From RConversation: On a recent trip to Beijing I visited Liu Xiaoyuan, a lawyer who is suing the Chinese web portal and blog-hosting service, Sohu, for censoring several of his blog posts. He wrote about our conversation here. The International Herald Tribune has an Associated Press article about him this week here. Liu argues that […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The US is seeking a World Trade Organization (WTO) probe over whether Chinese rules over imports of copyrighted US goods break trade rules. According to the US, Chinese barriers to imports of legal US films, books and music have prompted a surge in fakes. The US is asking the WTO to set […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Scotsman.com: Some Beijing motorists are flushed with anger over new licence plate numbers that contain the letter combination “WC”, saying it gives them “unpleasant images”. Along with “OK”, “hello” and “bye-bye”, the abbreviation for the Victorian “Water Closet”, or toilet, has became one of the most well-known English expressions in China. Despite […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The Chinese government appears to have cleared the way for the construction of a high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai, raising hopes that one of the world’s biggest infrastructure projects may soon be on track after years of delay. In a one-sentence notice posted on its website, China’s main economic planning agency, […]
Read MoreHere are a series of old photos that capture the lives, people and items of the era of 1980s, when China was just opening up and taking off economically. Photos via focus.com.cn forum.
Read MoreSome major news for investors and econo-China watchers. From the Wall Street Journal: Warren Buffett is selling off his most high-profile investment in China and investors and social activists are wondering why. The investors, who closely follow Mr. Buffett’s market moves, say the sale of most of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s stake in PetroChina Co. is […]
Read MoreChina now seems to be where the US was in the late 1990s, stock market-wise. From the Wall Street Journal: The Chinese market for new stock offerings is starting to look a lot like the U.S. in the late 1990s. In those days, hotly sought-after initial public offerings of tech companies — like Ask Jeeves […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The Seventh Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held from Oct. 9 to 12 in Beijing. It was decided at the plenum that the 17th CPC National Congress be convened from Oct. 15 in Beijing, according to a communique of the plenum issued on […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: At first, Liu Xiaoyuan (ÂàòÊôìÂéü) just fumed when his online journal postings disappeared with no explanation. Then he decided to do something few if any of China’s censored bloggers had tried. He sued his service provider. “Each time I would see one of my entries blocked, I’d feel so […]
Read MoreState media responds to yesterday’s report from Charlotte de Fraiture of the International Water Management Institute that argued China’s plans to promote maize-based biofuel could wreak havoc on the country’s dwindling water supplies. From the China Daily: In their effort to develop biofuel without harming the general food supply, the authorities have said they would […]
Read MoreXinhua reported yesterday that 3 to 4 million people will be moved out of the Three Gorges Dam area because of concerns over massive pollution and erosion. From the Telegraph: The huge project will take between 10-15 years to complete, but was necessary as the area’s “ecological safety” was at risk, according to senior officials. […]
Read MoreThe Opposite End of China offers a tough, if slightly flippant, read on yesterday’s report that the Chinese government recently shut down two Christian-run businesses in Xinjiang on grounds they were fronts for missionary work. The post focuses on the fate of the Xinjiang Pacific Agricultural Resources Development Company, one of the targeted firms: Of […]
Read MoreSeizures of Chinese farmland for real estate developments may have another–and, in some ways, more far-reaching–consequence besides simply sparking unrest in the countryside. Or so says one expert. From AFP: Potatoes, which can grow in dry areas not suitable for rice, are now being seriously looked at as a way to get more food from […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times : On his two previous visits with President Bush, the Dalai Lama was escorted into the White House residence, rather than into the Oval Office — a subtle indication that he was being received as a spiritual rather than political leader. The purpose was to avoid irritating Chinese leaders, who see […]
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