From AFP: Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed “forceful measures” to curb rising food prices and address a booming real estate market that has seen property prices sky-rocket, state press said Tuesday. “The central government attaches great importance to commodity prices and has made it an important task to stabilise them,” Hu said in a […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: New Year’s Day 2008 seems to be a great day for getting married – more than 1,360 couples yesterday registered for marriage in Shanghai, 500 more than last New Year’s Day. Yesterday’s marriage registrations were about three times the normal. Pudong New Area and Xuhui and Yangpu districts had the most marriage […]
Read MoreFrom AP via IHT: China kick started its Olympic year with a New Year party Monday with the country’s biggest medal hope on hand to watch fireworks, singing and dancing at a countdown party. The party, put on by the organizers of the Summer Olympics, saw Beijingers flock in the cold to the Millennium Monument, […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: The US drug safety watchdog warned Monday on its website that several Chinese-made ‘dietary supplements’ contain the active ingredient found in Viagra, and could be harmful to consumers. “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to buy or use Super Shangai, Strong Testis, Shangai Ultra, Shangai Ultra X, Lady […]
Read MoreFrom The Korea Times: The South Korean military has issued a warning that computer systems of soldiers and defense institutes have become the victims of presumed Chinese hacking activities, a military source said Tuesday. The source said hackers, believed to be Chinese nationals, penetrated computers of soldiers by sending e-mail involving hacking programs falsely titled […]
Read MoreBeijing based reporter John Garnaut has found out more interesting facts about the Dongnangang village land dispute issue, from theage.com: Land disputes between peasants and officials are one of the most common causes of conflict in China. This case is unusual because of the scale and brazen nature of the land appropriation, lacking any of […]
Read MoreFrom The Chicago Tribune: The dawn of 2008 opens an extraordinary period in China’s rise that is likely to thrust the nation into a greater role in world affairs than at any time in recent history. But this moment of potential also carries enormous risk: 2008 is likely to test China’s fragile economic boom, its […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said Tuesday that the United States is caving in to Chinese pressure and disregarding democratic values by opposing the island’s referendum on its attempt to join the U.N. Chen’s remark was the latest in a volley of verbal spars between Taipei and its ally Washington over the referendum, which […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Taiwan’s government on Tuesday reopened what used to be a monument to late president Chiang Kai-shek but is now a memorial to what the ruling party describes as his brutal dictatorship over the island. The move is part of the Democratic Progressive Party‘s campaign over the past few years to recast Chiang’s role […]
Read MorePresident Hu Jintao ushered in 2008 with a New Year address. Translated by Xinhua: The New Year’s bell is about to ring, and 2008 is nearly here. At this moment full of cheer and hope, via China Radio International, China National Radio and China Central Television, I’m delighted to extend New Year wishes to Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via China Daily: Will China’s new labor contract law mean a better image and a move up the industrial ladder? Or will it push up wages and erode the country’s competitive advantage? And among these possible outcomes, which matters more? It depends on who you ask. Zhao Yumin, an expert with the Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese censors have banned producers of erotic movies and from competing for any film awards. The ban, recently issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), also prohibits directors and leading actors from taking part in such any awards, the Beijing News reported on Monday. “The heaviest punishment for such […]
Read MoreJonathan Ansfield writes: The year-end edition of Newsweek, a China cover entitled “China Now”, includes a Fareed Zakaria think piece on the “superpower’s” fragile side, excerpts from The China...
Read MoreFrom AP: Foreign journalists working in China face continued harassment despite new reporting rules brought in for the Olympic Games this summer, the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Tuesday. China relaxed restrictions on foreign journalists at the beginning of 2007, exempting them from having to apply for permission to travel and conduct interviews. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Officials in China’s capital Beijing say clear skies on the last day of the year mean that Beijing has surpassed an air pollution target for 2007. On Monday the city registered its 246th “blue sky day”, beating by one its goal for the year. The news is a boost to officials, who […]
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