From AP: Imprisoned Chinese journalist Li Changqing has been awarded the World Association of Newspapers‘ annual press freedom prize, the Paris-based organization said Tuesday. The award marks the second straight year an imprisoned Chinese journalist has won the Golden Pen of Freedom – underscoring China’s continuing harsh press restrictions despite the flourishing economy and rapid […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China’s economy is expected to grow 11.5 percent this year, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday. Wen, in Singapore on a four-day official visit and to attend a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings, made the forecast when meeting embassy staff and representatives of Chinese entrepreneurs and students. China has enjoyed […]
Read MoreHello CDT readers. You may know me, Sam Crane, as the author of The Useless Tree blog. I teach Chinese politics and ancient philosophy at Williams College. But I have just returned from a trip to India and the CDT folks have invited me to guest blog here with some comparisons between China and India. […]
Read MoreFrom AP: The battle for the fortune of Asia’s wealthiest woman moved into the courtroom Monday, with a feng shui master, a charity and the dead woman’s father-in-law all claiming the right to her billions. At least two wills have surfaced since property magnate Nina Wang died April 3, at the age of 69. She […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: Illegal capital flows in and out China threaten to destabilise the country’s financial system as well as Hong Kong’s, warned Wen Jiabao , Chinese premier, on Monday. “There are a lot of abnormal factors, including underground banking, illegal fund inflows and outflows,” Mr Wen said. His remarks, made in Singapore, followed […]
Read MoreWhat if Shanxi’s minable coal runs out? Don’t worry just yet. Xinjiang may have a lot more coal than Shanxi does; just some infrastructure and a transportation network are needed for the potential new coal province to take off. Translated by CDT from People Online: Li Anming (ÊùéÂÆâÊòé) was one of many Shanxi’s coal lords, […]
Read MoreA gardener in Shenzhen’s Splendid China theme park, by jurvetson
Read MoreSina blog posted a performance by a farmer from Jijitan village in the northwest of China, who invented his own hip hop. He said he does not know what hip hop really is. His performance here is a result of his love for folk...
Read MoreSome Chinese women in the 2007 “The 50 Women to Watch” list by the Wall Street Journal: 23) HU XIAOLIAN Deputy Governor PEOPLE’S BANK OF CHINA Administrator STATE ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE As the overseer of what are now the world’s largest foreign-exchange reserves, Hu Xiaolian is having to overcome the special challenges of size. […]
Read MoreThis is actually a story that can be best summed up by a Chinese proverb, “crying up wine selling vinegar,” or hanging up lamb selling dog meat (ÊåÇÁæ䧥ÂçñÁãóËÇâ), as many Chinese companies have been doing to derail from core businesses to plow huge funds into the rocketing stock market. From BusinessWeek: By now every investor […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: Based on the chorus of opposition in Washington, the proposed buyout of U.S. communications networking company 3Com seems even more unsettling to the American public than China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s attempted purchase of California-based Unocal – a deal that collapsed two years ago under pressure from the U.S. Congress. 3Com’s proposed sale […]
Read MoreYet another item on the list of unwelcome “made in China” products. From Wall Street Journal: In July, two dozen Albertson’s grocery stores in California received a shipment of fresh ginger and put it on shelves. Several days later, state inspectors discovered that the ginger, which had been imported from China, contained a dangerous pesticide. […]
Read MoreFor Chinese senior citizens, romance is what you do every day simply for the person you love. Below is a group of pictures of an old couple in Beijing taken by a fengniao photographer. “On a summer day, I wandered into Houxiwachang Hutong (ÂêéÁªÜÁì¶ÂéÇËÉ°Âêå) in Beijing and encountered an old man who was carrying some […]
Read MoreArchitecture critic Hugh Pearman writes about the new buildings popping up in Beijing in preparation for the Olympics: Although Beijing is as big as you expect – a dauntingly gridlocked, teeming, dust-laden bigness –...
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Investment in the real-estate market on China’s mainland jumped 31.4 percent in the first 10 months of this year from 2006 to a mind-blowing 1.92 trillion yuan (US$259 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics reported yesterday. About 1.37 trillion yuan was invested in residential property, rising 33.7 percent from the same period […]
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