From openDemocracy: The epic process of China “going global” has been underway for over a decade, but the events of late July 2007 may well be its defining moment. The stake in Barclays bank purchased by the China Development Bank – one of Beijing’s state-owned “policy banks” – is significant in itself, but it also […]
Read MoreThe LA Times gives a portrait of Beijing’s Ritan Park: For 25 years, I’ve been a faithful, if sluggish, runner. I’ve wound my way through the Latin Quarter of Paris before dawn, slogged along the ice-rutted sidewalks of Moscow’s winter, watched dolphins play in the Pacific Ocean off L.A. So I shrugged off the world-class […]
Read MoreAP reports on U.S.-China talks aimed at resolving safety issues with Chinese exports. From AP: Beijing and Washington have wrapped up their first meeting aimed at resolving safety problems with Chinese products, a step that one expert said yesterday was crucial if China wanted to protect its image abroad and preserve stability at home. The […]
Read MoreA translation contest soon to kick off to promote, and more importantly solicit good translations of Beijing’s brand names. Translated from Beijing Evening News: Many have seen, and laughed at embarrassingly awkward translations of menus or signs in Chinese cities, such as “four happy meet balls” for ÂõõÂñú‰∏∏Â≠ê, “lion’s heads that are burnt red” for […]
Read MoreAt the port in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, by libraryman
Read MoreFrom AP, via MSNBC.com: Congressional investigators plan to look into whether Yahoo officials misrepresented the Internet company’s role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist sentenced to a decade in jail. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos ordered the investigation after a human rights group released a document that it said raised questions about what […]
Read MoreAccording to this report, Beijing’s new rules effectively exclude the Dali Lama from any role in recognising a living Buddha of Tibet: Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people. […]
Read MoreChina Media Project reports that State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) tightened the control of “ads with ‘subtle sexual connotations’ as well as ads for ‘illegal’ medications and those promising to enhance sexual performance.” …While the SARFT notice presses local television stations across China to “broadcast advertisements in accord with laws and regulations,” […]
Read MoreTime to win the new war on Taihu Lake pollution. An old one has pretty much lost. Translated from Southern Weekend: Wu Shouxin (Âê¥ÂØøÈë´), a 68-year-old retired teacher, lives right off a tiny river called Lengdu Gang (ÂÜ∑Ê∏éÊ∏Ø), part of the water system of Taihu Lake. His first thing every morning, over the past seven […]
Read MoreFrom The National Interest: A perfect storm is brewing in the U.S.-Chinese trade relationship, and Beijing is hoping that Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson is the helmsman who can steer the relationship into a safe harbor. Paulson is highly respected in China. His much publicized “73 trips” earn him “old friend” status, as well […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Thousands of young Chinese toymakers dressed in pink and blue Mattel T-shirts spill from the U.S. toy goliath’s factories in Guanyao after an 11-hour overnight shift, as the dawn shift took their place. Street hawkers on motorbikes sell warm soy milk, steaming buns and noodles to the throng wanting a quick snack before […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via SignOnSanDiego: Chinese police have detained eight people for selling fake university enrolment certificates to around 1,000 unwitting students for a total 10 million yuan ($1.32 million), Xinhua news agency said on Friday. A gang of 11 travelled throughout the country, promising students in 17 provinces places at university, according to the public […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A group of Tibetans were arrested in western China after public calls for the return of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama , reports say. The incident took place on 1 August at a festival in Litang town in western Sichuan, Radio Free Asia and the International Campaign for Tibet said. […]
Read MoreThe Economist reports on the American reaction to China’s upgrading of its military: American global supremacy is not about to be challenged by China’s tinkering with aircraft-carriers. Even if China were to commission one”which analysts think unlikely before at least 2015″it would be useless in the most probable area of potential conflict between China and […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue reports that the Three Parallel Rivers area in Yunnan are at risk of losing its World Heritage Status from UNESCO is development plans are carried out: The “yellow card” has been shown, and the site is now at risk of seeing that final red card. But why? One reason that the committee stated […]
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