From Xinhua: China’s top judiciaries on Sunday issued a document targeting “new forms of corruption” in an effort to catch up with the tricks of wily, corrupt officials, following the regulation issued by China’s disciplinary watchdog in June. The document, co-issued by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), set a […]
Read MoreThe lawyer for a group of Zhejiang farmers who recently reclaimed their land from provincial and local governments describes the victory as equivalent to winning the lottery. Justice was earned, not from the court, but by a ruling from the State Council. Translated from Southern Breeze (ÂçóÈ£éÁ™ó) magazine: In 1999, the government of Longquan City […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has offered Guinea, the Africa’s lead exporter of bauxite, a new dam and debt relief in exchange for access to Guinea’s mineral reserves. Negotiations are still being conducted. From Reuters: China has agreed to fund the construction of a $1 billion hydroelectric dam in mineral-rich Guinea and renovate a series of state […]
Read MoreConstruction on the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has begun. Projected to be finished in 2050, the Project will connect the Yangtze, Yellow, Huaihe and Haihe Rivers and be able to transport 44.8 billion m¬≥ of water. Officials expect that the water tunnels will be functional enough in 2008 to divert water to the Beijing Olympics. […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Amid a growing furor over toxic food and drug exports from China came signs last week that the Chinese government is cracking down. On Tuesday, China released a study showing that nearly one-fifth of food and consumer products sold to its own people are tainted or substandard, suggesting that items sold […]
Read MoreThe number of massive protests has rapidly increased in recent years. One of often used strategies of protesters is ‘standing in traffic.” From Frog in a Well – The China History Group Blog: China also has traditions of protest and is developing new ones all the time. One example of this comes from Ching Kwan […]
Read MoreFrom The China Blog – TIME: The WHO official also cites a problem that seems to be regularly mentioned in this blog: lack of transparency. It’s better to acknowledge the problems exist “even if you have to go through a rough time and admit things were wrong.” Take counterfeit drugs for example. “When they get […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: Navigating the Internet market in China has largely been a game of survival for Google and other big, American companies that trail Chinese rivals. But Google’s optimistic chief of operations in China says the search giant has matured past the survival stage and now has a new goal: Win. “Our survive and grow […]
Read MoreFrom Delawareonline: A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again, a human rights watchdog said Sunday. Sun Hong, 36, was released from jail on Saturday, according to the Hong Kong-based Information […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via China.org: Some 19,000 Chinese students died from unnatural causes in 2006, a survey has said. Food poisoning, drowning and traffic accidents topped the list of “killers”. …It said the death toll comprised some 16,000 primary and secondary school students and about 3,000 college kids. The survey claimed about 45 percent of […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: The Great Wall of China was named asone of the new seven wonders of the world on Saturday in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Brazil’s Statue of Christ Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid, Jordan’s Petra, the Colosseum in Rome and India’s Taj Mahal were also chosen as the […]
Read MoreGlobal Voices Online carried the photos of a couple driving a horse-drawn buggy with a homemade cruise missile through downtown Beijing, possibly as a way to mark the anniversary of the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Read MoreJiangsu is acting to save Taihu. Seems pretty serious, but see what happens. Translated from reports via sina.com (photo: Taihu’s blue-green algae crisis via sina.com): It’s learned from the July 7 Taihu Lake pollution clean-up conference that Jiangsu is getting serious to save the lake from further endangering the livelihoods and the drinking water of […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: For weeks, as questions have multiplied over the safety of China’s exports of food and other consumer goods, the Chinese news media have had a consistent refrain. American complaints about China’s products are part of a mounting trade war. They are the expression of efforts by Westerners to keep China […]
Read MoreA classic personal anti-corruption story, one that cost the hero a divorce and eight years of rough life. Translated from Justice Net via sina.com (photo: Pang Jiayu the downed Shaanxi official, via sina.com): Wei Jianjun (È≠èª∫ÂÜõ), in his late 40s, once applied for a deputy director-general opening in Baoji City (ÂÆùÈ∏°Â∏Ç) of Shaanxi Province and […]
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