From AP, via Newsvine: China must urgently tackle corruption and spread wealth more fairly among its 1.3 billion people, but political reform will be gradual and only under continued one-party communist rule, President Hu Jintao said. In a major speech laying out his future agenda, Hu told Communist Party leaders they must meet a 2020 […]
Read MoreFrom New York Post: China last week became the world’s biggest air polluter, according to a Dutch government-funded environmental watchdog. The People’s Republic now out-belches the United States as the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases – two years ahead of predictions. Worse yet, thanks to prevailing wind patterns, a lot of China’s pollution ends […]
Read MoreFrom AsiaMedia: It may be that your ultimate working nightmare would be to have two tough bosses. I mean, one tough boss alone you can handle — just keep that one account squared away and don’t mess up. Having even a string of bosses is not so big a deal — just juggle one against […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via International Herald Tribune: Hong Kong has become less democratic since the former English colony returned to Chinese rule 10 years ago, the city’s last British governor said in a talk show that aired Monday. Beijing “has blocked off any progress at all toward democracy,” Chris Patten said in an interview on the […]
Read MoreFrom GOOD Magazine: Last year, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google were called to the carpet in Congress for colluding with state censorship and surveillance in China and other less-than-free countries. In response, the three companies recently made a public commitment to develop industry principles that will help them to protect their users’ rights to privacy and […]
Read MoreWhile there are literally thousands of official posters for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the following are not among them. The author did not sign his/her name, but these pictures appeared in many BBS and blogs, including here. A...
Read MoreFrom Chatham House website: In April 2005, during the visit of the Chinese Prime Minister, Wen Jiabao, to Delhi, China and India announced a strategic partnership, and the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announced that they could `together reshape the world order‘. India’s Foreign Secretary, Shyam Saran, added that India and China `do not look […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Times looks at Rupert Murdoch’s treatment of MySpace in China as a harbinger of what’s to come if Murdoch’s bid for the Wall Street Journal succeeds. The article implies that Murdoch’s...
Read MoreA Financial Times article (from earlier this month) looks at the finances of collecting contemporary Chinese art and the good fortune of those who began buying before it became an international phenomenon: If you view art as an asset class – and many people do – Chinese contemporary painting must rank alongside the most alpha-maximising […]
Read MoreFrom the Kansas City InfoZine: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors recently approved a US$ 100 million loan to the People’s Republic of China to support the country’s efforts to promote credit flows to micro and small businesses. “Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) play an essential part in China’s effort to build a harmonious […]
Read More“Chinese Eyes:” girl from flooded village in southern China, from jonnykeelty, via Flickr.
Read MoreBeijing is tearing down billboards advertising luxury lifestyles in order to keep the display of wealth at bay, while the country’s wealth gap is in effect getting bigger. From Wall Street Journal: Until recently, the highway leading to Beijing’s Capital International Airport was known as China’s Golden Avenue. Billboards on the 12-mile stretch, prized because […]
Read MoreChina has increased its efforts to crack down on corrupt officials and bribery for the past two years, and has released mid-year statistics on its investigations. From People’s Daily: More than 1,000 Chinese officials above the county level have been punished for corruption during the first five months, up 2.4 percent over the same period […]
Read MoreChina is attempting to lower its energy use by restricting air conditioning in public buildings this summer. China did not meet its national goal of curbing energy consumption in 2006 and has been strategizing new ways to save energy. From Kerala Next: Nanjing, capital of eastern Jiangsu province, is the latest city to set a […]
Read MoreAs part of its efforts to improve food and drug safey, China is implementing official oversight of the manufacture and sale of consciousness-affecting drugs. From Reuters: China will set up a national surveillance network to monitor the production, distribution and use of anaesthetic and psychotropic drugs, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. An existing surveillance […]
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