Right after the adoption of a property law that guarantees citizens the right to own private property, this story became the most dramatic news on China’s Internet. Sina.com, China’s largest Internet portal, offered money award for digital images and videos that catches the development of the event. Mop.com, one of the most popular online forums […]
Read MoreFrom Reading China blog: … … The most crucial task for government to do is to explore the ultimate reasons for various phenomena and then fix the fundamental problems rather than treating symptom but not the disease. Government report spent a lot of space to talk about “Problems of Peasant, Village and Agriculture” . It […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist blog: This morning, Chinese language news portal 163.com had a great scoop, and revealed the future planning for Shanghai and China’s Maglev railway system. [Full Text]
Read MoreFrom Chinadialogue: “China and India, for various reasons, have been blowing hot and cold as they talk about tackling climate change, but both want accelerated transfers of clean technology to their emerging economies.” The “elephant in the bedroom” is a phrase used to describe a problem that is looming large, but is too overwhelming to […]
Read MoreFrom Pravda.Ru: The death toll in a coal mine explosion in northern China rose to 20 on Thursday with one miner still missing and presumed dead, state media reported. The explosion occurred at a mine on the outskirts of Shanxi province’s Jincheng City on Sunday, but the mine owner did not immediately report it to […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via eview.com: China’s capacity to generate electricity is expected to grow by 10.5 percent a year until the end of the decade, to fuel its fast growing economy, according to the State Electric Grid Corporation. The growth rate will be adjusted downward to 6.7 percent for the 2011-2015 period and further down to […]
Read MoreFrom OhmyNews International: The buzz in economic and market circles is the possible overheating of the Chinese and Indian economies and other similarly high-growth markets. Adding concern is the apparent threat of recession exhibited by the world’s largest importer, the U.S., and, more recently, by the failure of its subprime lenders, those catering to higher-risk […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: When the bidding for an 8-foot-wide painting by Chinese artist Yue MinjunÔºàÂ≤≥ÊïèÂêõÔºâ reached $1 million yesterday at Sotheby’s, whistles rang through the quiet New York salesroom. Fueled by three determined phone bidders, the 1993 painting “Goldfish” ended up fetching $1.38 million, an auction record for the artist. It shows 15 toothy, grinning caricatures […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “We feel kind of sorry when these young guys struggle against each other to get one condom,” said Zhang Jixiao, Director of Home of Green Apples, a sex health education institute affiliated to China Population Information and Education Centre. “They are young and energetic fellows in their twenties. Physical demands are quite […]
Read MoreRural children watching a show, via Pufeng blog
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: Much Chinese media coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics has focused on national pride and the importance of the games in building up China’s international image. But a recent editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily argues that China’s well-publicized appetite for Olympic gold has become a kind of Midas touch, spoiling the […]
Read MoreFrom the department of stupid TV trivia: The makers of China’s long-awaited spinoff of The Apprentice are soliciting advice from local psychiatric experts about methods to screen applicants, according to a source familar with the situation, in an effort to assemble just the right mix of money-grubbing young execs. Xue Tu (Â≠¶Âæí), as “The Apprentice […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A travel agency in Zhejiang Province is offering package tours for people who want to dine on the deadly pufferfish. But do so at your own risk. Pufferfish, also known as blowfish, balloon fish or globefish, is famous for its deadly poisonous spawns and organs, and its delicious taste. Eating poorly prepared […]
Read MoreNews agencies are reporting that six people have been charged with the murder of Lan Chengzhang, who was killed at an illegal mine when he worked for China Trade News newspaper: Police in China have charged six people over the death of a journalist who had been investigating a mining accident in the northern Shanxi […]
Read MoreTime Asia this week is carrying several articles about Hong Kong, including: “Hong Kong: A Child of the Motherland” by Leung Chun-Ying, convenor of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, which advises the Chief Executive on policy; “An Agenda for Hong Kong’s Future,” by former legislator Christine Loh; an interview with Chief Executive Donald Tsang; and an […]
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