Rebecca MacKinnon again posts commentary on new documents (originally posted by Duihua Foundation) showing that Yahoo employees knew they were dealing with political charges when they handed over personal information that landed Yahoo users Shi Tao and Wang Xiaoning in jail. She also responds to comments from Roland Soong at ESWN: I don’t think it […]
Read MoreAP follows up on the Olympics child labor allegations: A company alleged to have used child labor to produce licensed products for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has had its contract terminated, Beijing organizers said Tuesday. In addition, three other companies accused of labor-law violations in a report released in early June have had their contracts […]
Read MoreTime Magazine reports on the lack of a political consciousness in China’s twentysomething generation and describes a gathering of a group of prosperous young friends: The one subject that doesn’t come up ” and almost never does when this tight-knit group of friends gets together ” is politics. That sets them apart from previous generations […]
Read MoreChinese food safety issue hasn’t ended yet. Mercury News reports that “A Gilroy company’s recall of Chinese fresh ginger contaminated with a toxic pesticide is the latest scare involving imported ginger and other food products from China.” No illnesses were reported as of Monday, a day after California officials first issued a public warning to […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government is setting a new incentive system to get local officials to act green. From Kyodo: China’s government is setting up a system to link officials’ career prospects with their success in helping to protect the environment and reduce energy use, state media reported Tuesday. The move comes after every provincial and local […]
Read MoreJackie Chan’s new movie “Rush Hour 3” makes Chinese officials unhappy and “it may not be released there,” BBC says. They are unhappy at a scene where a family involved in organised crime visit Paris, according to Variety Asia, which quotes sources close to the film. And this association with Triad gang members has angered […]
Read MoreChina is not considered an animal-friendly country. One key reason is that people in South China has the custom of wildlife consumption. Chinadialogue features Walter Parham’s report “on the habit that locals just cannot kick – even after the SARS crisis.” The destruction of south China’s wildlife habitats started about 1,000 years ago, and still […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese wildlife research centre has come up with a novel idea to profit from panda poo — make Olympic souvenirs out of it. Researchers at the centre in Chengdu, capital of mountainous Sichuan province, had sculpted photo frames, bookmarks, fans and panda statues out of the 300 tonnes of the stuff produced […]
Read MoreRodrigo Rato, international Monetary Fund managing director, says that “China overtook the United States this year to become the biggest contributor to world economic growth.” From AFP: “For the first time, the largest contribution to global growth will now be made by China,” Rato told a business conference in the Philippines. “Looking ahead, we expect […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has sent a senior official to China to try to reach agreements between the countries aimed at improving China’s food and drug safety by the end of the year. Mike Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services, said in a statement that […]
Read MoreThis is not a TV drama or movie poster. It is, you may never guess it, one for an anti-corruption game, offered for free. Sorry, only in Chinese, and no Mac version, at least not yet. Translated from Oriental Morning Post, via sina.com: The game promises to teach you historical knowledge about ancient China while […]
Read MoreA man selling raticide in Shanghai , via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: For a long time, the Bush administration has talked ” and talked and talked ” to China about economic issues. But since the end of last year it has also filed legal challenges over Chinese tariffs on auto parts, export subsidies and counterfeiting of videos and DVDs, and it is […]
Read MoreFrom Seattlepi.com: Two of China’s biggest domestic car companies have formed a partnership to develop new models amid Chinese efforts to create producers able to compete with global automakers. Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp. and Nanjing Automobile Corp. agreed to “comprehensive cooperation” on design, production and sales, Nanjing Auto said in a statement issued over the […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: China’s recent report of a 12% average annual boost in employee wages from 2002 to 2006 has sparked fierce Internet debate and commentary, with many netizens questioning the accuracy of the figures. According to the Chinese media, both the total income and average wage for employees recorded double-digit growth between 2002 […]
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