Mao’s Image on Spanish Car Ads
A car advertisement on Spanish national newspaper EL PAIS, Jan. 8, 2008: [Image source: wenxuecity.com]
Read MoreU.S. Calls Arrest of Chinese Activist “Disturbing” – Reuters
From Reuters: The United States said on Monday the arrest in China of prominent AIDS activist and human rights campaigner Hu Jia was “disturbing” and Washington had raised his case with the authorities in Beijing. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Washington was closely following the arrest of Hu, 34, who was taken into custody […]
Read MoreChina Paper Sees West to Blame in Kenya Chaos – Reuters
People’s Daily has offered their own take on the post-election turmoil in Kenya: Western-style democracy is to blame. From Reuters: …The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party, said Western powers were themselves to blame for imposing colonial rule and then Western-style electoral democracy on Africa. “The Western ‘democracy’ transplanted to Africa […]
Read MoreThe Love That Dares to Speak Its Name — Discreetly – Simon Elegant
Time Magazine takes a look at what its like to be young and gay in Beijing: There’s never been a better time to be gay in China, but as Destination’s somewhat schizophrenic combination of outer reserve and inner exuberance demonstrates, it still pays to be careful. Beijing’s attitude has been described as a Triple No […]
Read MorePetitioners Detained on Tiananmen Square
Boxun.com has posted a series of photos of petitioners being detained as they approach Tiananmen Square today, one of the coldest days in Beijing yet this winter. Click here to see the photos.
Read MoreFarmers Rise In Challenge To Chinese Land Policy – Edward Cody (Updated)
The Washington Post is the latest to write about the nascent land rights movement in China, in which farmers have collectively resisted local government efforts to take over farmland and have redistributed the land among themselves: The redistribution exercise at Changchunling was not an isolated incident. Rather, it marked what appears to be the start […]
Read MoreApple, China Mobile Call Off iPhone Launch Talks – Vinicy Chan
From Reuters: Apple Inc and China Mobile have called off talks to launch the U.S. firm’s popular iPhones in China, dashing investor speculation that the device will hit store shelves soon and sending China Mobile shares down. Investors had cheered Apple possibly winning access to China Mobile’s 350 million subscribers — more than the population […]
Read MoreChinese Line Up To Buy Train Ticket for Spring Festival Travel – Xinhua
From Xinhua via People.com.cn: Jan. 13 was the first day China’s passengers were able to buy train tickets for the Spring Festival, the nation’s most important traditional holiday. By the time tickets began selling at 7 p.m. on Sunday, many people had already lined up before the ticket windows. Metropolis like Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and […]
Read MoreChina’s Tangled New Labor Law – Donald H. Straszheim
From Forbes: China’s new employment law effective Jan. 1 attempts to provide greater protection and benefits for more workers. But what we are already seeing is the creativity of employers to find ways to circumvent the new rules to avoid being saddled with higher costs. Over the last 12 years, in an avalanche of economic […]
Read MoreChina Makes New Anti-Inflation Move – Joe McDonald
From AP: China’s cabinet on Monday sharply increased penalties for price-fixing, expanding an anti-inflation campaign that has failed to cool a surge in politically sensitive food costs. Food costs soared by 18.2 percent in November, pushing the overall monthly inflation rate to 6.9 percent, its highest level in 11 years. Companies that hoard goods or […]
Read MoreMyth Of China’s New Middle Class – Rowan Callick
From The Australian: Many people looking from outside at China’s development, especially in this pivotal Olympic year, are searching for a floor of familiarity. They want to be able to find the middle class in China’s contemporary social change, David Goodman says in his own chapter of The New Rich in China: Future Rulers, Present […]
Read MoreVery Few Chinese Migrant Workers Are Happy: Report – AFP
From AFP: Less than eight percent of China’s 200 million migrant workers are happy with life in the city, as most complain of discrimination, overwork and low salaries, state press said Monday. Some 68 percent of 30,000 migrant workers in major Chinese cities said they faced discrimination from urban residents who do not “fully accept” […]
Read MoreIndia PM Eyes More Trade, Investment With China – Lindsay Beck
From Reuters: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pushed China on Monday to address their bilateral trade imbalance, as the world’s two fastest-growing economies seek to put aside a lingering border dispute and deepen economic ties. Singh said both sides wanted to work towards creating an environment for greater economic interaction, calling for a “roadmap” for […]
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Chinese traders watch the stock ticker, from Ryan T.’s China stock market documentary photo project.
Read MoreA Bid for Better Military Relations with China
In a visit that seems destined to get lost in the media shadow cast by the presence in Beijing of India’s prime minister, US military officials are set to fly to China to deal with a souring of the cross-Pacific military...
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