From Yale Daily News: A Yale biology professor who taught at Peking University this fall as part of a joint program between the two schools has accused the Chinese school of turning a blind eye toward plagiarism, raising questions about the academic integrity of an institution that is a central partner in Yale’s internationalization efforts. […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China will keep its 33 percent cap on foreign ownership of joint-venture brokerages, resisting opening its market further to foreign competition. Revised rules, which take effect next year, relax some requirements for foreigners. The regulations will let investors from abroad buy into publicly traded brokerages and cap foreign ownership at 20 percent for […]
Read MoreDemos Chiang, descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, recently made comments on the use of Chiang Kai-shek’s name as a political tool. From Taipei Times: The great-grandson of dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) yesterday said he agreed to a certain degree with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government’s recent moves to purge the remnants of his great-grandfather’s rule […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese lawmakers adopted the country’s first-ever anti-drug law here on Saturday in a bid to curb drug-related crimes and reduce the growing number of users, especially under-aged addicts. …The law, which will take effect on June, 1, 2008, was adopted at the weeklong 31th session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Hong Kong’s chief executive has said Beijing will allow the special region’s people to directly elect their leader by 2017 and their legislators by 2020. Donald Tsang said the decision was a “most important step” in the political future of the former British colony, which became part of China in 1997. The […]
Read MoreFrom RFA Unplugged blog: Chinese rights activist Hu Jia, best known for his advocacy work on behalf of those living with HIV/AIDS, has been detained by national security police in Beijing on charges of “incitement to subvert state power,” a fellow activist said. Hu was detained while in the middle of an exchange of instant […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: Han Yonghong reports for Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao: Responding to inquiries from this newspaper, a circulation department employee at the China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC) said that they had received word from their superiors not to accept subscriptions to Yazhou Zhoukan starting next year, and they were preparing to return […]
Read MoreFrom The Sydney Morning Herald: The road to China’s suburban dream is potted with the usual grievances. The bus to town is too crowded, the toll road too expensive, developers too dishonest. But the young families who were driven by Beijing’s sizzling property prices to buy at Grand Jade Garden, on the city’s eastern fringe […]
Read MoreFrom The Radio Free Asia: Prominent Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong has been beaten in prison and is now on the fifteenthday of a hunger strike, his wife and sister have said. “He was beaten Dec. 18, the fifth day after he entered the prison in Meizhou. A fellow prisoner beat him while more […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will be on a charm offensive in China on Saturday, the second day of a visit, following talks between leaders of the Northeast Asian rivals that resulted in a pledge to resolve a gas row. Fukuda was to play a game of catch with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Finance Minister Xie Xuren signed a written application on behalf of China for joining the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) on Friday. The signing in the capital marked that the country had officially started the process of joining the GPA, according to an announcement posted on the Ministry of Finance website. The Permanent […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China’s currency rose steeply against the dollar this week, feeding speculation that Chinese authorities, yielding to international pressure and economic realities at home, were allowing their currency to appreciate more rapidly. The currency, known as the yuan or renminbi, rose 0.9 percent this week — faster than over any week […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: There is no escaping China: Chinese art, Chinese exports, the Chinese economy, Chinese dollar reserves, Chinese growth. Next year’s Olympics in Beijing are focusing the world’s eager eyes on the Chinese capital. While London struggles to persuade a sceptical public about the need to spend more than £9bn, Beijing is spending […]
Read MoreTenth installment of the New York Times’ environmental series Choking on Growth [Image: Beijing traffic via nytimes.com]: Every day, monitoring stations across the city measure air pollution to determine if the skies above this national capital can officially be designated blue. It is not an act of whimsy: with Beijing preparing to play host to […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: As 2008 draws near, very few educated people can still be unaware of the rising economic and strategic power of Asia. Consider 2007. The year began with China firing a ballistic missile to destroy a weather satellite in orbit, a successful test of space warfare that sent shockwaves through the US. […]
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