“Beijing must yield to market forces demanding the rule of law and an end to corruption.” From The Los Angeles Times: Who would have thought that tainted pet food and toys would threaten to unravel the authoritarian export model of Chinese growth that the brutal Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 was partly meant to secure? […]
Read MoreThe reputation of “Made in China” is tainted. The latest event is the recall by Mattel of 18 million Chinese-made toys. From Times Online: China is starting to feel like the outcast child picked on in the school playground. Hardly a day goes by without more bad news about some dodgy product “Made in China”. […]
Read More12 Girls Band was formed in 2001, after its accomplished players”all of whom studied music at the most prestigious conservatories and schools across the People’s Republic of China, and have played in China’s top orchestras”were culled from a rigorous audition process. [Full Text and the Video] Below is the video clip introduing Twelve Girls Band […]
Read MoreThe Christian Science Monitor has a report on environmental activist Wu Lihong, who was recently sentenced to three years in prison for his attempts to clean up the polluted Lake Tai: Becoming a political or social activist has long been a solitary, sometimes dangerous path in China. The treatment of Wu and other whistle-blowers who […]
Read MoreBBC reports that a bridge at Fenghuang County collapsed while 123 workers were removing scaffolding, which caused that “at least 22 people have been killed and up to 46 others are still missing.” Dramatic pictures from the scene showed bulldozers and rescue workers, including about 400 soldiers, searching through a huge pile of rubble. “I […]
Read More0 These photos are from shengfalin ÊûóÂãùÁôº during a trip to Tibet in 2006-2007. See shengfalin’s flickr page for the rest of the collection and for additional photos from China.
Read MoreThis is not the first time China Daily online editors copy-and-paste other’s article. But this one is certainly more noticeable than others. From EastSouthWestNorth blog: At 20:31 on August 8, 2007, the online edition of China Daily posted an article titled: “China invites the world to Olympics” on its website. The following sentence appeared: “Security […]
Read More“Tibet Rider,” by shengfalin ÊûóÂãùÁôº, via flickr. See the Tibetan Shoton Festival.
Read MoreXinhua News Agency just run this update report about investigation and law enforcement on Shanxi brick kilns: A total of 1,340 people, 367 of whom are mentally handicapped, have been rescued from forced labor since the notorious brick kiln forced labor scandal came to light in June, a joint investigation group reported on Monday afternoon. […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: A leading supplier of toiletries for luxury hotels recalled complimentary tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste worldwide Monday after tests showed some contain a potentially toxic chemical. Gilchrist & Soames said it is recalling its 0.65-ounce (18-gram) tubes with the name Gilchrist & Soames on it. The company said Monday some samples […]
Read MoreFrom the San Diego Union Tribune: Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin suffered a political blow when his son and the security chief were left out of the running for seats in the Communist Party Central Committee, sources with ties to the leadership said. The setback, coupled with the arrest of a former secretary to a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Yahoo.com: China, which is launching a lunar exploration programme this year, revealed on Monday how close the country’s first astronaut came to death on his return to Earth. China became only the third country to put a man in space after the former Soviet Union and the United States when Yang Liwei […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via Cnews.canoe.ca: The head of Taiwan’s largest media group has been indicted for violating securities law and embezzling funds, an official said Monday. Taipei Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Lin Ching-tsun said Gary Wang, chairman of the Eastern Multimedia Group, made illegal profits from the sale of a majority stake of a cable operator […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Chinese state lenders, including the Bank of China, are expected to announce losses from their exposure to the US subprime lending market when they release their first-half results in the coming weeks. But the exposure of China, both in terms of the government’s hundreds of billions of dollars of US dollar holdings […]
Read MoreChina.org reports on Tibet’s annual Shoton Festival held on Sunday in the western suburbs of Lhasa. …A 35-by-30-meter Thangka painting bearing the image of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, was unveiled at 8 AM on the hillside next to the monastery amid acclamations from spectators, marking the beginning of the traditional festival that is believed to […]
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