Salon’s How the World Works blog writes about Michael Zhao’s eDump documentary: A lifetime of blog posts decrying the environmental toll of high-tech industrial production does not begin to approach the impact of Michael Zhao‘s 20-minute documentary on the processing of e-waste in Guiyu, China. The images are extraordinary and unforgettable. The land, air, and […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: The value of the dollar fell sharply Wednesday, as did the stock market, after the Chinese government signaled that it may slow its purchases of U.S. assets. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 361 points, or 2.6 percent, as the dollar fell to an all-time low relative to the euro and was […]
Read MoreFrom Marketwatch: Nasdaq-listed Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com Inc. may consider listing shares in Hong Kong, according to media reports Thursday. Chief Executive Robin Li was quoted in wire reports as saying a Hong Kong listing would raise the company’s profile and help fund expansion into new areas such as online auctions. Li reportedly made […]
Read MoreFrom The Times Online: China will become the world’s biggest carbon polluter this year, overtaking the United States, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a bleak forecast of soaring global demand for fossil fuels. The rapid growth of the Chinese and Indian economies will raise global energy demand by 50 per cent by 2030, […]
Read MoreDr. Ho, a famous herbalist in Baisha, Yunnan, by al_n_andrew
Read MoreMSNBC profiles blogger Laohumiao (Tiger Temple): Tiger Temple, in real life 54-year-old Zhang Shihe, has been blogging for four years. He adopted the name “Tiger Temple” for online use; it refers to the Beijing neighborhood in which he lives. His “24 Hours Online” site, which is available only in Chinese, marks a departure from the […]
Read MoreFrom the Canadian CBC Television: You’ve heard about China’s Cultural Revolution and its sizzling Economic Revolution. But you haven’t heard about its other great social upheaval – the Chinese Sexual Revolution – and like everything in that country it’s happening at warp speed. It’s China’s version of the 60s revolution – on steroids.
Read More“China’s sky-rocketing growth and shortage of sufficient resources is forcing China to set its sights outside its borders in a frantic search for oil, but the major oil-producing countries are kept off-limits by the United States, forcing China to do business with the rogue states – African dictatorships, Iran and former Russian states – to […]
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Read MoreFor China Media Project, David Bandurski writes about the frequently-heard argument that Chinese people aren’t interested in politics and don’t have much use for democracy: If I had a jiao for every time someone’s told me the Chinese don’t care about politics or democracy, I’d have enough chunk change to fund an American presidential campaign. […]
Read MoreIn China, the phrase “white collar” brings to mind a comfortable life and social status, while the country’s rapid development and urbanization process has created many regional, social and economic...
Read More[UPDATE: Yesterday, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) denied that they published the list of entry level salaries for white collar workers. CASS said they would investigate this list and find who originally fabricated this news. Here is the CASS’s official statement . The news spread very quickly online and raised heated discussion.] Recently, […]
Read MoreFrom AP via CNNmoney: Paramount Pictures will sell DVDs through Warner Bros. outlets in China as the Hollywood rivals join forces to fight rampant movie piracy by bringing low-cost legitimate goods quickly to market, the studios said Wednesday. Warner,Paramount and Paramount’s Dreamworks affiliate will sell new titles for 22 yuan ($3; ‚Ǩ2) in China as […]
Read MoreJeremy Goldkorn of Danwei reflects on the recent Chinese Bloggers Conference, and includes links to several other blog posts on the topic: The event was organized completely by volunteers. It drew together hundreds of people from highly diverse backgrounds for a weekend of discussions covering everything from freedom of speech and the responsibilities of bloggers […]
Read MoreChina Rises blog comments on the high-profile corruption trial now underway in Macau: It took prosecutors five hours Monday to read the 76 counts against Ao Man-long, the sacked secretary of transport and public works, who is accused of taking kickbacks from construction contracts and land sales as well as fast-tracking development of casinos. …But […]
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