From Channel NewsAsia: China is now moving quickly to adapt to a fast changing world, and its new generation of leaders are determined to sustain the nation’s growth for a long time, said Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew during his 27th visit to China. Speaking to the Singapore media at the conclusion of his […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Do Chinese leaders ever kiss their wives or hug their children? Surely they do, but you would never know it from the state media, which portray them all as somber look-alikes in dark suits who talk only of weighty national affairs before lining up for group photos that are as stiff […]
Read MoreEarlier there was an alcohol ban for officials in Henan to save taxpayer money. Now assigned cigarette spending aims to boost the local economy. Translated by CDT from Southern Weekend: On March 15, 2007, the Honghu city...
Read MoreA commentary translated by CDT from the Beijing News: From June to October, the city of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province put hidden cameras on its roads and recorded more than 5,900 occurrences of police cars running red lights, according to Xinhua. Of course, local police officers are not allowed to run so many red lights […]
Read MoreFrom China Dialogue: Clinton asked Zoellick what the bank’s role was in enabling poor countries to develop and expand access to electricity and energy services by providing them with options other than fossil fuels, and...
Read MoreA Shanghai electric power researcher installs China’s first family-based solar power station on his roof. But he may have a difficult time finding a lot more followers. From China Dialogue: The south-facing roof of one 16-storey apartment building in Shanghai’s Shenzhuang district stands out from its neighbours. It is covered with 22 photovoltaic panels wired […]
Read MoreChina’s economy is booming, so is its culture. Jocelyn Ford made an audio report for Studio360 about Songzhuang, located in the suburb of Beijing, where more than one thousand artists live. (Image from Studio360) – Original audio and more culture related audios here
Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: Despite the extent of Internet censorship, gaps remain: –A recent study found the system is less effective when more people are online, enabling banned terms to slip through. –Other studies have reported the erratic nature of censorship–for example, at certain times, users in particular locations are able to browse the Internet with few […]
Read MoreThe Detian Waterfall is over 200 meters wide and has a drop of more than 70 meters. Its water rushes down a three-tiered cliff with tremendous force. It is the largest waterfall in Asia, and the second largest transnational waterfall in the world, connecting with a waterfall in Vietnam.
Read MoreThe Financial Times has another report about the lawsuit filed by a filmgoer over cuts made to Lust, Caution: When Chinese censors got through with the new Ang Lee film Lust, Caution , it was less about lust and more about caution. But the decision to order the excision of seven minutes of explicit and […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: This week, China reported that its trade surplus for October came to a record $27 billion, a figure that is larger than its surplus for the entire year of 2003. But even as it was posting a record surplus, China was reporting that its imports were at the lowest level […]
Read MoreTranslated by Michael Huang, from China Elections and Governance: China is currently experiencing a period of rapid social transformation. On the one hand, its social economy has scored tremendous achievements; on the other,...
Read MoreFrom AFP: Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday renewed his call for “meaningful autonomy” with China, saying he was puzzled why Beijing insisted on calling him a “separatist”. “We remain within the People’s (Republic) of China provided the Chinese government should give us meaningful autonomy,” the Nobel laureate told a news conference ahead […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The controversy over the authenticity of photographs of the believed-to-be-extinct wild South China tiger seemed to have come to an end on Friday when a netizen posted online what he claimed was a “convincing proof” that the pictures are fakes – a New Year picture of a tiger that hangs on the […]
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