From BBC News: China has hit out at Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian after he made a strongly pro-independence speech on Sunday. Mr Chen said Taiwan should pursue independence, write a new constitution and change its official name from “Republic of China” to Taiwan. China’s Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said anyone wanting to split Taiwan from […]
Read MoreAs the National People’s Congress meets in Beijing to discuss a slowdown in economic growth and policies to support the poor, two new reports detail abuses of migrant workers in Chinese factories. From Amnesty International’s new report, “Internal migrants: Discrimination and abuse: The human cost of an economic ‘miracle’”: Tens of millions of migrants are […]
Read MoreFrom The Los Angeles Times: The former prisoner runs a dirt-stained hand over a scar on his forehead and recalls the pain of near-daily whippings by police guards at the Fuxin Reeducation Through Labor facility in northeast...
Read More[Disclaimer: The following post is dedicated to politics junkies and members of China’s foreign press corps looking to justify their existence over the next ten days. General interest readers are kindly advised to ignore…] Call it a “show of democracy”, but the show just keeps on growing. Credit the mainland media for making the “two […]
Read MoreAnother look at the corporate income tax bill, downplaying its potential crushing effect on foreign investment. From People’s Daily Online: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that the timing and conditions are now ripe for unifying the enterprise income tax rates for domestic and overseas-funded enterprises to “level the playing field.” Wen made the remark […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Prime Minister Wen Jiabao conceded Monday that China was failing on important energy and pollution goals and declared that the country must become more energy-efficient and quickly improve environmental protection to safeguard the long-term health of its booming economy… Mr. Wen described serious structural problems in the country’s economy, but […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday pledged greater support for education and health care over the next year and said the government would tackle sources of social unrest such as environmental problems, land seizures and privatization of state industries… Wen’s budget priorities reflect Beijing’s recent focus on shifting spending to education, health care […]
Read MoreFrom xinhua via China Daily: China plans to gear down its economic growth to eight percent in 2007 from 10.7 per cent in the previous year, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday. “The most important task for us is to promote sound and fast economic growth,” said the premier in a government work report delivered […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Planetark: A draft of China’s first energy law is likely to be submitted to senior officials later this year, following international consultation on its contents, an official Chinese newspaper reported on Saturday. The proposed legislation will be sent to China’s State Council, or government cabinet, and an international meeting will discuss the […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: With the passage through the Chinese parliament in the coming days of an innocuous-sounding bill on corporate tax, Beijing will be drawing a symbolic close to nearly three decades of ¬≠policies favouring foreign investment. Companies with part foreign ownership and projects in nearly 60 specially designated economic zones at present pay a […]
Read MoreFrom Chinaelections.org: In a signed article published by the People’s Daily on February 27, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that China would advocate peace, development and cooperation, and always pursue an independent foreign policy of peace. The article, titled “Our Historical Tasks at the Primary Stage of Socialism and Several Issues Concerning China’s Foreign Policy”, […]
Read MoreFrom The Japan Focus: At a moment when the “comfort women” controversy is dominating the growing global discussion about Japanese war responsibility, the Japan Supreme Court is set to permanently foreclose the possibility of redress for Chinese war victims within the Japanese court system. Japan’s top court will hold a special hearing on March 16 […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via People’s Daily Online: China should trim people’s morals and behavior to create a better social and cultural environment for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on Sunday. The country should take the chance of preparing the Games to tackle the prominent […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via Xinhua: Overseas journalists covering the annual sessions of the NPC and CPPCC can for the first time contact and interview lawmakers and political advisers “directly,” thanks to a newly implemented regulation that grants them more freedom in reporting the events. The new regulation, which took effect on January 1, gives foreign […]
Read MoreTemple Fairs (Â∫ô‰ºö) are one of the most traditional customs in China. Many Chinese cannot miss these events during the Spring Festival. In Beijing, Changdian (ÂéÇÁî∏Â∫ô‰ºö)and Ditan(Âú∞ÂùõÂ∫ô‰ºö) fairs are two major ones for the Lunar New Year. People hang out there to eat traditional snacks, watch shows, and shop Beijing local goods. There is a […]
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