Take politics out of the 2008 Games? It appears not. Yesterday’s revelation that the British Olympic Association has forced its Olympic athletes to sign a contract prohibiting them from making political statements during...
Read MoreIt’s happened at last. From John Kennedy at Global Voices: From forcing the rescue of hundreds of brick kiln slave laborers last year and seeing it through long after local bodies gave up to being analytical piranhas when...
Read MoreXinhua reportsthe China Sexology Association (CSA), a non-governmental organization and academic society promoting reproductive health, has received a six-month ban for allegedly receiving profits from group activities....
Read MoreSomeone has posted a stunning series of pictures on the Sina BBS that appear to come from a Chinese mental asylum. The glare in the images suggest they are photos of photos, and there’s no information as to exactly where...
Read MoreIn an effort to fight high inflation, Beijing has been freezing prices for everything from energy to pork. According to a report from the Associated Press, international economists worry these measures risk sending the country...
Read MoreFrom Science News: China may be forced to increase its food imports as the country’s growing population continues to demand more water-intensive foods. Junguo Liu, an environmental scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of...
Read MoreDespite political tensions betweenTaiwan and China, China Post reports the island today plans to welcome an unprecedented number of tourists from the mainland. Nearly 700 Chinese tourists are expected to visit Taiwan today...
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Oriental Online: According to the latest modeling results from the National Oceanography Administration, China’s seas will rise by 3.2 centimeters above current levels within the next decade....
Read MoreAn article from AP via Newsweek discusses China’s approach to its inflation problem, and also explores the possible consequences of the use of governmental controls in a capitalist economy. Fighting stubbornly high...
Read MoreReuters reports on a study on cell phone usage in several countries, including China. The first study of its kind to tackle Chinese mobile phone usage, the report offers up some interesting statistics on how many people use...
Read MoreExperts say hundreds of people who reported having health problems in Japan after 10 fell ill from contaminated dumplings made in China may have mistakenly attributed their symptoms to food poisoning. The Yomiuri Shimbun reports...
Read MoreIn yet another bit of bad Spring Festival news for the Chinese economy, Bloomberg reports winter storms may have cut travel revenues by upwards of 70% for the Lunar New Year.More than 10,000 group tours were canceled nationwide,...
Read MoreIn an analysis for Inter Press Service, John Vandaele suggests that ,in contrast to Europe’s colonial history in Africa, China’s thirst for natural resources (leading to a major Sino-Congolese deal of US$12 billion of...
Read MoreOn Feb 5, 2008, nine migrant construction workers, holding up signs that read “repay my blood and sweat,” (还我血汗钱) blocked the main road near Dabeiyao Bridge and Jianwai Soho in Beijing, causing serious traffic jams....
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Hanyu Pinyin, the Chinese phonetic system, celebrates its 50th anniversary today. About one billion Chinese have used it to learn Mandarin since the first edition of pinyin was issued in 1958. “Pinyin...
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