Here is an update on U.S. Department of Justice charges against a former Boeing engineer for allegedly spying for China. From AP: A federal magistrate entered a not-guilty plea Tuesday on behalf of a Chinese-American engineer...
Read MoreAFP follows up on the reported bird flu outbreak in Tibet, as a 22-year-old man died from the disease in Hunan: Chinese authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet, a day after confirming a...
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on scientists who are giving up prestigious positions in the U.S. to return to China, where they are provided with elite positions and abundant funding for their research: Lured by grants, tax breaks,...
Read MoreLing Woo Liu, a graduate of U.C. Berkeley’s Journalism School, blogged about Yun Mingjun, one of Asia’s hottest artists. From Time The China Blog: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Yue Minjun should be...
Read MoreThe new Bank of Canada governor, Mark Carney, has blamed China for the subprime mortgage crisis that has rocked the U.S. economy and is being felt around the world. From The Globe and Mail: By insisting on fixed exchange rates,...
Read MoreThe Guardian gives an update in the case of Yang Chunlin, who is facing subversion charges for demanding protection of human rights: The government has tried to brush off the publicity generated by the US film director Steven...
Read MoreCurrently, it’s mating time at the zoo. Female and male pandas only mate for two or three days every year and scientists at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding are trying to make sure the pandas perform their...
Read MoreThe Journal of Indexes (“The Book of Record for the Index Industry”) has issued a special edition on the Chinese market called Understanding China, with contributions from some prominent economists and business...
Read MoreBeijing-based hip hop group, Dragon Blue Tongue, is performing in London this week for Chinese Now, a touring pre-Olympics festival celebrating Chinese culture. But the tame subjects of their songs set them apart from hip hop...
Read MoreKosovar independence could be bad news for China, writes Antoaneta Bezlova in Inter Press Service: Kosovo’s example is unsettling for China because it revives memories of the Chinese Communist Party’s own promises to minorities...
Read MoreMichael McFaul and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss argue in Foreign Affairs that authoritarian governments may appear to be working in places like China and Russia, but the correlation between autocracy and growth is in fact spurious. They...
Read MoreAt Vladimir Putin’s Annual Big Press Conference for domestic and foreign media outlets held on Feb. 14, the Russian president fielded a slew of questions. The following is a response to a journalist from Xinhua’s...
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration confused the name of a Chinese factory that made the tainted blood-thinning drug Heparin with another factory, an error that prevented the inspection of the right facility and resulted with...
Read MoreEuropean countries will now require Chinese rice imports to be certified that they have been tested for a genetically modified version. The new regulation comes after genetically altered rice, which has yet to approved for human...
Read MoreChina Daily reports that construction of a nuclear power station began on Monday in Fujian province. The plant is estimated to cost $7.1 billion for four nuclear reactors. They expect the first nuclear reactor to be put into...
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