From BBC News: The former head of Chinese oil firm Sinopec , who stepped down unexpectedly in June, has been arrested. Officials confirmed that Chen Tonghai had been detained for questioning, but did not explain why. Following Mr Chen’s decision to quit for “personal reasons”, state media reported that he was being investigated for “financial […]
Read MoreShanghaiist has collected reports and videos of Li Yang teaching his Crazy English. If you watch the video by muting the sound, you may think you’re watching a religious gathering with fervent worshipers waving their arms in spiritual communion. If you carefully listen to one class Li taught, you’ll sense something in his speech”nationalism. Li […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Two men widely expected to join China’s next generation of top leaders have given no hint of their future prospects at a key political gathering. Shanghai Communist Party boss Xi Jinping and his counterpart in Liaoning Province, Li Keqiang, are both tipped for high office. But they ducked questions on whether they […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A senior Chinese official said here Tuesday that researchers and technicians are making final preparations for the launch of the country’s first moon orbiter, Chang’e I, at the end of October. Zhang Qingwei, minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND), who is attending the 17th […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: China urged continued calm in Myanmar and said Tuesday it was willing to play a “constructive role” in resolving the crisis. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said the recent calm in the troubled region was “the result of hard work and cooperation from all sides.” “We hope that Myanmar […]
Read MoreLooks like another Cnooc scenario. Maybe not quite, cause this time may be different. From the New York Times: China Citic Bank is bidding to buy a stake in Bear Stearns, a senior Chinese regulator said on Tuesday, in the first official confirmation of media reports that the state-run bank is a potential suitor for […]
Read MoreKQED’s Forum program is interviewing CDT’s Xiao Qiang and Sophie Richardson from Human Rights Watch about the ongoing Party Congress: This week, Chinese leaders are converging on Beijing for the Communist Party congress, held every five years. We look at the government’s ongoing efforts to control information as internet access expands and as the population […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday snubbed a peace overture made by China, saying Taipei would never sign what he called a “surrender agreement” based on Beijing’s “one-China” principle. Chinese President Hu Jintao made the offer on Monday in his keynote speech at the opening of the Communist Party’s five-yearly Congress, but insisted […]
Read MoreA protester concerned about climate change hangs surgical masks on two of the Terra Cotta warriors on display at London’s British Museum right around the time Hu Jintao was lecturing the 17th Party Congress delegates on the need environmentally-conscious economic growth: Martin Wyness jumped over barriers to place the masks bearing the slogan “CO2 emission […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China is protesting U.S. honors for the Dalai Lama this week by pulling out of a planned international strategy session on Iran sought by the United States, a State Department official said Monday. China objected to participating in the meeting on the same day that the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader is to receive […]
Read MoreThe Three Gorges Dam, an ecological nightmare, by tyler_haglund
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from China News Agency: China is well able to build a bridge that spans across the Taiwan Strait, renowned bridge designer Lin Yuanpei (ÊûóÂÖÉÂüπ) said at the 50th anniversary of Wuhan’s first Yangtze River Bridge. Over the past 50 years, China has made tremendous headway in bridge building and in materials used […]
Read MoreFrom Planet Ark: China is considering an environmental tax on polluters to cut emissions, a senior government official said on Monday. “We are actively promoting this idea. But we have to consult with relevant ministries,” Pan Yue, deputy head of the State Environmental Protection Administration , told reporters on the sidelines of the ruling Communist […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from the Beijing News: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has inked a new regulation that kicks off a nationwide census on sources of pollution, which will be conducted once every 10 years. The surveying aims to find out the quantity, sectors and regional distribution of various types of pollutant sources, their volumes […]
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