From BBC News: When journalists at China’s national broadcaster CCTV log on, one of the first things that pops up on screen is a notice about what not to report. These notices are often short and seldom say who has authorised them, but they all contain strict instructions about how to report a story. Journalists […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Chinese and Japanese academics came together for the third time in a series of meetings aimed at bridging differences over interpretations of history, amid a warming of relations between the two countries. The two-day panel over the weekend, which concluded Sunday, saw more than 30 scholars from the China-Japan Joint History Research […]
Read MoreThe New York Times profiles the generation of Chinese who became the first to enter university after the Cultural Revolution when entrance exams were reinstated in 1977: The 4.7 percent of test-takers who won admission to universities — 273,000 people — became known as the class of ’77, widely regarded in China as the best […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: Two landmark laws that have just gone into effect in China look to drastically alter the business environment, but the reality may turn out to be different, analysts said. In booming, chaotic China, enforcement of any law can be weak or non-existent, and the impacts of the new ones that aim to equalise […]
Read MoreThe Chinese Law Prof Blog has translated a list of top ten legal stories from 2007 according to the official Chinese media: The China Court Net (中国法院网), the People’s Net (人民网), and CCTV International (央视国际) have collaborated to produce lists of last year’s top ten legal news stories, law cases, and people in the legal […]
Read MoreA combination of Internet outrage, protest from world leaders, and Olympics scrutiny appears to be having effects on China’s approach to the death penalty. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Beijing correspondent, “facing pressure before the Olympics, Beijing’s policy is to ‘kill fewer, kill carefully.’ Activists urge more legal reforms.” In 10 years on China’s […]
Read MoreThese photos tell people’s life and stories, via Daqi.com:
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: The Beijing authorities are obsessed with the 2008 Olympic Games – which don’t begin until August. You cannot turn your head in this city without one of the five “Fuwa” Olympic mascots smiling at you from a billboard, open a newspaper without reading an Olympics-related story, or turn on the […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Air China has upped efforts to buy a stake in China Eastern Airlines , saying it will pay more than a rival offer. China Eastern shareholders meet on Tuesday to decide whether to accept a $923m (£467m) bid from Singapore Airlines and investment firm Temasek. But Air China said it will pay […]
Read MoreChinese state media reports suggest, yet again, that the “Made in China” toy scandals may have involved more bark than bite. Still, the statistics leave some room for doubt. AP via USA Today: The exports worth $7.07 billion between January and October were a 20.1% increase from the same period in 2006, the official Xinhua […]
Read MoreWith the government cracking down last year on easy organ transplants for foreigners, the Associated Press comes out with a detailed look at the next biggest trend in medical tourism to China: stem cell treatment for desperate nerve disorder patients. Via Newsday: Jim Savage, a Houston man with paralysis from a spinal cord injury, says […]
Read MoreThe mainland-bound Tawian talent exodus story resurfaces, and this time not only for economic reasons. Via TODAYonline: …According to 104 Corporation, a leading Taiwanese jobs website, some 15,000 people — or 6 percent of those posting their resumes — were exploring prospects in China in December. “The applicants wish to position themselves in the huge, […]
Read MoreThanks to Dr. David Kelly for the translation: 2008 is the thirtieth anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. No one expected that 30 years later China would host the Olympic Games, still less that it would become the world’s second largest economic entity, not only putting the global growth rate to shame, but even […]
Read MoreFrom Screendaily.com: The Beijing 2008 Olympics (August 8-24) will either be the biggest international coming-out party that China has ever seen, or a public-relations nightmare, with human-rights protesters spilling onto the streets and the Chinese government unsure how to deal with them. Within the film industry, there is more of a mood of nervous resignation. […]
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