From Xinhua: China has returned 272 heart pacemakers imported from the United States after they failed quality inspections, China’s top quality control agency announced on Monday. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said the heart pacemakers, valued at about US$240,000 in total, were detained by Shanghai Entry-Exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau […]
Read MoreBelow is an introduction video of Chines acrobatics: – See previous Acrobatics video “Chinese Ballet Circus pas de deux troupe du Guangdong” via CDT
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Traffic flowed more smoothly but the sun was still shrouded by smog on Monday, the fourth and final day of Beijing’s Olympic pollution prevention test. To see if the city’s poor air quality could be improved at least temporarily during next August’s Games, the Chinese capital has taken up to 1.3 million cars […]
Read MoreJust as the chairman of China’s state-run movie studio called for more patriotism in movies, superstar Jet Li slammed government censorship of Hollywood movies: Writing on his website, the star said his 2000 hit Romeo Must Die was banned by censors for featuring gangsters. In 2001, Kiss of the Dragon was banned because Li’s character, […]
Read MoreWired Magazine looks at the popularity of online novels in China, and the ways it is helping spur the print publishing industry as well: “Novel,” the top search term on China’s biggest search engine, Baidu, yields thousands of Chinese literature websites. More than 100,000 amateurs shirk mundane duties to publish their tales of fantasy and […]
Read MoreFrom AP via Inquirer.net: About 70 percent of China’s estimated 200 million migrant workers have difficulty speaking the national language, Mandarin , though most are required to use it in their jobs, state media reported Monday. Most prefer to speak in one of the country’s numerous local dialects, and about 70 percent of them found […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Iran has freed two Chinese citizens detained for allegedly taking photos of Iranian military facilities , China’s foreign ministry has said. The ministry said the two were arrested last month during survey work they were carrying out for property owners. According to a Chinese statement the incident had been a misunderstanding. [Full […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Diana Chen, one of China’s richest women, is not your typical iron industry baron. Ms Chen, 36, is a Western-educated “princeling”, as the children and grandchildren of China’s communist elite are known. Her late grandfather, Lu Dong, was China’s metallurgy minister in the 1960s and 1970s. This summer, Ms Chen launched a […]
Read MoreA chain of Dutch bed stores say that 728 foam mattresses from China were tested containing poision, from AP via Taipei Times: …Beter Bed Holding announced the recall after tests on a shipping container holding more than 700 mattresses found they contained poison, possibly as a result of being sprayed to kill insects in wooden […]
Read MoreFrom Heritage Foundation website: Although Congress has allowed trade promotion authority (TPA) to expire, this paradoxically presents Congress with an opportunity to consider a country-specific initiative that both the majority and minority should find attractive”a free trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan. Among other things, a U.S.‚ÄìTaiwan FTA would increase U.S. auto, rice, poultry, and livestock […]
Read MoreFrom New Left Review: Modern China is undergoing a relentless process of transformation, from the forests of construction cranes in its coastal cities to the gargantuan infrastructure projects in its interior. Its economic trajectory has been equally dramatic: China is now ranked 4th in the world by gdp, rising from 11th in 1990. A range […]
Read MoreAsia Sentinel takes a look at the reasons behind China’s disastrous mine safety record: Antiquated mines, lack of training and poor equipment are only part of the problem. Even after years of trying to clean up the situation, too many local officials find it lucrative to be involved in one of the country’s fastest growing […]
Read MoreBBC’s reporter Michael Bristow finished his trip in Tibet and contributed three articles “looking at the economic, cultural and religious impact of being governed as an autonomous region of China.” Below is a part of his answers to the questions readers asked about his trip: …It is very hard for me to understand how you […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Google Inc revealed on Monday that it had acquired a stake in Chinese community Web site Tianya.cn, indicating a foray by the global search leader into social networking in the world’s second-largest Internet market. A Google spokeswoman confirmed the stake holding by email, but declined to give further details. Various local media reports […]
Read MoreBBC reports on HIV situation in China: China’s state media says unsafe sex has, for the first time, become the main means of transmission of HIV/Aids, overtaking intravenous drug use. Infected blood transfusions also caused many of the early cases. The news raises fresh concerns that HIV infections are moving from high risk groups to […]
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