From WSJ.com: The rule of law has been slow to develop in China, and Communist Party apparatchiks can still do as they please. So it’s no surprise that the recent break up of a child labor ring by Internet activism is the talk of the mainland.
Read More“GoogleChina” building from Gen Kanai, via Flickr.
Read MoreA debate held by Intelligence Squared US, on the topic “Beware the dragon: A booming China spells trouble for America”, is now viewable in full on YouTube. According to Intelligence Squared US, a live audience of about 300 at Asia Society, New York City voted 35% for the motion and 59% against at the conclusion […]
Read MoreJottings from a Granite Studio questions whether the forced labor at the Shanxi brick kilns, and other examples of corruption in China, can really be blamed on the fact that the Chinese countryside is still poor: I’m tired of China blaming corruption on “poverty” or “lack of development.” Say it with me, people: Corruption in […]
Read MoreChinese oil corporations have finally convinced Iraq to consider renewing oil trade contracts in exchange for reconstruction aid and debt forgiveness. If the negotiations between Iraq and China are successful this week, China will be one of the first countries to reestablish oil trade with Iraq. From the Khaleej Times: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived […]
Read MoreAs mainstream media latch onto the recent revelation by a Dutch think tank that China has surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top emitter of carbon dioxide, Dave Roberts over at Grist tries to leaven the discussion with a list of seven “truths” to keep in mind. Among the most notable items in the list: […]
Read MoreChina and India have signed an agreement to allow artists, writers, archivists, musicians, and anthropologists to study and perform for up to three months as a cultural exchange. From China National News: Adding another dimension to their burgeoning ties, India and China Wednesday signed a two-year Cultural Exchange Programme (CEP) under which artists and officials […]
Read MoreFrom SmartMoney.com: China’s securities regulator Wednesday issued detailed rules on overseas investments of securities companies and funds, expanding its overseas investment program for domestic investors. The continued expansion of the program comes a week after the State Council, China’s Cabinet, said it will widen channels for capital outflows, as Beijing seeks to curb flush liquidity […]
Read MoreThe Shanghiist posted a picture of a new, modernist Christian church in Beijing: The new ultra-modern Haidian Christian Church in Zhongguancun, Beijing, is the largest church standing in west Beijing today. According to Answers.com, approximately 3-5% of the Chinese population is Christian (40 to 65 million). And while the powers that be state that only […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: Two richest business men in the city of Nantong in eastern Jiangsu province , faced charges of exaggerating company registered assets, embezzling funds and forging contracts to win credit loans. Chen Baocun and his son Chen Jian, the two richest business men in the city of Nantong located in the eastern part of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Google Inc. has won preliminary approval from Beijing to provide Internet content in China, the firm said on Wednesday, potentially allowing it to offer news in the world’s second-largest Internet market. The license, handed out by China’s Ministry of Information and Industry, may also help Google attract more advertising revenue, analysts said. “We […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Bank of Nanjing and Bank of Ningbo are set to become the first city-based banks in China to emulate the country’s giant state-owned lenders by listing. China’s securities regulator will consider the banks’ listing applications on Friday in a procedure usually seen as a formality. Bank of Nanjing, China’s fourth-largest city commercial […]
Read MoreNASA has posted a three part animation showing the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and rise of water levels as a result: Observations from the NASA-built Landsat satellites provide an overview of the dam’s construction. The earliest data set, from 1987, shows the region prior to start of construction. By 2000, construction along each […]
Read MoreFrom The Asian Age: One passion of Chinese diplomacy is to go in for numbered policy pronouncements, like the “ten-pronged strategy” unveiled in the joint declaration with India during President Hu Jintao’s visit last November. Another fetish is to enunciate diplomatic principles with another state and later, at an opportune time, reinterpret them unilaterally to […]
Read MoreFrom The Weekly Standard: Hong Kong will soon mark the tenth anniversary of its return to China. At midnight on July 1, 1997, amid the mournful downpour of a tropical monsoon, as British soldiers lowered the Union Flag for the last time and Tony Blair, the fresh-faced new prime minister, looked on, another chapter in […]
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