In the latest (July 2007) issue of Journal of Democracy, Henry S. Rowen of the Hoover Institution, Minxin Pei (Ë£¥Êïèʨ£) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Dali L. Yang (Êù®Â§ßÂà©) of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore debate the topic, “When Will the Chinese People Be Free?” Rowen who […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: In a signed article in the April 17 issue of the Financial Times, Robert Zoellick, the current governor of the World Bank and the former deputy secretary of the US State Department who first referred to China as a “stakeholder” in the international system, remarked that another important political document needed to […]
Read MoreZhu Xiaodan (Êú±Â∞è‰∏π) is no Chairman Mao, who swam across the Yangtze. Zhu swam in the Pearl River, with his fellow colleagues and Guangzhou citizens, to assert the public that his government is serious in cleaning up a once-green, swim-friendly river. Translated from Xinkuaibao (Êñ∞Âø´Êä•) (photo: Zhu swimming in the Pearl) via sina.com: Yesterday afternoon, […]
Read MoreChongqing has become a deadly town for bus riders. Fifty-six were killed in two accidents within half a year. Translated from CCTV’s News Probe transcript (photo: crashed bus) via sina.com: On the afternoon of Oct. 1 last year, a bus full of 50 passengers in Chongqing raced through the traffic, overtaking its competitors to pick […]
Read MoreFrom Yahoo.com: China’s economy grew so rapidly in the first half of 2007 that it is likely to overtake Germany as the world’s third-largest by the end of this year, analysts say. The release Wednesday of January to June figures for Asia’s second biggest economy will provide fresh evidence that Beijing’s economic braking measures have […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Yahoo.com: China will ensure that children taking part in new compulsory dance exercises at school do so in large groups, an attempt to calm parents worried about puppy love blossoming between their offspring, local media reported. The Education Ministry said in June it was introducing seven sets of dance steps to all […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via SignOnSanDiego: A man who burned a school’s Chinese flag after a fight with students there has been jailed for six months for “insulting the national flag,” a news report said Sunday. The man, identified only by his surname Zhao, got into a fight with two students at a school in Datong County […]
Read MoreFrom Global Asia: China is a nation of diverse ethnic groups, and nationalism is, therefore, an issue that concerns both its internal and its external affairs. In this article, I deal primarily with nationalism as it pertains to...
Read MoreFrom AP via The China Post: Stung by product safety scandals, Beijing is waging its own version of a corporate public relations campaign to repair China’s battered brand name, an effort punctuated by the execution of a corrupt former drug regulator. Last week, Beijing’s propaganda machine trumpeted decisions to tighten standards for toothpaste makers and […]
Read MoreFrom The Straits Times: … Whether China’s soft power has reached world-transforming proportions may still be subject to debate, but clearly it is in no danger of being underestimated. But is there any danger of it being overestimated? Analyses of China’s soft power tend to focus on its fast growth, with little mention of the […]
Read MoreFrom Chicago Tribune: …China is more prosperous and cosmopolitan than at any time in history. Yet the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening, fueling leaders’ fears of social instability despite repeated government campaigns to stem it. For a city in transition, billboards that urged buyers to “indulge” in a luxury sedan or “be […]
Read MoreFrom Chron.com: When May Yao talks about love, she could be discussing a business plan, not a matter of the heart. She is 25, attractive, successful ” a graduate from the prestigious Peking University. She works for a real estate company, owns two apartments ” valued at $260,000 each ” and drives a BMW. Now, […]
Read MoreHere is the latest development of how Chinese government is handling the PR crisis of its tainted exports, from Reuters: China’s quarantine bureau has suspended imports of frozen chicken and pork parts from top U.S. meat and poultry processors, even as international scrutiny of Chinese food and drug safety grows. Salmonella was found in frozen […]
Read MoreFrom China Economic Quarterly, via Finnish Institute of International Affairs website: “Non-Interference” in the domestic affairs of other countries has long been one of the five sacred pillars of Chinese foreign policy. That doctrine was developed in the 1950s when China followed a policy of economic autarky. But it is proving to be a burden […]
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