RFA Mandarin service broadcast an essay by Bao Tong on Friday about the new property law, and has now posted a translation on RFA Unplugged: The Property Law of the People’s Republic of China was passed by a majority of 97% in the National People’s Congress. What does this mean? It means the final bankruptcy […]
Read MoreFrom Letters from China: Letters from China blog posted the old photos of Shanghai in 1980s: [Click to see more photos] Love in old Shanghai
Read MoreFrom Global Voices Online: In China, there’s more precedent for blogging getting people in trouble with the police than there is for blogging in itself getting one getting fired. So what happens to cops who blog? Check out Hubei-based Soho Xiaobao blogger Wu Youming’s (Âê¥ÂπºÊòé) most recent post, ‘Confessions of a canned cop’, dated March […]
Read MoreFrom Agen√ße France-Presse, via COSMOS magazine: The discovery of the Terracotta Army in 1974 could pale in comparison to the wonders purported to exist within the tomb of China’s first emperor. XIAN, China: The tomb of China’s first emperor is potentially one of the most spectacular on Earth, but a heated debate is developing over […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: The “world’s largest” bus, a China-made coach with a capacity of 300 passengers, has been unveiled in Shanghai and will be used for rapid transit in Beijing and Hangzhou, the Youth Daily reported today. [Full Text]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Times: On March 4, China’s National People’s Congress announced it would increase the country’s military budget 17.8 percent in 2007 to a total of $45 billion. Though this was the biggest single annual increase in China’s military spending, the Chinese government reassured the world this spending hike was normal and need not […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: …The company, Lunar Embassy to China, had sold a total of 49 acres (20 hectares) to 34 customers before authorities acted, Xinhua news agency said… In 2005 the company had its business licence revoked and was fined 50,000 yuan (6,450 dollars) by commerce authorities. It sued but the court ruled against the firm… […]
Read MoreFrom the San Francisco Chronicle: From Beijing’s official Web site for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games comes this dandy item: “The city Ethics office also proposed that swearing at sporting events, whether in Mandarin or local dialect, be added to the list of social ills to be stamped out.” The list includes smoking, spitting jumping […]
Read MoreFrom the LA Times: Little P is a red-haired joker with a robot dog and a mind bursting with rebellion. She has a closet filled with tight, midriff-baring clothes. Her biggest worry is getting fat. Meet Bad Girl, a cartoon aimed at a generation of young Chinese raised on a diet of imported video games, […]
Read MoreFrom The Observer: In the middle of the 19th century, an area the size of Germany located between Beijing and Shanghai in central China was run for more than 15 years by the Nian rebels, a 50,000-strong network of bandit groups who lived by pillage and rape. The inability of the Imperial armies to quell […]
Read MoreFrom AP: …Bank President Luis Alberto will sign an agreement of understanding on Sunday with Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of the People Bank of China, to formalize talks over Beijing’s request to become a member. The bank’s board of directors is holding their annual meeting here Monday and Tuesday… In recent years, China has been […]
Read MoreFrom Times of India: China is “racing ahead” of both the United States and India in producing graduates with advanced engineering and technology degrees and in its ability to perform basic research, according to a new study. The trend is part of a complex picture that challenges popular wisdom and sheds new light on how […]
Read MoreFrom IT Week: “Security researchers are noticing an increase in malware originating from China, which is adding to the challenge of investigating online threats. “The past three to four months have seen a slow increase in Chinese malware. It used to be the odd file every now and then, but it is now almost every […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Production, sale and transportation are the stages where food products can be contaminated. Unfortunately, none of the three stages in China is free of problems, says CPPCC member Chen Zhizhe, of Fujian’s Xiehe Hospital. There’s a high chance of food getting contaminated during processing or sale. Nearly 1 million factories, 70 percent […]
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