Read the summary, then listen to the audio from PM: In the run-up to the Olympic Games, China is trying to convince the World that it’s a more modern, transparent and respectful place when it comes to human rights. Now a key Chinese dissident is about to test to what extent that’s really true… Wang […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Delegates to six-party talks began converging on Beijing on Wednesday seeking a breakthrough in talks aimed at curtailing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, but envoys and analysts said a final deal was far away… China has set no official deadline for the session, but its chief delegate, Wu Dawei, has said the talks may […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Rumors are particularly rife ahead of any important Communist Party or government meeting that could potentially lead to a reshuffle. During such occasions, gossip invariably flies from one resident to another...
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: On Saturday, Chinese President Hu Jintao’s whirlwind visit to eight African countries in 12 days will come to an end, marking a bold new foray into the “Dark Continent”. Six centuries ago, another Chinese dignitary touched on the shores of Africa; he returned to Beijing with a giraffe, an exotic gift no […]
Read MoreFrom Spero News: Taiwan removed Chiang Kai Shek‘s statue from its military police headquarters, angering the Kuomingtang Party. Chiang’s legacy of oppression and violence is being re-examined. On February 5, the Military Police Headquarters in Taipei removed Chiang’s statue from its premises. Similarly, DPP President Yu Shyi-kun today presented a proposal to remove honor guards […]
Read MoreAdd pollution to the long list of advantages China enjoys in the new global economy. State-run press just announced that China and the UN have agreed to set up a carbon trading exchange in Beijing”the first in the developing world. Via Xinhuanet: The proposed exchange is part of a program to pilot carbon trading in […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday sought to reassure Africans that his country’s aggressive investments in oil, copper and other natural resources do not amount to a new wave of colonialism, saying China would “not do anything harmful to the interests of Africa and its people. “Hu’s comments, made in Pretoria […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: China has three times as many religious believers as previously thought, according to a new survey that suggests this nominally atheist nation has never been more open to the “opium of the masses”. Professors at East China Normal University estimated that about 300 million people – equivalent to more than 30% of […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: The ice melted in Beijing’s lakes this week as the temperature soared to 16 degrees, its highest winter level in 167 years, and Chinese authorities acknowledged the phenomenon is linked to global warming. But despite the dramatic evidence in its capital city, China is still responding with ambivalence and evasion […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s soaring economic growth has been headlined in recent years by a single, attention-grabbing statistic: China each year adds new power generating capacity equal to the UK’s entire electricity grid. But China surpassed this benchmark last year, according to new figures released quietly at the end of January by the China Electric […]
Read MoreFrom AP via TaiPei Times: China either banned or warned more than 20 Chinese writers from attending an international writers’ conference held in Hong Kong over the weekend, organizers said yesterday. “We are very concerned by the restrictions on the writers in mainland China to write, travel and associate freely,” said Jiri Grusa, president of […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China said Tuesday that wealthier countries must take the lead in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and refused to say whether it would agree to any mandatory emissions limits that might hamper its booming economy. Jiang Yu, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, said China was willing to contribute to an […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: As China embraces female emancipation, more women appear to be expressing interest in postponing pregnancy by having their eggs frozen as they pursue careers and enjoy the independence of youth. However, by law such services are only available to couples with fertility problems. More than 260 couples had unfertilized eggs frozen through […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China will spend more to research global warming but lacks the money and technology to significantly reduce the greenhouse-gas emissions that are worsening the problem, a government official said yesterday. China “lags behind Europe and the United States” in the technology needed to clean its coal, which accounts for 69 percent of its […]
Read MoreFrom McClathcy Newspaper’s Tim Johnson’s blog (photo: Helium-3 via pbs.org): This theory has been floating around for years, and China has officially denied that it plans to dig up helium-3 on the moon. Helium-3, you may remember, is a substance rare on Earth but apparently abundant on the powdery surface of the moon. It has […]
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