From Boxun, Translated by CDT: On the train from Lhasa to Shanghai, I met a Tibetan woman who was on the bunk across from mine. Her hometown is in Deqin County (Âæ∑Èí¶Âéø) of Diqing District (Ëø™Â∫ÜÂ∑û), Yunnan Province. Across a river is the Tibet Autonomous Region. She was in Lhasa seeing her parents, who were […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: “Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each morning at 6:30, he is jolted awake by […]
Read MoreHerbert Meyer served during the Reagan administration as special assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence and Vice Chairman of the CIA’s National Intelligence Council. Formerly an associate editor of FORTUNE, he is also the author of several books. The following excerpts are from from A Global Intelligence Briefing for CEOs: In the last 20 […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: They’re calling it Black Tuesday in China: local stock markets unexpectedly sold offt, losing nearly 9% of their value, and putting pressure on equity prices around the world. Analysts said the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets were reacting to widespread rumors of plans by the Chinese government to raise interest rates or institute a […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: The Communist Party cautioned China’s increasingly impatient reformers and intellectuals Tuesday that political liberalization and democracy are still a long way off despite the rapid pace of economic change during the past two decades. The warning, in an article attributed to Premier Wen Jiabao in the official People’s Daily, constituted the […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Times: A former high-ranking CIA official refused FBI appeals for help in tracking Chinese spies and urged others via e-mail not to cooperate because of the recent prosecution of former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Ron Montaperto. Robert G. Sutter, a former national intelligence officer for East Asia and holder of a security […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on new efforts by the propaganda czars to control coverage of the upcoming NPC meetings: Communist Party propaganda chiefs have issued a stern new warning to China’s broadcast executives, saying news reports and entertainment should promote socialist loyalty and soothe tensions as the country enters a sensitive political season. The new […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: If the Middle Kingdom were not a country, but rather a giant company — let’s call it Red China, Inc. — then the Politburo would be its all-powerful board of directors. And if Hu were not a communist official but rather a capitalist corporate boss, he would find himself inundated with job […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via globeandmail.com: Wal-Mart is buying a 35-per-cent stake in a company that operates Trust-Mart, a major Chinese discount chain, as international competitors jostle for position in China’s rapidly growing retail market. Wal-Mart may eventually take managerial control of Taiwan-based Bounteous Co., which operates 101 Trust-Mart stores in 34 major cities in China, the […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC News: The name Tiananmen Square conjures up either the memory of a slaughter of hundreds of pro-democracy campaigners by the Chinese authorities on 4 June 1989, or denial by the Chinese authorities that it happened. Mentioning 4 June 1989 is still prohibited in the Chinese media and the Chinese government maintains that […]
Read MoreThis week’s edition of CDT ChinaCast’s Foreign Correspondents Series features Ryoichi Hamamoto, former Beijing bureau chief for Yomiuri Shimbun. Hamamoto reported for Yomiuri for 30 years, including seven years...
Read MoreAnother Cnooc scenario that stirs up China bashing? And will troubled US auto industry make a surprise move to be bought up by a Chinese firm? From China Business Infocenter (photo: FAW’s Red Flag sedan, via FAW web site): Shanghai – China First Automobile Works (FAW), China’s biggest auto maker, is interested in buying the […]
Read MoreThree pandas were born on Friday in Wolong, Sichuan Province, first for 2007. Via CBBC Newsround
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China has set a target of increasing renewable energy use from the present 10 percent to 20 percent of the total energy consumption by 2020 to meet the increasing demand and reduce the greenhouse effect… According to Li Junfeng, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission’s Energy Research Institute(ÂõΩÂÆ∂ÂèëÊîπÂßîÔºâ, by […]
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