From SFIAAFF: A heady and emotionally charged chronicle of the short-lived sexual and political idealism which swept through Beijing in the late ’80s, Lou Ye’s (®ÑÁÉ®) fourth feature marks a stunning new direction for Chinese cinema. Certainly the most erotic and sexually explicit film to come from mainland China, SUMMER PALACE is ground-breaking in its […]
Read MoreFrom ChinaDialogue: Half of China’s 20,000 petrochemical companies are located in the Yangtze River basin. On World Water Day, Jingping Zhang, Changjie Liu & Yan Han report on the ecological crisis facing Asia’s longest river. “There are five large steel plants, seven oil refineries and petrochemical works for a number of cities including Shanghai, Nanjing […]
Read MoreThese videos were shot and uploaded on Youtube yesterday. In the video clips, the owner of the nailhouse in Chongqing told the media that she will not vacate her home and will insist on protecting her private propety. Video1/5: -Read Property Law, Netizen Journalism and “China’s Most Incredible Holdout” via CDT.
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily via China Daily: Nearly 3,000 Shanghainese tied the knot with people from 55 overseas countries and regions last year, growing 22.97 percent from a year earlier, Wenhui Daily reported today. The average age gap between Shanghai women and their foreign husbands is 10.5, and 13 percent of the foreign husbands are 20 […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: The South China Morning Post, the leading English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, said Monday that its top editor had resigned in the latest of a long succession of changes in editorial management in recent years. Mark Clifford, an American, was editor in chief of the Post group for just one […]
Read MoreFrom The Australian: Just as China and Japan are starting to patch up their political differences, history wars are again threatening to throw a spanner in the works. On the eve of a crucial visit to Japan by China’s Premier Wen Jiabao, which he hopes will be “ice-thawing”, the project aimed at producing a joint […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s revamped postal ¬≠savings system on Tuesday opened for business as the country’s fifth biggest bank, pledging to improve its reach in rural areas where financial services and capital are scarce. The launch of the China Postal Savings Bank ¬≠followed years of delay and dispute over how to reform the sprawling postal […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Hong Kong’s air pollution is caused locally rather than by south China’s industrial engines for at least half the year, according to a study released Wednesday. The territory can therefore do more to fix a chronic problem that is affecting its international standing as a top-tier financial and services centre, it said. […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times, a look at how the government is addressing concerns about growing social and economic inequality, and the lingering tensions over the issue: Increasingly squeezed between the demands of the right and the criticisms of the left, the CCP is engaged in an ever more delicate juggling act, balancing the interests of the […]
Read MoreHere is the second case reported this week of legal action taken by a journalist in China against a government official or agency. From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A senior Beijing-based journalist has taken the Qitaihe municipal government Office of Law and Order and its director, Liu Mingying, to court in […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The proportion of people 60 and older is growing faster in China than in any other major country, with the number of retirees set to double between 2005 and 2015, when it is expected to reach 200 million. By midcentury, according to United Nations projections, roughly 430 million people ” […]
Read MoreFrom SperoNews: “Hide the uncomfortable truth while promoting goodness stories in view of increased press freedom conceded to foreign reporters during the 2008 Olympic games”, wrote Shangdon’s provincial government to its officials. And in a document issued by the city government of Pingdu, all departments, organisations and officials were urged to “prepare for the challenge […]
Read MoreFrom China in Transition blog: When some Chinese people were using the Internet as the platform to voice dissent against the party-rule government, a 23-year-old college graduate posted a long comment on an online public forum, calling on the public to trust the state government, love the country and be unified to build a stronger […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: After a huge sell-off here just a few weeks ago that helped set off a drop in global financial markets, China’s stock market has rebounded and rose to a record Wednesday. Many investors say the sell-off on Feb. 27, when the Shanghai composite index plunged 8.8 percent, was simply a […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Hundreds of demonstrators blocked key railway lines in eastern China in protest at threats to their benefits, state media has reported. More than 200 protesters, and several hundred onlookers, descended on two lines near Guixi in Jiangxi province. They were protesting at planned zoning changes in Guixi which could impact on income […]
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