From The Times of India: Faced with a glut of foreign capital and massive trade balance, China has now begun either to restrict market access to foreign companies or create new hurdles for those that have already entered the field. This is evident from several recent measures including the latest move to restrict the entry […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: The world has been watching this year as statistic after statistic riveted attention on a red-hot economy in China that some think may be close to burning out of control. Now attention is shifting to decisions for handling the situation issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) , which directs and […]
Read MoreFrom CounterPunch: Twenty-four hours after I reported China’s announcement that China, not the Federal Reserve, controls US interest rates by its decision to purchase, hold, or dump US Treasury bonds, the news of the announcement appeared in sanitized and unthreatening form in a few US news sources. The Washington Post found an economics professor at […]
Read MoreFrom China.org: China will soon launch its first circumlunar satellite as part of its ambitious moon exploration program enters the stage of implementation, sources with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday. Development of the satellite, called Chang’e I after the legendary Chinese goddess Chang’e who flew to the moon, and the carrier […]
Read MoreShanghai Daily reports on storm Pabuk in southern China: Tropical storm Pabuk edged into southern China yesterday, bringing strong winds and rain that shut Hong Kong’s stock market and schools as it skirted the special administrative region. Meanwhile, Tropical storm Wutip headed into Fujian Province, generating a weather system that should give Shanghai cooler weather […]
Read MoreFarmers in Tibet use a reflective dish to boil water. Photo by DonDomingo via Flickr.
Read MoreChinese authorities plead their case in the recent food safety uproar, saying international media have taken a global problem and unfairly laid it on China’s shoulders. From AP via the Washington Post: “Foreign media are using irrelevant cases or just a few cases to make the safety issue much bigger than it is and have […]
Read MoreThink China’s art of the fake reached its height with fake eggs? Think again. From the BBC: The Chinese authorities say they have foiled a plot to smuggle immigrants abroad disguised as martial arts performers from the Shaolin Temple. Twelve young men were trained in traditional lion dancing and given fake passports before joining real […]
Read MoreA wake-up call to save the Yangtze, while the Taihu lake pollution saga is on everybody’s minds, translated from China Environment Daily: The Yangtze River is known as one of the country’s “mother rivers,” feeding 400 million Chinese in 11 provinces, including Shanghai. It is also host to nearly 10,000 chemical plants, out of total […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via CNN.com: One of the last remaining prisoners jailed for opposing the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has been released, a human rights group reported Friday. Beijing construction worker Xi Haoliang had joined a crowd burning debris to prevent troops entering the Chinese capital early on the […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China has seen a sharp increase in requests for patents, according to the UN ‘s intellectual property agency. The number of requests for patents in China grew by 33% in 2005 compared with the previous year. That gives it the world’s third highest number behind Japan and the United States, the agency […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Jimmy Cayne, the chief executive of Bear Stearns , is planning to travel to China in the next few weeks amid speculation about a possible joint venture with Citic, the state-owned financial conglomerate. News of the plan comes as Mr Cayne seeks to head off a crisis of confidence in the bank […]
Read MoreThere’s a consensus that Chinese polluters don’t worry too much about fines. Now it looks as if things may change, starting in Jiangsu Province. Translated from Xinhua: Eleven years after the introduction of the “Regulation on Prevention of Water Pollution in Jiangsu’s Taihu Lake” (ʱüËãèÁúŧ™ÊπñʵÅÂüüÊ∞¥Ê±°ÊüìÈò≤Ê≤ªÊù°‰æã), the provincial government now has to toughen its environmental laws […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: On Wednesday, China celebrated the beginning of its one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympics. Festivities and fireworks animated Tiananmen Square, a gathering place known also for its bloody memories. A...
Read MoreDongting Lu, a Beijing-based reporter, says that Zibo ÔºàÊ∑ÑÂçöԺ⠓hopes for clear water and blue skies have been shattered by companies that continually flout environmental regulations.” From Chinadialogue: Chang Benfeng, Wang Bingwen and Zhou Jingxin live in a residential compound in the town of Zhongbu, near the city of Zibo in east China’s Shandong province. […]
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