A Polluted but “Livable” Town- Xinhua
A town in Shandong builds up both its economy and pollution levels, but at the same time it manages to win one award after another, claiming itself as the most “livable” town. Translated from Xinhua, via sina.com: Dawang Township of Guangrao County (ÂπøÈ•∂Âéø§ßÁéãÈïá) in Shandong Province has won dozens of awards, from “the most livable […]
Read MoreHospital Mistreats Baby, Beats Family – People’s Daily Online
A tragedy-turned violence. A Hunan hospital not only mistreated a baby, but also hired thugs to beat up the family and relatives. Translated from People’s Daily Online (photo: hospital rounded up by crowd and police) via sina.com: Duan Tangxian (ÊƵ†ÇË¥§), a leather bag vendor in Chenzhou City (ÈÉ¥Â∑ûÂ∏Ç) of Hunan Province, ran into a nearby […]
Read MoreChina: Dispossessed Farmers Beaten – John Kennedy
From GlobalVoice Online: A self-shot video posted anonymously yesterday to 56.com , China’s largest video sharing website, is titled:The Government Uses Force to Level the Ground and Beats Up a Crowd of People. The crowd shouts: the developer is using force to repropriate the land, the government supports them. Where’s the lawÔºüWhere’s the justice?? A […]
Read MoreChinese Auditors Find More Than 9.3 Bln Yuan of Suspect Loans at Three Banks – People’s Daily
From People’s Daily Online: Chinese auditors have identified more than 9.3 billion yuan (1.2 billion U.S. dollars) of questionable loans in three top commercial banks, the National Audit Office (NAO) announced on Friday. The three banks are the Bank of China (BOC) ,the nation’s second largest bank, the Bank of Communications , the fifth largest, […]
Read MoreChina to Invest USD 2.63 Bn for Eco-Protection in Tibet – The Times of India
From The Times of India: China plans to invest about USD 2.63 billion to protect the fragile eco-system on the Tibet plateau, an official said as the glaciers in the remote Himalayan region were shrinking at an alarming rate. The plan covers a dozen projects on protection and construction of eco-system on the Tibet plateau […]
Read MoreThinking about Our Footprints – Kejia Zhang
Zhang Kejia, a reporter for China Youth Daily, says that consumers in China have become concerned about carbon emissions, which are related to global climate change. Zhang pointed out the relationship between lifestyle and environment and that “no one wants to return to poverty. But changing our lifestyles does not mean lowering our living standards.” […]
Read MoreInterview with Zhang Xiaogang on Talk Asia – CNN
Anjali Rao from CNN interviewed Zhang Xiaogang, the well-known contemporary Chinese artist whose works “sell for million of dollars around the world.” Below is an excerpt: Anjali Rao: Your works were initially barred from being displayed in galleries here in China. It was seen as not traditional enough and too western, not conventional enough. How […]
Read MoreChina Shuts 3 Companies Over Safety of Products – David Barboza
After a series of food safety scandals, the Chinese government cracked down on tainted food. On Friday, China closed down three food companies which have been involved in producing poisoned food. From The New York Times: The Chinese government moved on Friday to quell international concerns about the safety of its exports, announcing that it […]
Read MoreGreen China and Young China (Part Two) – Pan Yue
Chinadialogue carried a two-part report by Pan Yue. In part one, Pan argued that “China’s development has had a tumultuous history. Now is the time for a fair and sustainable model of growth.” In this part, Pan stated that “Environmental protection needs to pay attention to issues of culture and ethics.” Why is environmental protection […]
Read MoreThe Party Congress Peg
Since the bad old days, it’s been de rigueur for Communist Party mandarins to commission prominent newspaper editorials to plant — or crush – the seeds of major reform. To some extent it still is. But as the media has sprawled and opened up it’s become easier for editors and academics to shoulder in on […]
Read MoreChina’s Grip On Vitamin C – Ron Scherer and Peter Ford
China’s attempts to abide by safer food producion standards have had the unintended consequence of driving vitamin C prices higher. From CBS News: China, which exports more than 80 percent of the world’s ascorbic acid ” also known as vitamin C and a key food preservative ” appears to have cut production over the past […]
Read Morephoto: A husband carrying his wife passing through a flooded alley, via fengniao.com.
A husband carrying his wife passing through a flooded alley, via fengniao.com
Read More67,000 Evacuated as Huaihe River Continues to Rise – Keralanext.com
From Keralanext.com: The rising water level of the Huaihe River forced another 67,000 people in east China’s Anhui Province from their homes on Thursday, the local flood control authority said. By 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, the water level of the section of the river at Linhuaiguan, a township in Fengyang County near the middle reaches […]
Read MoreShanghai Eyes Holding Group for State Assets – Fu Tao, Hu Runfeng, Guo Qiong
From Caijing.com.cn: The Shanghai city government plans to create a financial holding group that could become a model for transforming the local government-led investment firms that now manage state-owned assets. The emerging group was initially named Shanghai New International and will be built on the structure of the commercial Shanghai Pudong Development Bank , which […]
Read MoreCDT EBOOKS
Subscribe to CDT
SUPPORT CDT
Giving Assistant
Anti-censorship Tools
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
