From The China Elections and Governance website: Thank you for your introduction, Professor Zhu Yong. It is a great pleasure to be speaking at the largest law school in the world. When President Xu Xianming visited me in April this year, he told me there were 17,000 law students at your university, and I understand […]
Read MoreFrom The China Post: Former President Lee Teng-hui openly voiced his dissatisfaction with the poor administration performance of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, saying that “we ourselves are being punished for electing the wrong person as [president].” Lee made the remarks during a seminar with young people at the Grand Taipei Hotel yesterday afternoon. Although […]
Read MoreFrom The Taipei Times: Through amendments to the Regulations for Designating and Abolishing Historical Sites (古蹟指定及廢止審查辦法), the Council for Cultural Affairs has transferred authority over National Taiwan Democracy Hall, formerly Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, to the central government and has removed the inscription dazhong zhizheng (大中至正) from the main gate to the square in front […]
Read MoreFrom Global Voices Online blog: Below is Zola‘s recount of what he’s been through over the past few days and his abrupt conclusion. In a second blog post since his forced return earlier this week he talks of redirecting the space to focus more on blogger education, but also mentions some unfinished business related to […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist blog: You seriously have to give it to architects in Shanghai for coming up with something that catches your eye. It may not work all the time, but it will be at least different from anything else you have seen before.
Read MoreFrom The Beijing Newspeak blog: “It’s because the foreign media is so biased.” A well-worn defence, put forward by many a state media journalist, to justify resolutely one-sided reporting, deletions of chunks of critical speeches delivered by visiting dignitaries and even the censoring of its own government officials when they suffer unexpected honesty attacks. I […]
Read MoreFrom New York Times: China said today that for the 10th time this year, it would order banks to raise the amount of cash they set aside, in order to curb inflation and prevent the economy from overheating. The Central Bank said that it had ordered banks to increase their reserve ratios by a full […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: Ang Lee said Saturday he edited a line in the mainland Chinese version of his new spy thriller “Lust, Caution” at the request of censors, to make the main female character appear less of a traitor to the Chinese. The Oscar-winning director had said earlier he cut sexually explicit […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The bilateral economic and trade cooperative ties between China and Myanmar has made new progress in 2007 with an incomplete Myanmar official statistics showing that China was at least able to become Myanmar’s second largest trading partner and the 6th in its foreign investment line-up. Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: Several hundred Vietnamese protesters staged a rare demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi on Sunday to defend the national claim of sovereignty over the disputed Spratly and Paracel islands. Waving the red-and-gold Vietnamese flag, raising their fists and shouting “Defend the homeland” and “Down with China,” about 250 people rallied for one […]
Read MoreCopy of a text message from June protesting the Xiamen PX plant, by Philip Jägenstedt
Read MoreFrom The Observer: For decades climate-change protesters have had an easy target: the gas-guzzling Americans who emit more carbon dioxide per capita, and more as a civilisation, than anybody else. If only the US would change its ways, all would be well. It is true that America’s attitude and behaviour are global problems; but it […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times, a pre-Olympics travel piece on Beijing: Beijing can feel chaotic and sprawling, especially as it races to finish Olympic construction before the Games begin on Aug. 8. But there’s an ancient order to the place, a cosmology, and you can follow it. The palaces and temples line up like stars […]
Read MoreXinhua has an update on plans for the Xiamen PX chemical plant, which inspired large-scale protests earlier this year: According to an abbreviated version of the report posted on the official website of the city government, experts concluded that the southern area of Haicang District, where the PX plant was originally planned to be located, […]
Read MoreWhile offering Mandarin has become de rigueur in top schools throughout the U.S. and Europe, it is also apparently catching on in less likely locales. From the BBC: Panama is moving to make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, in recognition of China’s growing importance in the world economy. …China is the biggest […]
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