Slate Magazine writes about the recent book by Rupert Murdoch’s former right-hand man in China, Rupert’s Adventures in China: How Murdoch Lost a Fortune and Found a Wife, which has recently been published in Britain...
Read MoreA personal diary that records a rare handshake with the Chinese president during his visit to Guangxi Province, and more importantly, the Chinese secret service clean-up prior to Hu’s arrival. The post, after a brief life...
Read MoreGuangzhou-based writer and blogger Hengjun Yang (杨恒均) wrote the following post on his blog, translated by CDT’s Linjun Fan. I had to exit the highway because of a traffic jam on my way back to Guangzhou after a trip to...
Read MoreBecause of stronger currency and rising cost, China’s monthly trade surplus outstripped expectations in January. From BBC News : China’s trade surplus soared 22.7% in January as the economy continued to boom despite...
Read MoreChinese people just welcomed the Year of the Rat a few days ago, but rats are not welcomed in China, especially Beijing. Beijing will host the 2008 summer Olympics in August, thus rats are the latest target of Beijing’s...
Read MoreThe European Union issued strict testing rules on imported rice from China this week. The policy change comes after EU officials repeatedly warned China to keep a banned rice out of Europe. From the Associated Press via the...
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Since returning to China in 2006, former NBA player Wang Zhizhi has been living in the shadows of giant NBA center Yao Ming and star rookie Yi Jianlian. So when he was recently appointed by the IT giant Lenovo...
Read MoreIs it a happy feeling, or more complicated, for the U.S. upon hearing that China has become its top import supplier and the trade deficit with China has fallen for the first time in 6 years? From Bloomberg: China passed Canada...
Read MoreWhen I was in elementary school, our geography teacher told us how Lanzhou city in the northwest desert area of China had suffered from a water shortage. He said the city relied on the water cart system which supplied water...
Read MoreThe BBC reports from drought-plagues Ningxia, where residents are missing out on China’s economic growth: Two hours south-west of Beijing by plane is Ningxia, the autonomous region known for its a big local minority of...
Read MoreAs Chinese companies start to invest in various developing countries across the globe, they are also getting entangled in local politics. From International Herald Tribune: China’s leading telecommunications company warned...
Read MoreWho protests in China? “Only losers and crazies,” one woman says. Are protests allowed during Olympics? “No.” From Telegraph blogs: A Chinese woman I knew once said to me that only losers and crazies...
Read MoreCertainly one of the more bizarre moments in the discussions between Kissinger and Mao has come to light. From AP, via CNN: “You know, China is a very poor country,” Mao said, according to a document released by the...
Read MoreEdward Cody reports in today’s Washington Post: An activist who helped organize a petition complaining that Chinese want “human rights, not the Olympics” will be tried for inciting subversion against the state,...
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