Chinese Editor Released From Prison

From AP: The editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has been released early from prison after serving four years on corruption charges, a colleague at his newspaper and a journalists’ group said...

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Chinese Bank Emerges From the Shadows

Asia Sentinel looks at reforms at the China Development Bank: Approval should come soon for the 14-year-old bank to list on the stock market in the first half of this year, and it should quickly become both a major lender to the...

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“The Connection Has Been Reset”

In the Atlantic, James Fallows writes about the Great Firewall and its limitations: Depending on how you look at it, the Chinese government’s attempt to rein in the Internet is crude and slapdash or ingenious and well crafted....

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HIV/AIDS in China

The INFO Project Blog has posted a video interview with Dr. Wang Ruotao of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Wang provides an overview of the occurrence of HIV/AIDS in China, where the disease may spread in...

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Blogger “Zola” Silenced

A January 24 article in Time reports on the retreat of “Zola” or Zhou Shuguang, the 26-year-old celebrity blogger who had set out to shed light on local government corruption throughout China armed with a digital...

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Is China a Threat?

Henry Rosemont, Jr. writes in the recent issue of Foreign Policy in Focus to argue otherwise: China’s unprecedented industrial growth over the last two decades has raised the question of whether it now poses a threat to the...

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CIC Close to Fund Deal with JC Flowers

From Financial Times: China Investment Corporation , the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, is close to an agreement with JC Flowers, the US private equity group, to put about $4bn into a new fund to invest in ailing financial...

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How the Grinch Stole Chinese New Year

Slate Magazine looks at how modern urban Chinese celebrate the New Year, without many of the rituals and traditions of the past: While Chinatowns in America host flashy parades this month, city folk inside the People’s...

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