From Physorg.com: Isaac Mao, a Shanghai-based software engineer for US chipmaker Intel, shows off his website, CNBlog.org, China’s first online discussion forum about blogging technology, during an interview in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, 29 March 2007. It was spring 2002 when Isaac Mao, a Shanghai-based software engineer for US chipmaker Intel, first came […]
Read MoreFrom RFA Unplugged blog: Where: Sanhekou village, Beihai City, Guangxi Province When: Tuesdsay 3/27 and Wednesday 3/28 What: Up to 1,000 people, including anti-riot police, demolition crew in hard hats, and uniformed personnel in military fatigues, forcibly demolished the village and beat villagers who refused to move; several people were injured; local media are prohibited […]
Read MoreFrom UCA News via SperoNews: With about 500 days to go until the Beijing Olympics Games, Chinese Catholic leaders are making arrangements to meet the religious needs of foreign Christian athletes and visitors. Anthony Liu Bainian, vice chairman of the Chinese Patriotic Association (CCPA), an organization not recognized by the Vatican, recently put forward a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via China Daily: Beijing will name and shame dodgy tour operators in the city’s major papers in a bid to clean up the industry ahead of the 2008 Olympics, state media reported on Friday. Monthly reports from May would list “the most complained about” tour agencies and their offences, the China Daily said. […]
Read MoreFrom the Chinese Law and Politics blog: It’s not clear. Chinese authorities noted in 2005 that “mass incidents” (including riots, protests, demonstrations, and mass petitions) in China had surged to 74,000 in 2004, up from 10,000 in 1994. Since then, different Chinese officials have reported broad declines in mass incidents. But these reports have been […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Along a scenic beach where fishermen mend their nets by hand, an endless row of storefronts stretches into the distance, all selling the same thing. Not sunscreen, umbrellas or cold drinks. Land. Never mind that the area is home to a violent separatist movement, or that foreigners are regarded with […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: China’s installed wind-power generation capacity is likely to top five mln kilowatts next year, two years ahead of what was envisaged in the national development plan, Xinhua news agency reported. It cited an industry official Li Junfeng as saying that wind power is developing rapidly in China and that installed capacity would surely […]
Read MoreFrom Telegraph: When China unveiled its new, home-grown Jian-10 fighter jet in January, it was hailed in Beijing as proof that the country could now match the achievements of America and Russia in aerospace technology. A week after the Jian-10 made its first public appearance, China underlined its growing confidence as a military power by […]
Read MoreFrom China in Transition blog: Huang Yun, chief of Jiulongpo District, showing a image of the redeveloped area at a press conferenceThe newest deadline for Yang Wu to leave and have his house removed is April 10. This is the third time the local court issued such an order to Mr. Yang, and the two-story […]
Read MoreFrom Foreign Policy: It’s China’s chance to shine. It’s easy to forget that China refused to even participate in the Olympics before 1984. Since 1978, China’s economy has grown tenfold, while its trade with the United States has increased by a factor of 160. But authoritarian China still has a lot to prove to Western […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: In a Santa Ana, California, courtroom, 66-year-old engineer Chi Mak listens to federal prosecutors describe how he and his family stole secrets from his employer, L-3 Communications Holding Inc. The alleged target: data about Navy submarine engines that run silently to avoid detection. U.S. intelligence officials say the Mak case is unusual — […]
Read MoreESWN just translated another long article from the Chinese media about the Chongqing “Nail House”: A Southern Weekend report titled “The Inside Investigation of the Chongqing ‘Nail House’” written by Zhang Rui (º†ÊǶ): On the evening of March 27, Yang Wu, the owner of the building on number 17, Hexing Road, Yangjiaping, Chongqing, appeared on […]
Read MoreThe story of China’s “toughest nail house” – flattened overnight – will be remembered for spawning its own little media counterculture. Perhaps the most recognized example is Zola the citizen blogger. Far less-noticed is the April cover of Sports Illustrated (‰ΩìËÇ≤ÁîªÊä•), which, according to an editor there, consciously invokes the saga of Chongqing’s long-entrenched evictees, […]
Read MoreFrom The Daily Telegragh: Labor leader Kevin Rudd wants Australia to use its vast coal resources to pressure the Chinese into reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Rudd will lead a team of shadow ministers, scientists and businessmen to China in the next three months to negotiate an agreement. “Unless we deal with China effectively […]
Read MoreFrom CRI via China.org: Hospitals should treat all patients with medical emergencies before charging them medical fees. China’s Vice Health Minister Ma Xiaowei said at a national conference that it violates the regulation if a hospital refuses to give emergency treatment to patients who are unable to cover their medical bills, but are in critical […]
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