From Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website: China’s longest-running economic boom since reforms began may finally be coming to an end”possibly a difficult one. As Americans focus on criticisms of Chinese commercial practices, China’s economy surges on. It grew an astounding 12 percent in the second quarter of this year. But as this surge has […]
Read MoreAP is reporting the death of David Lancashire, the first North American reporter to defy a US travel ban to go to China in the 1950s: Going to China for AP, he spent six weeks traveling more than 5,000 miles through what was then known in the West as “Red China” and produced a lengthy […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on Thursday relaxed its rules on imposing death sentences, while reiterating its stance of preserving capital punishment. “All criminals that can be sentenced without the need for immediate execution should be given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve,” a SPC document on improving criminal trials said. […]
Read MoreReuters writes about the incoming generation of Chinese leaders, who came of age during the Cultural Revolution: This turbulent period provides the social backdrop that shaped the formative years of rising political stars like Li Keqiang, Li Yuanchao and Xi Jinping, who lived through the chaos or were “sent down” to the countryside to learn […]
Read MoreFrom The Associated Press, via the Washington Post: A bishop who led an underground congregation of Roman Catholics and was repeatedly detained in China for his loyalty to the Vatican died in police custody, a monitoring group said Tuesday. Bishop Han Dingxiang, 71, was cremated within six hours of his death Sunday and buried in […]
Read MoreViolence has again erupted in Shengyou, and foreign journalists have again been detained for trying to cover it. From AFP: Police in Shengyou village, Hebei province, detained two foreign journalists from Agence France-Presse on Wednesday after the reporters entered the village to confirm reports of August 28 clashes between police and villagers. The violence erupted […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times writes about Ai Weiwei’s video installation, “Beijing: Chang’an Boulevard,” which is going to make its U.S. premiere at Morono Kiang Gallery in LA: Traveling the entire length of this major east-west artery in Beijing, the artist stopped at 50-meter intervals (about 164 feet) to record minute-long takes on digital video. Each […]
Read MoreOn China Dialogue, Alex Pasternack argues for more green buildings in China’s construction boom: Though greenhouse gases have not always been a priority for China’s leaders, the rhetoric is getting stronger. “More work on energy conservation and emissions reduction is urgently required to deal with global climate change,” premier Wen Jiabao said recently. No doubt, […]
Read MoreNot Chinese men but Indian men are the best choices for Russian girls, from The Shillong Times: Indian men promise to be the ideal spouses for Russian women, affected as they are by a high male death rate owing largely to unhealthy lifestyles. That is the opinion of Maria Arbatova, leading Russian feminist author and […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: It is about twice the size, half the cost and planned and built in almost a third of the time. When Beijing’s new airport terminal opens in February, comparisons with Heathrow’s Terminal 5...
Read MoreA female North Korean soldier stands guard on the border with China, by Natalie Behring
Read MoreFrom MarketWatch: The World Bank increased its forecast for China’s GDP to 11.3% from 10.4% this year, saying that the country’s rapidly expanding economy is well-placed to absorb the impact of recent turmoil in the global financial markets. China’s rapidly widening trade surplus and financial sector developments are fuelling domestic liquidity and pushing asset prices […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on what is being called the most serious case involving state secrets in China in over a decade: For years, Ambassador Li Bin was China’s go-to diplomat for the tense Korean Peninsula. After studies in North Korea, Li had served several tours in the Chinese embassies in Pyongyang and Seoul. Fluent […]
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
