Some western analysts say: China’s product safety means bad PR for the PRC. And here is a report on the Washington Post about how Chinese government handles it: Scanning the headlines in the Chinese press, it’s easy to conclude that the global brouhaha over product safety is not about China — but about America. Investigative […]
Read MoreThe New York Times sculptor Zhang Jianhua, whose work portraying coal miners has not been welcomed by the authorities: Although Mr. Zhang, 35, has an impeccable background as a student of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and has received critical praise for years, no Chinese museum or established gallery has been willing to display […]
Read MoreFrom InformationWeek: The number of Internet users in China has reached 137 million, and with double-digit annual growth projected, the country is poised to overtake the United States in total number of users within a few years, a researcher said. Based on figures supplied by the China Network Information Center , the country’s Internet population […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press from Examiner.com: China’s booming recycling industry is helping to slow the destruction of forests worldwide, providing a strong market for wastepaper that mostly comes from the United States and Europe , according to a study released Friday. But the report from the Washington-based Forest Trends also warns that despite the trees spared […]
Read MoreFrom Associated Press via Forbes: China has suspended imports of chicken feet, pig ears and other animal products from seven U.S. companies, including the world’s largest meat processor, in an apparent attempt to turn the tables on American complaints about tainted products from China. The American meat had contaminants including salmonella, feed additives and veterinary […]
Read MoreFrom Telegraph.co.uk: He is huge in China. His shy-smiling face is splashed across billboards all over Shanghai, multi-storey buildings high. He causes near-riots among his 1.2 billion fans for merely stepping out in public. He is a sports star of global renown, the only Chinese to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, the reigning […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: One cannot escape the relentless Chinese economic invasion of Africa even here in the South African bush, where business and political leaders gathered at the Tswalu Kalihari Reserve to track lions, zebras and global trends. With a ring of crackling fire holding insects at bay inside our boma, a converted nocturnal cattle enclosure, […]
Read MoreFrom MIT Center for International Studies website: China’s trade surplus with the United States ($202 billion in 2005), rapid overall economic expansion, and growing appetite for energy have made China’s growth a salient issue for average Americans. While the facts of Chinese growth are indisputable, the causes and ramifications of that growth story are anything […]
Read MoreFrom Global Asia, via Nautilus Institute’s Policy Forum Online: … As the dominant country in the Asia-Pacific, the U.S. faces a crucial strategic choice: it can use its superior diplomatic, political, military and economic power to negotiate a historic Framework Agreement with China that achieves a fundamental shift in the paradigm of U.S.-China relations. Or, […]
Read MoreFrom Asian Currents: Economic reform in the People’s Republic of China [PRC] since 1980 has seen the emergence of new categories of wealth and power. Collectively and colloquially these categories have been referred to as the ‘new rich’. They have also been referred to both inside and outside of the PRC as the new middle […]
Read MoreAn editorial on the execution of Zheng Xiaoyu, from The International Herald Tribune: …… killing one corrupt official is not the solution; Zheng was a symptom of a grievously flawed system, and not the cause. In the United States, the authorities finally cracked down on the robber barons because the public would no longer abide […]
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: …The Chinese are believed to have issued the world’s first paper currency around 600 A.D., and fourteen centuries later, cash remains king. Cars and houses are bought, and even salaries are often paid, with thick envelopes of bills. To date, banks have issued only slightly more than 50 million credit cards to […]
Read MoreFrom Chatham House’s The World Today: … At present, it is improbable that the closer Sino-Iranian relationship will develop into an alliance. Despite remarkable advances in cross-regional diplomacy under Hu, Beijing is still a relative newcomer to the Middle East’s labyrinthine politics. However, China’s willingness and ability to engage Iran in direct talks, should not […]
Read MoreFrom The Seattle Times via Danwei: Starbucks closed its store in Beijing’s Forbidden City today after months of controversy over the U.S. coffee-shop chain doing business there. The decision followed the Forbidden City’s announcement that it wants to operate all stores inside the former imperial palace, which is now a museum. “We have respectfully decided […]
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