Shanghaiist posted a short video via Explore.org illustrating the life in rural Tibet: We love this short video of the sights and sounds of rural Tibet. No narration, no subtitles, just powerful imagery. And oh, it makes us realise how in need of a holiday we really are. From Explore.org, a “philanthropic multimedia project of […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via Shanghai Daily: In the run-up to Mid-Autumn Festival, today, the war for mooncake sales is heating up in stores and restaurants. Meanwhile, a discount mooncake market is booming on the Internet, with the number of related posts hitting 551 on a Beijing sub-BBS alone. One advertiser surnamed Wu said, “Mid-Autumn Festival is […]
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Tribune: The Pearl River Delta was the incubator of China’s economic transformation, where special economic zones gave free markets a fighting chance against central government control. With the rise of industrial development came some of the world’s worst air pollution. Now, for the first time, the smog stretching from the city of […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China Daily: Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said that the government will strengthen the sanitary work in rural areas as a part of the country’s public health campaign dating back to 1952. Wu reiterated a series of measures to be taken to prevent diseases and improve the health condition of people living […]
Read MoreFrom CNNMoney.com: Even managers at Mellon Asset Management admit to being surprised at the opening-day reception for their newest mutual fund. Within hours after launching on Sept. 13, their Southern Global Enhanced Balanced Fund sold more than $2 billion in shares, and by day’s end, it had attracted some $8 billion. The biggest surprise: Shares […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: The Chinese authorities are in the midst of an unusually harsh crackdown on the Internet, closing tens of thousands of websites that had allowed visitors to post their opinions, according to bloggers and Internet monitors in China. The new censorship wave appears linked to next month’s 17th Communist Party Congress, […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China is one of the closest allies of the ruling junta in Burma, but so far it has not made any public comment about the protests there. Traditionally, Beijing says that it does not comment on – or interfere in – other countries’ internal affairs. But China will be concerned about two […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: China denied Monday it tried to cover up a pig disease that has killed tens of thousands of pigs in China and insisted that outbreaks in Vietnam and Myanmar did not come from the country. “The Chinese government has strict regulations on the reporting of epidemics and their disclosure,” said Li Jinxiang, deputy […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times: Chinese exports of foods including garlic, honey and fish fell sharply this summer as Beijing officials tightened health and safety regulations. That has meant increased revenue for some American growers whose products are now in greater demand — but also higher prices for U.S. consumers. Stepped-up enforcement by Chinese officials, who […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Taiwan’s bid for United Nations membership has again been rejected, action that was hailed by Beijing as a reaffirmation of the “one China” position and its claim of sovereignty over the island. However, the situation remains tenuous. Taiwan’s attempts for UN membership began in 1993 when the government of president Lee Teng-hui […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China’s cash-rich state-run commercial banks should invest more in energy-saving and renewable projects, an academic and a government official said on Sunday. Big state banks should divert 2 to 3 percent of their annual loans to green production, as funding on these projects falls well below the amount required, said Yang Fuqiang of […]
Read MoreFrom AP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the Dalai Lama for a meeting on Sunday despite opposition from China. After the nearly one-hour meeting, Merkel shook hands with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who was clad in red robes and smiling, but made no remarks. The Dalai Lama, who had met Merkel when she was […]
Read MoreChina’s police experience rousing success in their war again organized crime. From Times of India: Chinese police have cracked nearly 500 criminal cases and busted over 4,000 gangs since it launched a crackdown against mafia-style crimes in February 2006, the state media reported on Sunday. The police had so far referred 340 cases of alleged […]
Read MoreWill China have the chance to wipe out the pollution by itself before the country turns into an environmental disaster zone? Editorial from The New York Times: In 1991, Lawrence Summers ” then the World Bank’s chief economist and later Bill Clinton’s Treasury secretary ” wrote a memo suggesting that the bank should encourage the […]
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