China’s Congested Skies – Bruce Stanley
Jams and congestions, that is China! No exception for flying, as many of us have experienced with delays catching planes. With Olympics coming, China will take actions. Via the Wall Street Journal (photo: Cathay and Dragonair adding flights to China, via takungpao): Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport shut down for four hours one afternoon in December […]
Read MoreA Denuclearization Deal in Beijing – Gavan McCormack
From Japan Focus: On 13 February 2007, a historic deal was struck in Beijing commencing the process of the denuclearization of Korea, comprehensive regional reconciliation, ending the Korean War, and normalizing relations between North Korea and its two historic enemies, Japan and the United States. The agreement is complex, and its implications are enormous, not […]
Read MoreChina allows AIDS activist to visit U.S. – Devlin Barrett
From AP, via Houston Chronicle: Chinese officials signaled Friday they will allow a prominent AIDS activist who had been confined to her home to visit the United States next month, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said. Gao Yaojie, 80, was confined to her home, worrying fellow activists who said the measure was aimed at keeping her […]
Read MoreThousands of North Korean Women Sold as Slaves in China – RFA
From Radio Free Asia: Thousands of North Korean women who fled famine in their homeland in recent years are believed to have been sold as “brides” to Chinese men, who often put them to backbreaking labor and subject them to constant fear, physical assault, and sexual abuse. In an unprecedented series of interviews by RFA’s […]
Read MoreChina’s Unhealthy Taste for Toxins – Peter Ritter
From TIME magazine: “Chinese shoppers are used to warnings about tainted food. According to a November report by the Asian Development Bank, food-borne disease affects 300 million Chinese per year, costing up to $14 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses. But a recent string of high-profile health scares involving toxic ingredients has consumers worried […]
Read MoreNational Plan Targets Climate Change – Wu Chong and Sun Xiaohua
As a following up of the Climate Change National Assessment Report published by China last December, now Chinese government is working on a strategy to fight against the climate change, see more details via China Daily: The country is working on its first national program to mitigate and adapt to climate change, according to a […]
Read MoreDeath Penalty over China Ant Scam – BBC
A Chinese company chairman has been sentenced to death for running a scam involving giant ants, via BBC: Wang Zhendong promised investors returns of up to 60% if they put money into the fictitious ant-breeding project, the court heard. Wang, from Liaoning province, raised 3bn yuan ($390m; ¬£200m) in three years, prosecutors said… More than […]
Read MoreChina Intent on Making Nuke Deal Happen – AP
From AP: Chinese President Hu Jintao reiterated his country’s commitment to helping implement an agreement signed this week during international nuclear talks aimed at persuading North Korea to disarm. Hu said in a telephone conversation late Thursday with President Bush that China was “willing to maintain close communication and cooperation with the United States and […]
Read MoreMain Photo: Hitching in Tibet
A man hitchikes after his bus broke down in Tibet. Photo by monkeyking.
Read MoreChina’s Web Economy Will Surpass Western Countries Due to Cultural Uniqueness – David Bandurski
From China Media Project: A top official from China’s official agency in charge of press and publishing suggested in an interview with the overseas edition of China’s official People’s Daily that China’s unique cultural character made it particularly suited to the development of a Web-based economy, and that he expected the country’s Web economy to […]
Read MoreLi Yinhe Launches Free Speech Debate – David Bandurski
The China Media Project provides a fine summary of the free speech debate that flared up on the editorial pages of Chinese newspapers following yesterday’s announcement by noted sexologist Li Yinhe that she is being pressured to keep her mouth shut on matters carnal. CMP translates comments from a number of papers, including this from […]
Read MoreChina Covers Up Detention of AIDS Doctor – Jim Yardley
From The New York Times: The photograph and article in Tuesday’s Henan Daily could have been headlined “Happy Holidays.” Three highranking Henan Province officials, beaming and clapping as if presenting a lottery check, were making an early Lunar New Year visit to the apartment of a renowned AIDS doctor, Gao Yaojie. They gave her flowers. […]
Read MoreChina Envisions Environmentally Friendly ‘Eco-city’ – Calum Mccleod
USA Today takes a look at Dongtan, the new zero-emissions development planned for Chongming Island at the mouth of the Yangtze River: The British design firm hired by SIIC to design Dongtan says the city will be practical and commercially sensible ” high-tech, economically vibrant, a model for urban planners everywhere ” not a green […]
Read MoreIn a China Flush With Fortune, Many now Want Theirs Told – Peter Ford
From Christian Science Monitor: In a culture increasingly focused on personal wealth, many Chinese look to traditional fortunetelling tools to enrich them. As the Chinese New Year approaches, heralding the auspicious Year of the Pig, porkers are everywhere. Fifteen-foot-high inflatable pigs beckon shoppers into electronics stores; fluffy pink pig snouts enliven winter ear-muffs; corkscrew tails […]
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