From Reuters: More then 3.2 million people have visited Tibet so far this year, breaking all records and doubling tourist spending in the Himalayan region, thanks to a new railway and airport, state media reported on Friday. The tourists spent 3.89 billion yuan (253 million pounds), an increase of 90.1 percent from on the same […]
Read MoreChina’s fields are burning as farmers clear the crop stubble after the harvest. Local communities are choking, says Gaoming Jiang, as the country wastes a valuable resource for power generation, fertiliser and food. From China Dialogue: In northern China it is now the middle of the autumn planting season, and once again the farmers are […]
Read MoreCan China influence the next generation of responsible business standards, and help to reshape global markets? Simon Zadek says it just might. From China Dialogue: China’s competitiveness strategy is changing gear. Exporting “cheap and dirty” has underpinned several decades of successful, super-charged economic growth. But this development pathway is now reaching its limits for China […]
Read MoreFrom Channelnewsasia.com: China may spend more than US$2 billion on next year’s Summer Olympics, according to officials in the Chinese capital which is hosting the Games. Beijing Vice-Mayor Liu Jingmin explained that the budget has gone up because of the appreciation of the yuan, and the need for enhanced security management. He also outlined the […]
Read MoreFrom Computerworld.com: Internet users in Beijing and Shanghai said attempts to access Google Inc. and other search engines were successful today, despite claims on a U.S. blog that traffic to these sites was redirected to Chinese search engine Baidu.com Inc . The claim first surfaced on TechCrunch, a U.S. blog that largely covers Internet start-ups, […]
Read MoreFrom China Development Brief: A high-level international symposium on charity legislation, held in Beijing this summer, underlined the Chinese government’s determination to mobilise charitable giving even as the authorities were tightening their surveillance and control of the informal NGO sector. Some 30 foreign experts, including senior managers from non-profit regulators in Canada, the United States […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal, via YaleGlobal Online: Many foreign companies have long viewed China as a land of great potential but little immediate profit. As recently as the late 1990s, most Western marketers found this country more frustrating than fruitful. A 1998 survey by consulting firm A.T. Kearney found more than one-third of multinationals […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: After five years in power, President Hu Jintao has finally gained unquestioned control of China’s massive military while transforming it into wealthy, high-tech fighting force, analysts said. Although Hu was named Communist Party chief in 2002 and president in 2003, he did not inherit the mantle of commander-in-chief until a year later and […]
Read MoreFrom The Nation, via A Glimpse of the World: “The glory of Our Empire shines on this universe with brilliance,” a ruler once declared in a letter to courtiers in London. “Not one single person or country is excluded from Our kindness and benevolence.” He had good reason to be pleased. His country sat astride […]
Read More“Internal forces, technological change and problematic policies spur growing inequality.” From YaleGlobal: Economic inequality is on the rise around the world, and many analysts point their fingers at globalization. Are they right? Economic inequality has even hit Asia, a region long characterized by relatively low inequality. A report from the Asian Development Bank states that […]
Read MoreYu Keping (‰øûÂèØÂπ≥) is Deputy Director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau and Director of the Center for Chinese Government Innovations at Beijing University. The original was published in the Beijing Daily on September 17, 2007. From China.org.cn: Chinese President Hu Jintao, also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Currency appreciation alone may not wipe out China’s trade surplus, while exchange rate reform without structural adjustments will hamper growth, Wu Xiaoling, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said on Friday. “To solely adjust the exchange rate in the absence of restructuring policies will hurt the real economy and global growth,” […]
Read MoreHoward French reports in the International Herald Tribune that the Communist Party is losing its relevance as leaders are unwilling to make real changes that would reflect public concern: Chinese party congresses live up to the maxim that important things are decided in small meetings, and trivial things decided in large ones. Accordingly, who will […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China’s Communist leaders have overhauled the healthcare system, intending to make it more affordable for the poor. But are the reforms exacerbating China’s problems? I visited a small village in Hubei province – a cluster of old and new houses set in paddy and wheat fields. The doctor, Cho Yuen, was in […]
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