang, a senior desk editor at People’s Daily published an op-ed in the paper, via Chinaelections.org: A Western film director is so “naive and simple-minded” that he has made an inopportune move on the...
Read MoreIn China, illegal music downloading from internet and pirated CDs make it hard for pop stars to earn money. That’s also a key reason why they “rely heavily on commercial performances, which make up more than half of...
Read MoreBelow is Al Jazeera’s news video about the Yilishen scandal, via Youtube: Thousands of people across China have been conned out of their life savings in a massive investment scam involving ant farms. A chairman of one...
Read MoreThere may be a Chinese version of the US tax refund in President Bush’s latest stimulus package. This news from Shanghai according to Northern Online (Chinese), translated by CDT: Xing Pu (刑普), deputy chief economist of...
Read MoreYes, China lost a lot of tons of vegetables and crops in the wake of mega snowstorms. Also gone are slowly recovered forests, says China Daily: About 18.6 million hectares of forests were destroyed or damaged – it is equal...
Read MoreChina has the second largest number of diabetes patients in the world, but that’s still an underreported figure, reports China Daily: Diabetes is fast becoming a major health problem in the country with close to 40 million...
Read MoreWhile Hong Kong authorities start cracking down on those involved in spreading nude photos from Edison Chen’s party, Beijing also shows its fist, according to Xinhua News Agency: Web search engine Baidu.com was asked this...
Read MoreBeijing says no one was forced to leave for the sake of the Olympics; the Washington Post finds otherwise. Beijing officials on Tuesday defended their relocation of nearly 15,000 people as part of the massive construction...
Read MoreFrom Reuters : The Chinese government is neglecting and actively undermining the Tibetan language as part of continuing efforts to dilute the region’s unique culture, a human rights group said on Thursday. Schools are...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China expected local capital to fund 90 percent of the infrastructure and other investment needed to meet its goal to get 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, a senior official said. Gao...
Read MoreUS President George Bush doesn’t speak about Darfur very often, but his swing through five African nations prompted him to challenge China’s continued trade with Sudan. Marketplace reports: President Bush is pledging...
Read MoreForbes has written an interesting piece on the Hong Kong celebrity photo scandal, in essence, explaining its importance to western audiences: It’s been called the equivalent of the 9/11 disaster for the Hong Kong...
Read MoreIn an attempt to provide a favorable environment for the innovation of China’s cartoon industry, SARFT says that from May 1, the prohibition on broadcasting foreign cartoons will be extended for one more hour. From...
Read MoreVoice of America reports: Given the volatile situation in Burma, U.N. representative, Ibrahim Gambari is meeting with Chinese officials this week to discuss China’s position. After a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Wang...
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