From Real Instituto Elcano website: … Given the opportunities and challenges that China is facing on its road ahead, there is little doubt that Beijing is determined to maintain a peaceful international environment and to expand its economy by peaceful means. China’s ‘peaceful development‘ goals can be achieved only by cooperating with other international players, […]
Read MoreChinese computer giant is really thinking, and acting global. From Forbes.com: Chinese computer maker Lenovo on Thursday announced that it would build new plants in Mexico and India at a cost of $31 million to ramp up production. The world’s third-biggest producer of computers plans to build its largest factory outside China in Monterrey, Mexico. […]
Read MoreChina Media Project gave a overview on citizens’ freedom of expression after China’s new law on management of public security: Since the implementation of China’s Law on Management of Public Security on March 1, 2006, local Chinese law enforcement have, in an increasing number of cases, used the law to target ordinary citizens transmitting information […]
Read MoreFrom Center for Defense Information website: On June 15, 2007, Taiwan’s legislature finally allocated funds to purchase part of a U.S. arms package. The package was proposed by the George W. Bush administration six years ago, but Taiwan’s lower house, the Legislative Yuan, has been unable to arrive at an agreement on how to fund […]
Read MoreA folk artist making Fuwa for Beijing Olympics , via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: China’s recent US＄ 3 billion injection into the U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group may have attracted more media attention, but the Beijing government also turned heads by creating a huge, PE hybrid designed to accelerate development in Africa. The China-Africa Development Fund was launched in June with an initial US＄ 1 billion […]
Read MoreFrom Keralanext.com: A risque joke, a suggestive text message, a naughty email. Any one of these could end up landing an amorous male in east China’s Zhejiang Province in court if the object of his affections takes offence. The Zhejiang provincial legislative body on Thursday passed an amendment to its implementation of the country’s law […]
Read MoreFrom Keralanext.com: The Chinese government has launched the use of credit cards among some civil servants to cover the spending related to official duties in an effort to bring more transparency to public spending and combat official corruption. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday the practice would first be carried out from this […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The former chief financial officer of Laiwu Steel , a Chinese steelmaker in negotiations to sell a stake to Arcelor Mittal , has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzlement, the Shanghai-listed company said on Thursday. The guilty verdict for Yu Dezheng is the latest in Beijing’s year-long crackdown on […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times, a look at how some foreign companies are responding to fears over the safety of products made in China: The recent wave of recalls and warnings from China has ignited worldwide concern about the safety of Chinese products, potentially mucking up a global system built, in large part, on outsourced […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue reports on a Beijing taxi driver who is working with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau to end China’s water woes: The bureau had begun a campaign on March 26 encouraging the public to: “Put forward suggestions for conservation in the capital and prepare for the green Olympics.” A month later, Liu stopped off […]
Read MoreIn US News and World Report, Joshua Kurlantzick looks at China’s soft power efforts in Burma (Myanmar): For years, China insisted it had a limited role in places like Myanmar (formerly Burma). It would invest and trade, yes, but not get involved in politics like the United States, which has imposed tough sanctions on the […]
Read MoreCaijing Magazine reports on an apparent legal breakthrough: As a result of a controversial abortion, Jin Yani can no longer bear children. She was nine months pregnant when officials from the local department of China’s State Population and Family Planning Commission came to her home to force an immediate termination of her pregnancy which, she […]
Read MoreSlate looks into the sometimes unconventional methods Chinese sneaker companies have taken to market themselves as they compete against Nike and the other big players: With the world’s sneaker giants fixated on conquering East Asia, you’d think China’s domestic shoe producers might be feeling the pinch. But remarkably, local manufacturers have more than held their […]
Read MoreFrom UPI Asia Online: Last week, on July 15, Taiwan marked the 20th anniversary of the lifting of martial law. On that day, the elderly President Chiang Ching-kuo declared an end to the 38-year martial law era initiated by his...
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