From The Wall Street Journal: As part of efforts to reduce traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympic Games, the city of Beijing is forming an unusual technology partnership with Nissan Motor Co. to install a citywide navigation system. Tokyo-based Nissan, a latecomer to China that is trying furiously to catch up with rivals Toyota Motor […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: It has become a Capitol Hill ritual: A few senators, always including the New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer, introduce a bill to punish China if its leaders do not raise the value of the nation’s currency. Photos are taken, news releases are issued, but nothing really happens. This year, the […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: Ninety-five percent of foreign journalists in China think reporting conditions in the country don’t meet international standards, according to a new survey that suggests Beijing may need to do more ahead of the 2008 Olympics to convince the international community of its openness. The study, published Wednesday by the Foreign […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: By 9 p.m., the Tianying karaoke bar was jumping. Two co-ed parties were underway, with celebrants drinking and singing. In the bathhouse section, men were soaking in hot tubs and enjoying the company of prostitutes, while other customers tried their luck in a pocket-size gambling den. That is when the blast […]
Read MoreHunger strikers for preserving the heritage of Queen’s Pier face eviction orders from the government while the High Court reviews the “arguable” case about civil space and the accountability of the government. From Reuters via International Herald Tribune: Civic activists fighting to save a colonial-era pier here won a reprieve Tuesday after a high court […]
Read MoreAn update on the group of miners trapped by rainwater in a Zhijan mine. From Shanghai Daily: All 69 miners who were trapped in a colliery for more than 75 hours were rescued today in the most successful mine rescue in China in recent years. Rescuers lifted the first batch of 31 miners to safety […]
Read MoreThe following is the prepared statement of Xiao Qiang before the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission on Access to Information in the People’s Republic of China: Chairman Bartholomew, Commissioner Houston, and Distinguished Commission members, My name is Xiao Qiang. I am the Director of the China Internet Project of the Graduate School […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: Newly formed food cartels are stirring controversy by setting prices for a grocery basket of goods, ranging from noodles to milk, at a time when Chinese lawmakers are drafting new rules against monopolies. Consumer outrage and government reactions to recent price increases for food have made headlines and prompted legal experts to predict […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Make-way cutesy animals and sugary pop songs — Chinese mobile phone users can now download film clips of the Korean War and stirring military anthems to celebrate the founding of the People’s Liberation Army. Subscribers to China Unicom, the smaller of the country’s two mobile telecom operators, are being offered the service for […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via SignOnSanDiego.com: About 400 Chinese tour guides took to the streets of a southwestern city to protest over a reporter who wrote that they took kickbacks, a newspaper said on Tuesday. The Guilin Daily, published in a scenic tourist city in the Guangxi region, and the reporter had since apologised saying the report […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: With sharp new uniforms on order, international military manoeuvres under way, and officers offering rare glimpses of their commands, China’s People’s Liberation Army has been putting on a fresh face ahead of its 80th birthday on Wednesday. But the most prominent theme of a large exhibition to mark the anniversary at Beijing’s […]
Read MoreFrom Center for Strategic & International Studies website: … The possible evolution of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China from localized high-prevalence populations to a more widespread, generalized epidemic poses a critical question for which there have been few good answers. China’s national surveillance system does not adequately scrutinize the general population for HIV, and the […]
Read MoreNewsweek reports on China’s own virtual world HiPiHi. Read also Kaiser Kuo’s comments on the Ogilvy China Digital Watch blog. From Newsweek: HiPiHi appears to be on track to becoming the first homegrown Chinese competitor to Second Life, the virtual world that’s all the rage in the United States. HiPiHi’s 38-year-old CEO and founder, Xu […]
Read MoreFrom San Diego Union-Tribune, via Rand Corporation website: Ever since China test-fired ballistic missiles into the ocean near Taiwan in 1995 and 1996, many analysts and commentators have sounded the alarm about the threat of China’s military power. This has been a false alarm until now, but within a decade China could supplant America as […]
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