Hong Kong Legislative Council member Martin Lee wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling on the U.S. to pressure China on human rights issues in the run-up to the Olympics. ESWN has reposted the full essay, followed by articles about protesters who gathered outside the LegCo offices to call Lee a “running dog”. […]
Read MoreAn Israeli design firm has won an award for proposing the use of “Agro-Housing” to counter the effects of urbanization in China, and their submission will be built in Wuhan. Agro-Housing combines living space with a greenhouse in urban apartment buildings so residents can grow their own food. From Dwell Blog: China has a population […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: A Shanghai real estate tycoon who served a three-year prison term after a stock market scandal is on trial for alleged bribery and tax offenses, a state-run magazine reported Wednesday. Zhou Zhengyi was detained a year ago amid a probe of government misconduct that brought down the Shanghai Communist […]
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Read MoreMr. Li Lianyu (李连玉) is the Party Secretary of Pizhou (邳州) , Xuzhou city, Jiangsu Province. He is also one of 2200 delegates who just attended the 17th Party Congress in Beijing. Photos above show the grand ceremony organized by...
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: What does the theory of the “scientific outlook on development” have to do with the creative spark that produces great novels and uplifting theatre? I should have known better than to ask this of Tie Ning, head of the official Chinese Writers Association, on the sidelines of the Communist party congress.
Read MoreFrom AP: Darfur rebels launched a brazen attack on Sudan’s oil fields days before peace talks are scheduled to be held with the government, kidnapping two foreign workers and giving Chinese and other oil companies a week to leave the country, a commander said Thursday. In the latest attempt by the rebel Justice and Equality […]
Read MoreIn the wake of a domestic uproar over “vulgar” pop songs, the New York Times looks at what happens when popular music is “harmonized”: Even without resorting to direct censorship, the state has formidable...
Read More(The photo by Zhou Zhenglong) A photo taken by a local farmer recorded the vague image of Huanan Tiger/South China Tiger, which had supposedly been extinct for 42 years in mid-western China. The Shaanxi Provincial Forest Ministry held a press conference and granted 20,000 yuan to Zhou Zhenglong who took the picture. The people were […]
Read MoreGlobal Voices kicked off a discussion on the school fees in China, and many bloggers are concerned on the topic. From Global Voices: “With the stepped-up developing of industrialization and urbanization in China, there’re more and more rural migrant workers in the cities. Consequently, the question that their children accept compulsory education comes out outstandingly. […]
Read More“If they force us out of our homes, we’ll beat them up. Like peasant rebels in history, there’s nothing else we can do. With sticks and bars, we’ll lock them in the house and beat them to death. Then...
Read MoreLuxury goods sales increased because of China’s booming economy. From Business Report: Richemont may sell more Vacheron Constantin watches in China than in any other country by 2012, as wealth in the Asian nation surges. Sales of the Geneva -made timepieces, which on average cost ‚Ǩ17,000 (R165 277) to ‚Ǩ20,000 each, were rising by almost […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A panda in Beijing Zoo has lashed out at a spectator, mauling a boy who climbed into its enclosure – the second such attack in just over a year. Gu Gu, an eight-year-old male, was startled when Li Xitao scaled a 1.4-metre (4ft 7in) fence. Li, 15, had clambered into the area […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: An explosion at an unlicensed fireworks factory in south-west China has killed at least 16 people and injured 15 more, state media has said. The blast happened early on Sunday morning at a workshop in Chongqing province ‘s Xiushan county, Xinhua news agency reported. Three houses were destroyed and at least one […]
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