Following the death of Mao Anqing, son of Mao Zedong, the Los Angeles Times takes a look at the lives of Mao’s children: Anqing lived in relative obscurity. He and his elder brother spent their early lives in Shanghai, where their mother ” Mao’s second wife, Yang Kaihui ” was a communist activist. The sons […]
Read MoreFrom The China Blog – TIME: The Chongqing city government stepped in to the “Nail House” issue yesterday. The South China Morning Post reports that Mayor Wang Hongju said “the government would try to solve the standoff between the villa owner and the developer ‘appropriately’ but would not tolerate an exorbitant price or unreasonable demands.” […]
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: Eighteen years ago, the Hong Kong-born graphic designer Marvin Chan stepped into a small toy shop in Kota Tinggi, Malaysia, and bought a few old “made in Shanghai” tin-plate toys. Little did he know that it would lead to a lifelong passion for Oriental antique toys and that he would go […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the IHT: Zhuhai Zhenrong Trading, a Chinese state-run company that is the biggest buyer of Iranian crude oil worldwide, began paying for its oil in euros late last year as Tehran moved to diversify its foreign exchange reserves away from U.S. dollars. The company, which buys more than a tenth of the […]
Read MoreFrom Chinadialogue: Development in China has come at a price. During its rapid industrialisation, the country has come to utilise large amounts of coal for power generation, industrial boilers and domestic heating. Not much attention was paid to controlling soot and dust emissions, and still less to emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides – […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Ten years ago, Xu ZhenÔºàXu’s siteÔºâ was the archetypal garret-dwelling artist, scraping a living in a Shanghai apartment with barely room to swing a cat. To prove the point, he found a cat and swung it. The artist claims that the animal was already dead when he made the 45-minute performance video, […]
Read MoreFrom China Meida Project: Cases like the beating death of reporter Lan Chengzhang earlier this year, and the controversy surrounding the Foxconn Case in August 2006, have underscored the growing problem of media ethics and press corruption in China. A crucial point often overlooked in coverage of this issue is the relationship between problems in […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: Ann Hui‘s(ËÆ∏ÈûçÂçé) new movie The Postmodern Life of My AuntÔºàÂ߮¶àÁöÑÂêéÁé∞‰ª£ÁîüÊ¥ªÔºâ tells a story of love, games, and opera. But what makes it postmodern? Nothing, according to Hu Xudong, a noted columnist, poet, and Peking University professor. In a column for The Beijing News last week, Hu mused on how the term “postmodern” […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China will invest 100 billion yuan ($12.9 billion) in projects in Tibet, including an extension of its first railway, state media reported, as Beijing seeks to boost its image in the remote region through development. The money will be spent on 180 projects in the years up to 2010, including upgrading an airport; […]
Read MoreFrom ZEENEWS: IOC president Jacques Rogge marked Monday’s milestone ” 500 days before the Beijing Olympics ” by calling for a strong focus on this summer’s 26 test events. Events in China’s capital marking the moment were low-key. The big day will be Aug. 8 ” the one-year mark ” which will also signal the […]
Read MoreFrom USA TODAY: Fireworks thundered off the walls of Phoenix Mountain and lit up the stone alleys and stilt houses above the River Wu last month, part of New Year’s celebrations that go back 1,700 years here. This year’s festival was the last for the old town. Most of Gongtan is to disappear beneath the […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China and Russia are urging Iran to meet United Nations demands regarding its nuclear programme. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s Hu Jintao jointly said they wanted to find a “mutually acceptable solution” to Iran’s “nuclear problem”. Both nations – UN Security Council permanent members – said disputes over Iran and North […]
Read MoreA migrant worker on a construction job in Shanghai, by monkeyking
Read MoreMore English media weigh in on the “nail house” situation: From The Guardian: Hold-outs, known as “nails” in China because they stick up despite attempts to beat them down, are becoming increasingly common in China. Mr Yang’s protest has been strengthened by its timing. Earlier this month, the National People’s Congress, China’s parliament, passed the […]
Read MoreAs news rages about the “nail house” in Chongqing, where homeowners have become a national sensation by standing their ground against threats to demolish their home, Japhet Weeks presents a portrait of a family in Beijing who has been facing a similar, if less sensational, situation for almost a decade. ==== Is there life after […]
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