From China Daily: Global warming has caused China to experience its second warmest winter in 50 years. It has also caused sandstorms, heavy fog and severe drought. The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said yesterday the winter season from December 2006 to February 2007 recorded a national average temperature of -2.4 C, following the warmest winter […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A report by Amnesty International highlights the discrimination and abuse suffered by China’s migrant workers. Jonathan Hursh, a founder of an NGO working with migrant communities in Beijing, describes the difficulties facing millions of migrants and the government’s approach towards an overwhelming social problem. It was a brick home with a concrete […]
Read MoreFrom AP: The memorial hall displaying the preserved remains of Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong will close for almost six months this year for renovations, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday. The massive hall in central Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has been a key tourist draw since it opened on Sept. 9, 1977, exactly one […]
Read MoreA self-expose type of story behind the story, on how he himself interpretes Chinese political-speak. From Richard Spencer’s blog: For me, the standard formulation (the modern, more sensitively expressed one) for rejecting western democracy can be seen clearly here: “China’s democratic and political construction must go its own way” (even though different cultures can in […]
Read MoreA comeback for street vendors, but to qualify you have to prove to be poor or laid-off. From Josie Liu’s blog: The city of Chongqing is preparing to carry out new policies allowing street vendors to do their business, after decades of banning and cracking down on them, city newspapers reported. The city government said […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: This Danwei Music video is a glimpse of a folk dance performance by a deaf and hearing impaired troupe from Shenyang. The dance is called ‘Yang Ge’ and is traditionally performed to bring in the New Year and features characters from Chinese legends like Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) and Xuan Zang.
Read MoreFrom The China Times blog, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: After the publication of “The Proceedings of Lung Ying-tai’s Speeches at Harvard University and Washington DC”, the netizens responded powerfully and enthusiastically. Some agreed with her, some admired her, some rebuked her, some cursed her and all that. Pro-Taiwan independence, pro-unification … one label after another was […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Shanghai’s new status as a weathervane for global markets proved to be short-lived after the stock market in mainland China rallied strongly yesterday in spite of sharp falls in the rest of Asia and Europe. The dramatic trading on Tuesday, when the mainland market plunged 9 per cent, had raised the prospect […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Planetark: China is planning to shut down small cement plants across the country over the next two years, as the latest step in its efforts to improve energy efficiency, combat pollution and upgrade its industry. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the powerful economic planning agency, said in a recent notice […]
Read MoreFrom AP: The wife of a blind Chinese activist who was jailed after he documented cases of forced abortions was reunited with her husband Thursday for a 10-minute visit, the first such meeting since he was detained a year ago. Yuan Weijing said she saw Chen Guangcheng at a prison in Shandong province, hugging him […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via China Post: China’s parliament opens its annual session on Monday with hopes of passing a landmark bill that would protect private property for the first time and see Communist leaders embrace another pillar of free markets. The National People’s Congress is likely also to pass a corporate income tax bill that would […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China’s parliament is to consider reforming a controversial law allowing police to send crime suspects to labour camps without trial, state media said. Reforming the “re-education through labour”...
Read MoreFrom Seattle Times: China’s population, the world’s largest, grew by almost 7 million people last year, according to an official report. China’s National Bureau of Statistics said in a report released late Wednesday that the country’s population was 1,314,480,000 at the end of 2006, an increase of 6.92 million people. The bureau said males accounted […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is likely to give priority to meeting energy saving targets at the annual session of parliament which opens next week, after the country failed to meet last year’s goals. China cut its energy per unit of gross domestic product, or energy intensity, by 1.23 percent last year, the National […]
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