From BBC News: China will overtake Japan to become Asia Pacific’s largest carmaker by 2010, producing 11 million vehicles, says a global automotive research firm. Japan made 10.8 million cars in 2006, but this is expected to gradually fall to 10 million units by 2010, said JD Power-Automotive Resources Asia. Meanwhile, Chinese production will grow, […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: US industry is divided over a decision by the Bush administration to file two cases on Monday against China at the World Trade Organisation over restrictions on foreign media and piracy. The twin cases seek to force Beijing to permit market access for foreign DVDs, CDs, books and software and to protect […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: A year after Wal-Mart unionized all its stores in China under pressure from the government, McDonald’s is cooperating with China’s large state-controlled union to allow the formation of more union locals in its 670 outlets here.
Read MoreFrom The Weekly Standard: Splashed across the cover of the April 6th edition of the Chinese-language weekly Yazhou Zhoukan (published in Hong Kong under the auspices of the Ming Pao Group) is the provocative caption “Another Kind of Color Revolution.” The reference is not to a political movement along the lines of Rose Revolution or […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Zee News: Up to 500 people may be interviewed before the government decides if an employee shows adequate devotion to his or her parents. “Officials should possess traditional values of filial piety and family responsibility, which are the foundations of a successful career,” the paper quoted the county`s Communist Party chief, Liu […]
Read MoreA third of Chinese economy depends on exports, but Wall Street Journal argues that a U.S. slowdown won’t hurt China much (chart: China’s exports as percentage of GDP, via wsj.com): About a fifth of China’s exports go to the U.S., its biggest single foreign market. And those shipments have been a major driver of China’s […]
Read MoreFrom angrychineseblogger.blog-city.com: When it comes to broadcast television it goes without saying that there will always be some form of regulation. This is true even in the freest of countries. Usually, such regulation follow a general code based around public propriety. For example; no exposed breasts before 10pm or after 6am and not dropping of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Google Inc. (GOOG.O), which is seeking to broaden its presence in China, on Monday apologized to Internet users and Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU.O), one of the country’s major Web portals for using third-party technology in its latest product rollout. Sohu.com said an investigation by its technicians found a method of typing in Chinese characters […]
Read MoreFollowing an official visit to a refugee camp in Darfur, the Chinese government has announced that it has asked the Sudanese government to take more action to improve security in the war-torn region: Sudan’s key ally China has urged it to show greater flexibility in discussions over its war-torn Darfur region. Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai […]
Read MoreAmerican educators are starting to learn from China and other Asian nations good at math and science. Chinese are also learning from the West, but not so quickly, according to the Los Angeles Times (photo: a student reading from textbook in Gaoyakou Central Primary School in suburb Beijing, via latimes.com): In many ways, China and […]
Read MoreFrom China Rises: Notes from the Middle Kingdom: No two ways about it. The new headquarters for the Chinese state TV channel going up near our apartment looks dangerous. It’s been called a “twisted doughnut.” It’s a startling sight. Two angular upward towers with a gravity-defying cantilevered cross section. Imagine working in that mid-section 40 […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: For singer and bar-owner, Qiao Qiao, talking about her sexuality live on an Internet broadcast accessible to millions of people was easier than telling her parents that she was a lesbian. “My mother was very supportive,” she said on Thursday, as cameras rolled in a small studio in northwest Beijing. “But my father […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: As Beijing gears up to host the Summer Olympic Games next year, it is anxious to project itself as a modern world-class capital. However, wrong-footed conceptions of modernity combined with a weak legal system and corrupt collusion between real-estate developers and local officials has resulted in the wanton demolition of large swaths […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: For two decades, China has made economic growth a priority. The results have been impressive as the country becomes a bigger player on the global stage and hundreds of millions of its people are lifted out of extreme poverty. But the cost has been high. China is home to 20 […]
Read MoreFrom The Southern Weekend, translated by ESWN: In 1999, an underground system for “Mark 6” lottery was detected in Chaoyang, Guangdong province. From there, this gambling activity quickly moved northwards and is threatening to spread everywhere.
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