Helping poor college students has become a magnet of controversy and heated national debate, with “generous” funders asking for a lot of gratitude. Translated from Southern Weekend: Duan Dongren, a pseudo-name for a college student from Baokang mountainous area (‰øùÂ∫∑±±Âå∫), was a recipient of 1,000 yuan from a woman entrepreneur in Hubei‘s Xiangfan City (Ë•ÑÊ®ä). […]
Read MoreIn the Shangtang industrial region, Baoan District, Shenzhen city, there in an area more than a thousand square meters where migrants live. Most of them do not have a hukou, or residency permit, and therefore their status is illegal in Shenzhen. Since the new number 4 subway will go through this area, the city decided […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: Here is the famous page (page A5 of the October 16, 2006 issue of Yangzhou Evening News) that will live on in the history of Chinese journalism (see yznews). Here are the detailed photos of the ancient city of Yangzhou from Xinhua Net as shown on that famous page… Isn’t this wonderful! […]
Read MoreThis is today’s “Photo of the Day” on the Shanghaiist blog:
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Communist China has introduced new rules that appear aimed at controlling the selection of the next Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual head. Most Tibetans believe that eminent monks, such as the Dalai Lama, are reincarnated after death. China, which governs Tibet, will now have the final say over who can be selected […]
Read MoreFrom IP, via International Herald Tribune: The wife of an imprisoned blind Chinese activist said Saturday she was dragged off a bus to stop her from traveling to Beijing to speak out on his behalf. Yuan Weijing said she was on a bus from Shandong province in eastern China on Friday when it stopped and […]
Read MoreFrom Heritage Foundation website: While everyone else in the world, including the Chinese government, says China’s spending on its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is growing by double-digit percentages annually, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has quietly cut its estimate of Chinese defense spending from 4.3 percent of GDP down to 3.8 percent–a drop of about […]
Read MoreFrom The Straits Times, via AsiaMedia: Prison officers have promised to allow jailed Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong to have regular intestinal check-ups to prevent a medical condition from worsening, his wife has said. “He has lost about 15-20kg since he was detained in 2005 and has developed a polyp in his large intestines. The […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue translates the results of a survey on environmental awareness among urban youth recently conducted by China Youth Daily. From the intro: China’s rapid economic development has materially enriched the lives of ordinary Chinese people, and at the same time increased our demands as consumers. But for how long will limited resources be able […]
Read MoreA new McKinsey survey reveals some unexpected information about the financial habits of wealthy Chinese. From the Financial Times: The management consultancy said that 31 per cent of affluent people surveyed in mainland China were now interested in borrowing, a “surprising” jump from 19 per cent in 2004, when it last carried out its Asian […]
Read More“Absolutely nothing. At least not to me. At least not so far,” writes China legal expert Dan Harris in an initial reaction. The rest: I spent the early years of my legal career practicing antitrust law and I still enjoying trying to stay current, but this has, if anything, made me quite circumspect regarding China’s […]
Read MoreChina’s biggest sports star next to basketball giant Yao Ming fires the flames of Olympic expectation even higher after a major victory in Japan: Liu Xiang (刘翔) became the first man from China to win gold at the World...
Read MoreFrom National Geographic News: A team of marine-life scholars led by Wang Ding, a scientist at China’s Institute of Hydrobiology, examined digital video footage recently taken along the eastern section of the Yangtze River. The video provides evidence of the survival of the baiji, or whitefin dolphin, the team confirmed. Now experts at the institute […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese police have uncovered the country’s largest alleged on-line pyramid selling scheme, involving 170,000 people and 1.36 billion yuan ($180 million), state media said on Friday. Authorities in Tai’an city, in the eastern Shandong Province, uncovered the scheme named “Swiss Mutual Fund” in May, which was found to be illegal after investigation, Xinhua […]
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