From Financial Times: China on Friday responded to a surprise acceleration in growth during the second quarter and a jump in inflation by announcing it would slash its tax on bank deposit interest income and raise interest rates . The moves had been widely expected after Beijing on Thursday unveiled second-quarter growth in gross domestic […]
Read MoreCDT yesterday followed some first-time online reactions from netizens to the news that the cardboard-filled dumplings story is fabricated. What about China’s mainstream media? Are there voices other than Xinhua’s official version of this story now? Here are excerpts from an editorial on the Southern Metropolis Daily, translated by CDT: …… if we look into […]
Read MoreJosie Liu reports on whistle blower Gao Chun, who tried for years to expose corruption within the pharmaceutical industry and the State Food and Drug Administration and the support he is garnering from netizens in China: Gao Chun, a 41-year-old man from Hunan, gained his fame along with Mr. Zheng Xiaoyu’s fall. He was featured […]
Read MoreThe China Internet Network Information Center has released new statistics on Internet usage in China, and the numbers just keep going up. From People’s Daily: According to the report, as of June 30, China has had 162 million Internet users, only second to the United States, 211 million. Comparing to the end of 2006, it […]
Read MoreFrom Reading China blog: In the early phase of Taiwan New Cinema Movement, there are two figures: Yang Dechang and Hou Xiaoxian. The audience was divided into the camps of pro-Yang and Pro-Hou. Those loved Hou said that Yang’s work was too cool without Hou’s humanitarianism and embrace of the native soil. The pro-Yang appreciated […]
Read MoreThe Charlie Rose Show is reporting from China this week to interview “leaders in business and politics about China’s economy, politics and culture”. The first broadcast is an interview with He Ya-Fei, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs. Watch the video here.
Read MoreA scene from the Karakoram Highway, which connects China and Pakistan, by sheilaz413
Read MoreThe Washington Post writes about Zhang Zhijian, who was detained in 2006 after reposting an essay outlining collusion between food and drug regulators and pharmaceutical companies: The case of Zhang and other would-be whistleblowers opens a window into the weaknesses of China’s regulatory system, which in recent months has come under global criticism after a […]
Read MoreIn The Times, Zahid Hussain and Jane Macartney report on the suicide bombing outside Peshawar, Pakistan which apparently targeted Chinese workers traveling in a bus convoy: Pakistani security forces said they were certain that the Chinese were the targets of the attack, and Chinese in Pakistan were urged to be on their guard against more […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The daily online musings of a popular Chinese actress and director has turned her into one of the world’s most widely-read bloggers. Xu Jinglei has just celebrated her 100 millionth hit since starting the blog less than two years ago, according to the Chinese website Sina. At one point last year, her […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via TBO.com: The United States is seeking consultations with China over rules on music downloading and cinema rights that appear to discriminate against foreign sound recordings and films, a U.S. trade official said Wednesday. Hollywood studios and U.S. Internet music providers such as Apple Inc.’s iTunes store could be among the groups […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The chairman of the Bank of East Asia has been told by US watchdogs he may face civil action for alleged breaches of securities laws, the bank says. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has contacted David Li amid a probe into potential insider trading of shares in Dow Jones. The SEC […]
Read MoreYesterday, the recent big news – Cardboard Main Ingredient in Steamed Buns Sold as Beijing Street Food – was reported to be fabricated. The Beijing police detained the reporter from BTV and BTV publicly apologized for the story. Yet, many netizens thought this ‘apology’ was made under the pressure of the propaganda department, or they […]
Read MoreAccording to financial analysts in this article, Chinese government is facing a problem of how to tame its phenomenal economic growth. From The New York Times: China said today that its economy grew by at an 11.9 percent annual rate in the second quarter of this year, the fastest pace in more than a decade, […]
Read MoreApparently many family members of the victims of the Shanxi slave labor case are not appeased by the recent sentences handed down to brick kiln management: “We are very angry. This sentence is too lenient,” said Zhang Shanlin, father of a young man so badly beaten and burned that he cannot walk without assistance. “The […]
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