A commentary by a psychology scholar on China’s one-sided love affair with the Nobel Prize and what’s missing. Translated from Guangzhou Daily by CDT: Every time the Nobel Prize winners get announced, China’s media mass produces articles that reflect why Chinese scholars haven’t ever gotten one. Strangely enough, less than a handful of these articles […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, translated by CDT: It’s been learned from Yunnan’s provincial work safety teleconference on Oct. 9 that the southwest province is imposing mandatory training for coal mine owners, managers and relevant workers to reduce mining fatalities. The convened training is required at least once or twice a year. The province will also crack down […]
Read MoreShenzhen is defying the housing boom that exists everywhere else in the country. But will the cool down during the National Day week be just a short-lived correction? Time will tell. Translated from Guangzhou Daily: The National Day golden week (Âçʼn∏ÄȪÑÈáëÂë®) is supposed to be a holiday when the urban rich, or rich hopefuls, snap […]
Read MoreFrom AP: “With less than a year to go to the Olympic Games, there is an urgent need for the government to stop blocking thousands of Web sites, censoring online news and imprisoning Internet users,” Reporters Without Borders said in a statement. Though the communist government promotes Internet use, it has also set up an […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese President Hu Jintao will seek to shake off the lingering influence of his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, and anoint an heir when the Communist Party gathers next week for its most important political meeting in five years. As more than 2,200 delegates descend on Beijing for the Congress — the 17th since the […]
Read MoreCaijing’s English edition takes a long, detailed–and ultimately very skeptical–look at the prognosis for clean skies during the Olympics: Beijing officials predicted good fortune on August 8 – exactly one year before the games begin – when the city recorded an air quality index of 88. For the Chinese, eight is a lucky number. But […]
Read MoreThe International Iron and Steel Industry Institute, a research organization funded by the steel industry itself, says China now produces the world’s highest levels of steel-related greenhouse gases. From Bloomberg: China now produces about 51 percent of all carbon emissions from steelmakers worldwide, according to a statement released today in Berlin by the institute during […]
Read MoreAs protests are crushed in Burma, a Chinese Consulate is Attacked, by Kris Kros.
Read MoreMelbourne University posted a podcast comparing the effects of globalization on India and China. The interviewees are Dr Pradeep Taneja, who teaches in the School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology at the University of Melbourne and Dr Salim Lakha, whose area of specialization is India, and he has published extensively on industrialization, labor relations, […]
Read MoreFrom Wall Street Journal: When a small drug maker here got Food and Drug Administration approval for an AIDS drug this past summer, the Chinese pharmaceutical industry quietly passed an important milestone. As far as the agency can tell, it is the first time a Chinese company has won permission to export finished pills to […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese security forces took into custody four apparent North Korean defectors trying to seek refuge at a South Korean-run school in Beijing, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday. The four — men and women — entered the school, hid on its premises and then were chased to the roof by about 30 Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom The Irrawaddy: While the Chinese government has been attacked verbally by the international community, the Chinese consulate in Mandalay was the scene of a hit and run gunshot attack by an unknown motorcyclist on Sunday, according to sources. A local resident said that gunfire was heard early on Sunday morning. Several shots hit the […]
Read MoreFor Spot-On, Jonathan Ansfield writes about life as a laowai in Beijing, as police tighten the reins in the run-up to the 17th Party Congress: …In the most posh and powerful neighborhoods of China, in a numbing flash of five or ten years – it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when – the foreigner has faded […]
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: Shares of Soho China , a Beijing property developer, soared 15 percent Monday on their first day of trading in Hong Kong – the latest hot public stock offering that is creating a new class of Chinese real estate tycoons. The spectacular debut of Soho, which values the company at $6 […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Some five million people have been affected by a powerful storm that hit China’s south-east coast, destroying houses and causing widespread flooding. More than 1.4 million people were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Krosa , which struck Zhejiang and Fujian provinces on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported. No deaths were reported and it […]
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