Global Pulse’ Video Series about China II : Made in China vs. Made in US
Made in China buyer beware, but made in USA may not be much better. From Global Pulse, via Youtube:
Read MoreChinese Art, in One Man’s Translation – Holland Cotter
From the New York Times: When the exhibition “Inside Out: New Chinese Art” opened at Asia Society and P.S. 1 in 1998, it caused a stir because it both did and did not meet expectations of contemporary art from China. The show had plenty of Mao portraits, but they came with jokes: Mao behind bars, […]
Read MoreLightning Strikes Kill 659 in China This Year – Xinhua
From Xinhua via China Daily: Lightning strikes have claimed 659 lives in China, said head of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Zheng Guoguang at a conference here Tuesday. According to the CMA, lightning had claimed 403 lives by July 27 and killed 109 in August. In the first 18 days of September, 147 people died of […]
Read MoreChina Needs 3,400 Planes Over 20 Years, Boeing says – China Daily
From China Daily: Boeing said on Tuesday that China will require 3,400 new airplanes worth about $340 billion over the next 20 years, raising its forecast for the Asian giant’s booming aviation arena. Previously, the plane maker had projected China would need 2,800 airplanes for the next two decades. “China domestic frequencies have increased more […]
Read MoreHeavy Fine for Violators of One-Child Policy – Zhang Ming’ai
From China.org: In recent years, tycoons and celebrities flouting the birth control regulations have become a hot social issue. Recently, 11 ministries and commissions, including the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Family Planning Commission, collectively issued the Notification on Strengthening the Policies and Measures concerning the […]
Read MoreLet Taiwan Join the U.N. – Bob Dole
From The Wall Street Journal, via The View from Taiwan: … It is already a full and productive member of international organizations such as the World Trade Organization and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It has never been a province or part of the local government of the People’s Republic of China. Taiwan’s recent transformation into […]
Read MoreChina to Delay Investment Approval to Cool Growth, Planner Says – Li Yanping
China is to curb the investment from rebounding by delaying approval of some local government investment projects. From Bloomberg: The government wants to “control investment growth that is expanding too fast in some regions,” the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top planner, said on its Web site late yesterday. China’s spending on factories, […]
Read MoreChina Plays Important Role As Peace-maker РXiong Guangkai (熊光楷)
From China Daily: China’s security policy is based on the basic reality that it is a developing country with the strategic goal of achieving peaceful development. With regard to the international situation, China’s security policy is based primarily on three aspects. First, the country keeps a close watch on non-traditional security threats as well as […]
Read MoreBeijing Evicting Disgruntled Citizens from ‘Petitioners Village’ – Mark Magnier
The Los Angeles Times reports on the destruction of a “petitioners’ villages” to make room for a “harmonious” 17th Party Congress and new construction for the Olympics: Destruction of neighborhoods...
Read MoreChina Still Has Food Safety Problems, Official Says – AFP
From AFP: China’s government vowed Tuesday to continue to crack down on shoddy and fake food products, but a top official cautioned the task was far from easy and problems remained unsolved. We have “undertaken the heavy task of inspecting product quality and food safety, this task is arduous and the responsibility huge,” said Zhou […]
Read MoreChina Silently Nuclearizing South Asia – M.D. Nalapat
From UPI Asia Online: In 1999 this columnist put forward the theory of a “proxy nuclear state,” a country that has had nuclear capability grafted onto it by an outside power. Thus far, China has developed two such states — North Korea (to harry Japan) and Pakistan (to contain India). A third, Bangladesh, is well […]
Read MoreShanghai Braces for Fierce Typhoon – AP
AP reports that fierce typhoon has reached Shanghai and 200,000 people have been evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Wipha, via Time: Whipping up waves up to 36 feet high, Wipha was moving northwest across the sea north of Taiwan and was forecast to make landfall south of Shanghai early Wednesday, weather reports said. […]
Read MoreCommunist Party of China to Amend Party Constitution – Xinhua
From Xinhua: The Communist Party of China (CPC) is going to amend the Party Constitution in its upcoming 17th national congress scheduled for Oct. 15, to “reflect” “the scientific concept of development” and other major theoretical developments, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Monday. The Political Bureau […]
Read MoreChina, India Hum Along – Cris Larano and Cecilia E. Yap
Two reporters of the Wall Street Journal reporting from Manila, Philippines: ADB lifts its forecast for ’07, ’08, spurred by region’s giants. Developing Asia will likely grow this year at a faster rate than initially expected, as its main economic engines, China and India, continue to hum despite a slight uptick in inflation, the Asian […]
Read MoreWielding the Censors’ Scissors – Tim Johnson
From China Rises blog: It’s just a 10-second scene in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, the Will Smith flick about a struggling single father and his rise to success. Smith’s character is showing his son some basketball moves. An average moviegoer would hardly notice it. But China’s censors did. In the background flutters the […]
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