Professor Zhan Jiang (±ïʱü), the dean of Department of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese Youth Politics College, is a long time media reform advocate in China. He wrote following essay on Southern Metropolis Daily; translated by EastSouthWestNorth: On April 3, China Youth Daily reported that the Chongqing municipal government/party has required that Chongqing Daily […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Asia’s richest woman has died in Hong Kong little more than a year after winning a six-year battle to keep her missing husband’s estate. Nina Wang Èæö¶ÇÂøÉ, estimated to be worth ¬£2.1bn, succumbed to illness aged 69, her personal assistant said yesterday. Nicknamed “Little Sweetie”, Ms Wang rose to prominence after the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China is not investing enough to fight HIV/AIDS and the government, while now finally taking the issue seriously, still needs to do more to stop an epidemic, a panel of experts and health workers said on Thursday. Among other problems faced in the world’s most populous nation, discrimination is widespread and ignorance is […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (photo: China has Papua New Guinea and Fiji on its side in South Pacfic, via bbc.co.uk): China’s Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan has completed a brief tour of the South Pacific, showing how important the region is to Beijing. China is competing with Taiwan for diplomatic recognition as well as access to vast reserves […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (photo: poster for the gay show “Connected by the Same Sex [ÂêåÊÄßÁõ∏Ëøû]” via phoenixtv.com): A Chinese TV channel has launched what it says is the first ever programme to focus on gay issues in China. The programme is being broadcast over the internet and will feature gay presenters discussing issues related to […]
Read MoreA classic Wall Street Journal anecdote preceding China’s former top drug official’s downfall. Also a typical sad story of a whistle blower’s price paid for justice: doing odd jobs after years of seeking justice and petitions to various government agencies. (photo: seized fake drugs via 163.com) In 1995, a Chinese drug maker was developing a […]
Read MoreFrom Lian Yue’s Eighth Continent: 1. Pan Yue (holding the microphone), vice minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), is speaking during a tree planting event: 2. Suddenly, a sandstorm attacks Pan and SEPA minister (front left): 3. As the sandstorm gets stronger, Pan Yue can’t help covering his nose and the minister even […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China’s premier urged his Japanese counterpart not to visit a Tokyo war shrine at the center of tensions over Japan’s past military aggression in Asia, a news report said Wednesday… Yasukuni Shrine, which honors the country’s 2.5 million war dead, is a diplomatic flash point between Japan and its neighbors China and South […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing online (photo: 3C’s logo from its web site): Sweden and its largest energy concern are recruiting corporate allies in China for a private-sector battle against global climate change. More than 20 Chinese firms have been asked to join the three-month-old 3C Combat Climate Change Initiative spearheaded by Vattenfall, a specialist company in alternative […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: For weeks, the little house sitting stubbornly atop an earthen pillar in the middle of a busy construction site was a symbol of individual rights in the face of China’s breakneck and often heedless economic development. Reporters from across China and beyond traveled to Chongqing, a sprawling Sichuan city 900 miles […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: U.S. fast food chains, including McDonald’s and KFC, broke minimum wage laws in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, the state-backed labor union said on Wednesday, urging tougher enforcement of employment laws. Guangzhou set the minimum wage for part-time workers at 7.5 yuan ($0.97) an hour at the start of this year, but […]
Read MoreA man sells Cultural Revolution paraphernalia in Beijing’s Dashanzi neighborhood. Photo by Natalie Behring.
Read MoreFrank Ching comments on the new property law: Left-leaning intellectuals and scholars opposed the legislation on ideological grounds, while others opposed it for fear that ill-gotten gains would henceforth be protected. In the 25 years that China has been moving from a planned to a market economy, many state assets have been transformed into private […]
Read MoreReuters has a long feature on the migration of Chinese firms away from the rat races running in the country’s crowded coastal regions: Whereas Mao and his rebels retreated from the hills to avoid annihilation at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek’s forces, Lin [Yebiao] and Zhuang [Binguang] are here to flee the cut-throat competition in […]
Read MoreFrom UPI: China may not be at the forefront of environmental protection, but one of its private companies is seen by some as the greenest business in the world. Computer maker Lenovo ranked in at the top spot of environmental group Greenpeace’s latest quarterly ranking of global electronics manufacturers. Once at the bottom of the […]
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