The Comedy Central fake news pundit show, The Colbert Report, is celebrating the Year of the Pig with a special China report. In one segment, Colbert introduces his new term for the China-U.S. relationship: “Frenemy” (“The biggest way that China is our friend is that they are our enemy”). He also interviews journalist Sheryl WuDunn. […]
Read MoreBBC reports on a new anti-corruption drive which will extend out to the provinces to rein in local officials: In 2006, about 97,000 officials were found guilty of bribe-taking or breaching financial rules. The figure is down on 2005. But despite the fall, most people in China, including the party leadership, believe corruption is endemic […]
Read MoreDr. Gao Yaojie, the 80-year-old veteran AIDS fighter and national hero, was recently barred by the local government from going to Beijing to get her US visa to receive an award from US senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In the third part of this video series, Gao stresses about the potential destabilizing factor of […]
Read MoreFrom Boxun, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: At the end of July 2006, following the placing of Shanghai Social Security Bureau director Zhu Junyi under “double regulations,” (technical note: the person must make an...
Read MoreFrom AP: BEIJING — China’s environmental watchdog admitted Monday the country had failed to reach any of its pollution control goals for 2006 and had fallen further behind as the economy picked up speed. The State Environmental Protection Agency said faster-than-expected economic growth meant that sulfur dioxide emissions increased by nearly 1.8 percent, or 463,000 […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has promises to keep and China must ensure that it does , via the Times: The denuclearisation deal hammered out with North Korea is unsatisfactory. It is nowhere near as comprehensive and unequivocal as the resolution that was passed by the UN Security Council last October in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear test. It […]
Read MoreVillagers in Shanxi Province add an extra light bulb for their New Year’s meal. Photo by Natalie Behring.
Read MoreJeremy Goldkorn interviews blogger and San Lian Life Weekly journalist Wang Xiaofeng in a bar in Beijing’s Back Lakes district: Wang is not afraid to poke fun at sacred cows or to curse China’s excitable young Internet users. His acerbic style and sense of humor have made him your correspondent’s favorite Chinese blogger. In person, […]
Read MorePage One from the Wall Street Journal: XINLIAN, China — In this remote mountain village, residents were complaining about a local doctor. Some suspected he was prescribing drugs that weren’t necessary. That set off an unusual response: A special council of local health-care monitors — formed as part of an experiment to address sweeping problems […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: Ningxia has cooperated with scientists from Britain and Canada on clean-energy programs and climate-change modeling. An official at the province’s meteorological department said local officials are very concerned because the region depends heavily on agriculture for its economy. … Instead of trying to cap greenhouse-gas emissions, China’s leaders last year […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via Chinaelections.org: The number of overseas Chinese has reached 35 million, making it the largest migrant group in the world, according to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The Report on International Politics and Security said that overseas Chinese have been living and working in 151 countries, with Australia, […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s major and the opposition party leader Ma Ying-jeou announced his resignation from the post of Kuomingtang’s chairman after local prosecutors indicted him on changes of corruption. But he also claimed that he will still run for president. Below are news about the resignation and the running for president. From Xinhuanet: Taiwan’s major and the […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China will set up a new anti-graft agency to ferret out corruption amidst a string cases involving high-level officials and wealthy businessmen. Gan Yisheng, secretary general of the Communist party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced the new agency at a press conference Tuesday, a day after state media reported the detention […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: What’s changed in Hong Kong since Britain handed the territory over to Beijing 10 years ago? I have tried avoiding this question, put by almost every visitor since July 1997. But with the 10th anniversary approaching, maybe it’s time for some random thoughts from a resident who has lived here […]
Read MoreDr. Gao Yaojie, the 80-year-old veteran AIDS fighter and national hero, was recently barred by the local government from going to Beijing to get her US visa to receive an award from US senator Hillary Clinton. Here in the second part of the video series, Gao talks about government lying and a tug-of-war with her […]
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