From the Associated Press, via Washingtonpost.com: Mao Anqing, the only known surviving son of Mao Zedong, the late founder of China’s communist government, has died, a government news agency reported Saturday. He was 84. Mao Anqing died Friday, the China News Service said, without citing a cause of death. He had no role in government, […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei TV: …It’s a visual essay that starts from historical footage showing the changes on Beijing’s roads and ends with interviews with a parking attendant who was nearly run over by an enraged motorist who refused to pay the parking fee….[Full Text]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace’s visit to China: Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he urged his Chinese counterparts in meetings on Thursday and Friday to provide more information about the aims of their military buildup. He called the […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: In a one-party state, made up of more than a billion people, there is an awful lot to hide. On any given day in China there may be 200 different protests. Most take place in the countryside, where many feel left behind by China’s economic boom. But the Chinese state works hard […]
Read MoreFrom National Post (Canada): Cold-war enmity gone: Long-term energy Pact Seen In Offing As Leaders Meet After decades of rivalry, China and Russia have developed a new partnership that could mark a monumental change in the world’s geo-strategic alliances.Next Monday, when Hu Jintao, the Chinese President, travels to Moscow for two days of summit talks […]
Read MoreThe following is an essay by Tibetan writer Woeser about her experience when her blog was closed down. The original version was carried by Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan language service, and was translated by Human Rights Watch: A Closed Blog Author Woeser (Weise) Copyrights RFA Tibetan Language Service About half a year ago, two of […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: (Updated: 2007-03-23 17:23) The owner of the famed “nail household” in Chongqing greets on-lookers¬†on an overpass with a flashlight and shows no intention to move, as the clock strikes twelve at March 22 midnight, the deadline of moving out of the house as the court ruled.¬† The house’ owner refused to¬†go¬†due to […]
Read MoreIn last few days, the “China’s Most Incredible Holdout” or ” Nailhouse” became the hottest story in Chinese cyberspace, as well as in official media. In addition to commentaries, analytical articles, images of this two floor house, as well as spoofing pictures and videos are everywhere. This picture is from an online forum Paowang.com. The […]
Read MoreFrom China.org.cn: On June 15, 2004, Chinese President Hu Jintao officially opened the first Confucius Institute in Uzbekistan. Nearly three years later, on January 31, 2007, Premier Wen Jiabao and Portugal Premier Socrates signed the latest such agreement at the Great Hall of the People opening a Confucius Institute in University of Lisbon.
Read MoreFrom the Economist: Eating can be a risky business in China: 87 people died in one recent outbreak of food poisoning. Yet the authorities and the media seem oddly fixated on the supposed transgressions of foreign firms. Earlier this month health inspectors began looking into KFC’s practice of adding a preservative called magnesium trisilicate to […]
Read MoreSouthern Weekend writes about foreign correspondents’ reporting on the recently concluded National People’s Congress meetings. From a translation on ESWN: In the memory of CNN’s China correspondent Jaime CruzFlor [sic], it was a major heavy-weight report in the 1980’s for the China-based foreign media to be able to say that the “two Congresses will begin […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world’s biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change. China’s emissions rose by some 10 percent in 2005, a senior U.S. scientist estimated, while Beijing data shows fuel […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: One villager was beaten to death and another is hospitalized in critical condition after a showdown between construction workers and residents on a small island in southern China’s Pearl River delta. “A man in his 40s whose surname was Chen and whose nickname was Daliu died en route to the hospital,” […]
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