Fast, bulletproof, and straight out of Anhui Province – Shanghaiist
From Shanghaiist: Chery Automobile is perhaps the most famous export from Anhui province, well besides everyone’s favourite Ayi of course. Not being content with constructing fine automobiles that are capable of outperforming a Ferrari F430 on Shanghai’s Tianma circuit, Chery Automobile has announced a joint-venture with Uruguay-based armoured car company, Bognor Automotive Manufacture and Assembly, […]
Read MoreFree Teacher Education Stirs Hot Discussions – Coldness Kwan
From China Daily: Free teacher education in the six normal universities directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE) from this school year pledged by Premier Wen Jiabao‘s in his government work report at the current National People’s Congress (NPC) session has drawn wide public concern. …Some experts worried that the provincial-level teacher majors may be […]
Read MoreLi Yan Case Sparks Nationwide Debate in China Over “Peaceful Death” and Euthanasia – David Bandurski
From China Media Project: The story of a 28 year-old woman from China’s northern Ningxia Autonomous Region suffering from terminal cancer has sparked a nationwide debate in China over death and euthanasia, in a case that recalls but bears marked differences with the 2005 case of Terry Schiavo in the United States. Chinese media have […]
Read MoreChang’e 1: China Gears Up for First Moon Mission – Tariq Malik
From Space.com, via Yahoo! News: China is ramping up for the launch this year of Chang’e 1, a lunar orbiter designed to set the stage for the nation’s future Moon-bound missions. Assembly of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Moon probe is complete, with tests underway of its rocket booster, according to several state media […]
Read MoreChinese activist honoured by human rights group – Radio Australia
From Radio Australia: A blind activist who exposed government abuses of China’s one-child policy has been honoured at the 2007 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression awards in London. Chen Guangcheng was among the five “defenders of free speech” recognised by the Index on Censorship human rights organisation. An imprisoned Egyptian weblog writer, an assassinated […]
Read MorePlease, love the Chinese lawmakers and political advisors! – Chinaelections.org
From the The Carter Center’s chinaelections.org: South China Morning Post reported that Chinese lawmakers need to get more training and become more professional. One such lawmaker told the SCMP reporter, NPC deputies need more training to improve their skills, NPC deputy Fan Jiheng from Shanxi province said. “A lot of the representatives don’t have any […]
Read MoreYahoo Didn’t Violate Laws in Case of Jailed Chinese Journalist – Sylvia Hui
From AP via USA Today: Investigators said Wednesday there was not enough evidence to show that Yahoo’s Hong Kong branch provided private information that helped convict a Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets. The case raised questions about whether Internet companies should cooperate with governments that deny freedom of speech and frequently crack down […]
Read MoreAssessing Social Stability on the Eve of the 17th Party Congress – Joseph Fewsmith
From Hoover Institution’s China Leadership Monitor: Recent data on overall public opinion in China make one fairly optimistic about the state of Chinese society. Incomes are up, trust in the central government is high, and many aspects of government are seen as fair. But when one looks more closely at the issues closest to people”health […]
Read MoreChina Says Faces Huge Problem Finding New Jobs – Reuters
From Reuters: China faces a huge challenge finding jobs for all its people, especially university graduates, a senior minister said on Tuesday, though he admitted some sectors of the economy faced staff shortages. Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping said there would be 24 million new urban job-seekers on the market this year, […]
Read MoreBallyhoo of Broadway Shuffles Off to … China – Campbell Robertson
From the New York Times: Next week the Nederlanders, one of the big three Broadway theater owners, are planning to announce the details of a new company they have formed that, among other things, will present and market tours and live entertainment in China. But the entry of the Nederlanders into the Asian market is […]
Read MoreChina Says Organs from Prisoners Used Only in Exceptional Cases – AP
From AP, via The New York Times: …Human rights groups have said China’s transplant business is profit-driven with little regard for medical ethics, and that many organs ” including those transplanted into wealthy foreigners ” come from executed prisoners who may not have given their permission… Chinese transplantation specialists have estimated as much as 99 […]
Read MoreExtravagant Spending of the Two Meetings Questioned – Josie Liu
From China in Transition blog: A staff worker of the on-going NPC and CPPCC sessions revealed in his blog some wasteful occurrences during the two big meetings, such as the use of large amount of disposable paper cups for drinking water in the lobby of the Great Hall of the People. There are nearly 3000 […]
Read MoreA Different Kind of Great Game – Paul McLeary
Foreign Policy reports on potential tensions between China and the U.S. over both countries’ interests in Africa: For years, China has been offering loans, building critical infrastructure, and providing engineering and military advice and hardware to African regimes without extracting any promises that the regimes clean up their human rights records”something Western countries insist upon […]
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