Not your typical China demolition story. In this case, the petitioners are Chinese Australians. The question: Does it matter? From the New York Times: Beijing observed the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympics on Wednesday night with fireworks and pageantry at a celebration in Tiananmen Square. A few blocks away, Sun Ruoyu and her sister […]
Read MoreFrom Telegraph.co.uk: The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning – for the […]
Read MorePeople in Beijing counting down the days for 2008 Olympics , via fengniao.com .
Read MoreTime alone looks less and less likely to solve China’s river pollution problems. Translated from Xinhua: Provinces throughout the Huai River basin have failed to control the dumping of waste into the river, according to the results of a study recently published by the Ministry of Water Resources’ Huai River Committee. Prepared for an NPC […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: … Just as the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 closed the book on wartime Japan, the Beijing Games will end China’s past century as the “sick man” of Asia and open a new chapter as a modern, advanced nation. The symbolism of China’s first astronaut in space carrying the Beijing Olympic banner […]
Read MoreFrom Chennai Centre for China Studies website: … The Sino-Indian agreement in the Declaration to “optimally utilise the present and potential complementarities”, is expected to remain the basis for S&T cooperation. This implies the intention of the two sides to achieve a synergy between the respective strengths – India’s software and China’s hardware. Already the […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: Asia American Coal (AACI) , the first foreign company to produce coal from a majority-owned underground mine in China, is not expecting the Chinese coal sector to open up completely to foreign investors, said the company’s CEO. ‘Foreign-controlled investment has had its day,’ Michael Cosgrove told a press conference to mark the launch […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Khaleej Times Online: The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) pledged action on Wednesday to keep a lid on prices and prevent expectations of rising inflation from taking hold. In its monetary policy report for the second quarter, the central bank reaffirmed that it will moderately tighten monetary policy as it is detecting […]
Read MoreFrom CNBC: China is one of the fastest-growing markets for luxury goods in the world, but not just because of the sheer size of the country. It’s all about demographics. It not only has a burgeoning class of nouveau riche, it’s also got an entire generation of what some may call spoiled brats who have […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The gap between rich and poor has widened sharply in China and many other Asian countries as their economies have boomed, research has suggested. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) found that relative inequality had widened more substantially in China than any other Asian country except for Nepal . Other countries with rising […]
Read MoreFrom The Weekly Standard, via The Heritage Foundation website: This year, many truckloads of small arms and explosives direct from Chinese government-owned factories to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been transshipped to Iraq and Afghanistan, where they are used against American soldiers and Marines and NATO forces. Since April, according to a knowledgeable Bush administration […]
Read MoreFrom openDemocracy: Li Yulan, a painter living in Beijing, finds herself in a worrying situation. She lives in Songzhuang (ÂÆãÂ∫Ñ) village, an artists’ community located within the borders of Beijing municipality, but outside the city proper. Now, the contract she signed five years ago when purchasing her home has been declared void by the local […]
Read MoreA group of riot police trying to crack down on the protest, via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: The opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games may be a year away, but authorities are already fretting about what to do if it rains on their roofless stadium. So Zhang Qiang, head of Beijing’s Office of Weather Manipulation, has been firing chemical-laced rockets at rain clouds. He hopes […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via The Times of India: China’s government has banned televised fortunetelling schemes, saying they promote superstition and overcharge customers. The order, issued Monday by the Ministry of Information Industry , bans the advertising programs that generally run late at night or on weekday afternoons, urging people to text message or call a […]
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