A report on Chinese bloggers has recently come out, with some information on the ever-growing popularity of web logs as well as their content. From China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC): On Dec. 26th, 2007, CNNIC published “the Survey Report on Blogs in China 2007”. According to the report, by the end of Nov. 2007, […]
Read MoreIn what might be called green management with Chinese characteristics, officials in southern China have decided to punish a handful of environmental offenders, not just with fines, but also by forcing them to publish a letter of apology on Thursday in the local party newspaper: The remorseful enterprises in Zhejiang included two paper mills, two […]
Read MoreHundreds of enraged students at Tianjin’s Nankai University recently battered the bejesus out of a black Buick sedan in an incident that suggests the oft-noted imperiousness of China’s new moneyed class is not just aggravating to those on the lowest rungs of the country’s economic ladder. According to a post on one of Nankai’s BBS […]
Read MoreAn aerial image of Tiger Leaping Gorge from Google Earth.
Read MoreAccording to the South China Morning Post (subscription only), authorities have cancelled plans to build a dam in the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, following widespread domestic and international protests. Phayul.com also reports: Breaking a long silence over the fate of the project, the provincial government reached a decision on Sunday that no dam would […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: The trial of a key figure in Shanghai’s pension scandal started in northeastern China’s Jilin Province yesterday morning. Zhang Rongkun, 39, appeared in the Intermediate Court of Songyuan City, Jilin, at 8:40am charged with bribing high-ranking officials to illegally obtain more than three billion yuan (US$405 million) in loans from the pension […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Exporters of food products that fail to meet safety standards of destination countries face a fine of up to 20 times the value of the consignment and can even be charged for committing a crime if the top legislature approves a draft law. Food product exporters who fail to go through entry-exit […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Taiwan’s high court cleared presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou of corruption-related charges on Friday, boosting an election campaign that includes pledges to improve the economy and build ties with China. The ruling was in response to an appeal by prosecutors who accused Ma of misusing T$11.176 million ($344,000) while serving as Taipei mayor. A […]
Read MoreWith debate raging on the Chinese Internet over the country’s relatively enthusiastic use of the death penalty, social news web portal Daqi.com posts a striking series of photos depicting a condemned man’s last...
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: China’s largest carmaker SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) and its smaller rival Nanjing Automobile, which owns the MG Rover brand, yesterday confirmed their long-expected merger, creating a national car group that aims to rival big multinationals. Separately, Italy’s Fiat agreed to sell its 50% stake in its loss-making passenger car venture with […]
Read MoreA National Geographic documentary on the Chinese film industry has been made available via YouTube. The doc deals with China’s usual mainstream suspects–Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, et al–but also introduces a few...
Read MoreChina allows the yuan currency to appreciate against the U.S. dollar in its tightly controlled foreign-exchange market at the fastest pace since Beijing ended its U.S. dollar “peg” in 2005, said MarketWatch: The yuan closed Chinese over-the-counter trading at a new high of 7.3175 against the dollar, up 0.37% from Wednesday’s close of 7.3444 — […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via Inquirer.net: Beijingers were warned to stay indoors on Thursday as pollution levels across the capital hit the top of the scale, despite repeated assurances by the government that air quality was improving. “This is as bad as it can get,” a spokeswoman for the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau told Agence France-Presse. “Level […]
Read MoreFrom Chinese BBS txrjy.com: The photo is taken in front of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) branch at Shiyan city, Hubei province. The top banner (from the bank): Creating A Peaceful Work Unit, Constructing a Harmonious Bank The lower banner (from the demonstrators): I Gave the Bank My Youth, The Bank Grew […]
Read MoreAnother chapter in the Guiyu e-waste story, this time from Daily Telegraph with a holiday twist: The Chinese town of Guiyu is the graveyard of Christmas past. It is where presents – game consoles, laptops, mobile phones – come to die. It is also where they are reborn. In this giant scrap-yard, so dangerously polluted […]
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