ESWN has translated a number of documents concerning the dismissal of Renmin University Dean of Political Sciences Zhang Ming, who was apparently fired from his post after writing on his blog about disagreements with his supervisor at the university. The translations include Zhang’s original blog posting, titled, “Perhaps I might be forced to leave the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A group of Chinese reporters came up with a novel idea to test how greedy local hospitals were — pass off tea as urine samples and submit the drink for tests. The results: six out of 10 hospitals in Hangzhou, the capital of the rich coastal province of Zhejiang, visited by the reporters […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Dai, 79, a retired journalist who worked for Xinhua, appealed to the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People’s Court to overturn a General Administration of Press and Publication (Gapp) order sent to the China Writers’ Association last year urging the Writers Publishing House not to reprint his […]
Read MoreFrom The China Blog – TIME: I forgot to post this from the just-finished National People’s Congress, or rather from Premier Wen Jiabao’s Press Conference afterwards. A pretty impressive turn out, I thought, though the guy next to me said he was there reporting for the Inner Mongolian Yurt Builders Weekly…or was it the Hothot […]
Read MoreFrom ABC News Online: A gas explosion at a mine in northern China has left 21 workers trapped, the Government’s Work Safety Agency said. The accident occurred just after midnight on Sunday in Shanxi province, but local officials failed to immediately report the accident, the State Administration for Work Safety said on its website. The […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest wireless operator by market value, increased fourth- quarter profit 19 percent after cutting prices and expanding into rural areas. Net income rose to 19.9 billion yuan ($2.6 billion) from 16.7 billion yuan a year earlier. Fourth-quarter profit was derived by subtracting nine-month results from full-year earnings reported […]
Read MoreFrom AFP. via Yahoo! News: Top negotiators to the North Korean nuclear disarmament talks expressed frustration with the Stalinist nation’s negotiating tactics Wednesday, as discussions were extended at least an extra day. North Korea refused to attend a series of meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday as it awaited the promised return of 25 million dollars […]
Read MoreFrom Inhabita blog: With all the new construction going up in China, it’s easy to lose track of “one more cool-looking” building. But PTW’s National Swimming Center for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing exemplifies what all this new construction should aim to be: beautiful, functional, forward-thinking, and most importantly, a good example for future development […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Japan is preparing new laws to protect offshore oil and gas rigs in a move that will raise the stakes in a long-running dispute with China over maritime boundaries in the East China Sea. Two separate bills, enjoying cross-party support, would set out a “basic law” of the sea and provide legal […]
Read MoreMan transporting goods in early morning in Yangshuo, via Gil Azouri image gallery
Read MoreFrom The Daily Yomiuri: Between Japan and China, the flow of funds from China into Japan’s securities market last year was up to 4.4 trillion yen, far higher than the 400 billion yen that went into China’s securities markets from Japan. Although securities investments in China by industrialized countries are rising, the rate of increase […]
Read MoreThe Guardian reports on an exhibit in Beijing of contemporary British artists, which coincides with an exhibit in the U.K. of contemporary Chinese artists: Starting today, the newly constructed Capital Museum will host the city’s biggest exhibition of contemporary British art, featuring a well-made bed, a dripping severed head, fidgeting bobbies, Royal Ascot hats and […]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on a new study that shows the link between early musical training and the ability to learn Mandarin and other tonal languages: Anyone who has tried to learn Chinese can attest to how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand it. And anyone who has […]
Read MoreDanwei summarizes an article from the Liaoning Legal News (see original Chinese version) which questions whether the proposed real-name registration system for blogs and other forms of communication have any basis in Chinese law: In other words, local laws, rules enacted by departments under the State Council, and regulations set up by local governments do […]
Read MoreThe China Media Project has translated an editorial from the China Youth Daily titled, “Respecting the rights of the media does not mean making it your footservant” (see original Chinese version). From an introductory note on CMP: Since the 1990s, commercialization has been the primary impetus for change in China’s media landscape, but the public […]
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