From the business section of the New York Times today: As you have probably heard by now, the toy trains are manufactured in China, and one of the factories that makes them has been using lead paint for the last couple of years. So last week, the United States government urged parents to confiscate 26 […]
Read MoreFrom ISN Security Watch: Business and trade ties between Japan and China are soaring while tense political relations are only slowly recovering from a five-year low under former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The moderate forces in both countries are holding out hope that the recent Japanese-Sino rapprochement is sustainable and strong enough to survive […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing: Jarred by news of recent environmental incidents, the time has come for China to start caring about environmental issues – issues that few people have discussed – and not just the volatility of the stock market. A spate of problems including sewage-fed algae in the Taihu Lake region and the forced suspension of […]
Read MoreThe Danwei group on Youtube interviews three young Chinese who were born in China, lived abroad for extensive periods, and are now back in China to work. The interviewees talk about all sorts of aspects of their adjustment experiences, including the differences in culture and expectations, as well as the labeling they face as “Chinese” […]
Read MoreFrom China Watch: China’s worsening environmental crisis is catalyzing a growing environmental movement in which the public is resisting special interest groups and opposing the government’s environmentally “unfriendly” behaviors. More significantly, this movement represents a push toward greater democracy in the country, with the public fighting for its civil rights through protecting the environment. Although […]
Read MoreChris O’Brien writes in the Beijing Newspeak blog about the recent mass rape of young girls by a teacher in the Gansu Province. He highlights the fact the Chinese media intentionally played down such a tragic event in the name of saving China’s face, as well as due to lack of information released by authorities. […]
Read MoreFrom YaleGlobal: On the surface, China’s economy glitters. Yet the double-digit growth that entices investors from around the globe is only one of many symptoms of a troubling economic phenomenon that wreaks havoc with political decision-making. China has an overwhelming vigor, its teeming millions all scrambling for individual success with widespread anticipation of the upcoming […]
Read MoreSince losing its seat to the PRC in 1971, Taiwan has made annual attempts to rejoin the UN. President Chen Shui Bian has announced that Taiwan will hold a referendum with its 2008 presidential elections on whether it should join the UN under the name “Taiwan.” Although such a referendum is more symbolic than anything, […]
Read MoreFrom Jongo News: The two ends of the Sutong Bridge, the world’s longest span bridge, were connected over China’s Yangtze River on Monday. The bridge linking two major cities in the eastern Jiangsu Province is being built by the Second Engineering Corp. of the China Road and Bridge Corp. at a cost of RMB 6.45 […]
Read MoreChinese authorities report that female child slaves at the Shanxi brick kiln camp as well as similar camps around the nation were not only forced to perform backbreaking labor for 16 hours a day but also served as prostitutes. From the China Post: China’s slavery scandal widened Tuesday with the state-run press reporting that young […]
Read MoreIn Chinese, the literal translation for mafia is “Black Society” which means: underground society. But a recent such case in Tangshan city, revealed in the Chinese media, is not so “underground.” According to Chinese People’s Rule of Law Net, police in Hebei province just announced that they are investigating a criminal organization, headed by Mr. […]
Read MoreTo mark the 50th anniversary of the Anti-Rightist Movement, RFA has interviewed a number of survivors about their experiences. Former editor on the Chengdu Daily Tie Liu says: At that time there were huge struggle meetings with more than 1,400 people attending. I was struggled for an entire day. I was 22 years old. The […]
Read MoreIt seems so. A Dutch think tank today released figures showing China beat the United States, the globe’s reining climate change offender, in a 2006 tally of carbon dioxide production. The score: 6.2 billion tons for China to 5.8 billion for the U.S. If this is true, China’s impact on climate change appears to be […]
Read MoreDanone, the French food company which is tussling with China’s largest drinks maker Wahaha over a brand dispute, may meet more setbacks as Bright Dairy & Food, another well-known dairy and drinks company in China, announced it may sue Danone. The Forbes magazine website reports. From Forbes: A shareholder in China’s Bright Dairy & Food […]
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