The Christian Science Monitor looks at how the government’s efforts to promote the town of Zhongdian as the original Shangri-La have backfired, as the area is getting overwhelmed by tourists and redevelopment: That approach has transformed a small village of wooden homes tucked along muddy lanes into a town covering 12 square miles and boasting […]
Read MoreFrom AP via The Japan Times Online: China and Japan amicably wrapped up their first high-level trade and economic talks on Sunday by pledging greater overall cooperation but left the touchy issue of gas exploration in the East China Sea unresolved. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hailed the two-day meeting as “successful.” Wen met with Foreign […]
Read MoreFrom The Art of Live via Danwei.org: Dr. Phil, you’re fired….we’re calling an accountant. According to a recent interview in Southern Weekly, newly available financial planning tools are changing the way Chinese parents love their children. Chen Zhiwu”a finance professor at Yale”says the availability of retirement plans means parents no longer depend on their children […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Shares in China’s state-owned railway builder made a strong debut in Shanghai – calming fears after weak debuts by other Chinese companies. China Railway stocks surged 68.54% after a flotation which raised about 22.4bn yuan (¬£1.5bn) for the firm. There had been some worries about its debut after the truck maker Sinotruk’s […]
Read MoreFrom The Reuters: China has dismissed Internet gossip that its first photo of the moon taken from a lunar orbiter might have been plagiarised from NASA, local media said on Monday. The country launched its first lunar probe, the Chang’e 1, in October and released a photo featuring a patch of grey moon surface splotched […]
Read MoreFrom James Fallows blog: Two weeks ago I mentioned the difference that a VPN from WiTopia.net had made in my internet life in China. (VPN details below.*) A few days later, a Chinese blogger named Ruan Yifeng mentioned my report on his own blog, and went on to discuss other ways Chinese users could deal […]
Read MoreZhang Zilin, a 23-years-old Chinese girl, won The 57th Miss World Pageant. This is the first time for Chinese to win the top international beauty contest. Since 2002 China had sent models to all kinds of international beauty contests, and the best achievement had been third prize. Miss World Zhang made Dec 1st a celebration […]
Read MoreChina analyst David Cowhig wrote the following summary of a 2003 Red Flag Publishing House book, “Practical Manual for Party Propaganda Work, New Edition”, [Xinbian Dange Xuanchuan Gongzuo Shiyong Shouce] edited by...
Read MoreFrom AFP: China has named new bosses of the booming regions of Guangdong and Chongqing, state media reported, as political reshuffling continues following a key Communist Party congress in October. Wang Yang was named party secretary of southern Guangdong province, the economic powerhouse and centre of China’s thriving manufacturing industry, Xinhua news agency reported late […]
Read MoreA man with a ten yuan note folding money in Panjiayuan folk cultural market in Beijing, via fengniao.com .
Read MoreThe Times writes about a new exhibit of photographer Eve Arnold: In 1979, after a 15-year struggle to get a visa, photojournalist Eve Arnold took the first of her two trips to China, a journey she had long wanted to make. “From the very beginning of my becoming a photographer,” she once wrote, “high on […]
Read MoreLebanon’s Daily Star published an op-ed about China’s actions in Sudan, Burma and other regions: Overseas, China’s role in places like Sudan and Burma not only draws international opprobrium, but also taints its reputation. By maintaining cozy relations with repressive regimes and protecting them from international sanctions, China risks being seen as their accomplice. Even […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Thousands of military academy students in central China’s Anhui province are rioting after news spread that the government wouldn’t recognize diplomas awarded to the fee-paying students. “It was total chaos. Many people were beaten and were bleeding. The school buildings are a mess,” one student, surnamed Peng, told RFA’s Mandarin service. […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: Amid an ongoing feud over human rights between Beijing and Berlin, one of Germany’s leading news magazines said Friday it had cancelled a week of cultural events in China due to official “censorship.” Der Spiegel said it would not hold the series of workshops, debates and lectures scheduled next week on the invitation […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: National guidelines on economically affordable housing were released on Friday night along with new State measures on housing for low-income families, which come into effect on Saturday. Economically affordable houses ought to be around 60 sq m per unit, said the guidelines jointly released by the Ministry of Construction, the National Development […]
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