main photo: voting in womens prison
Voting for people’s congress delegates in a women’s prison in Chongqing, via sina.com.cn
Read MoreOne Sun in the Sky – Jehangir Pocha
From the Gorgetown Journal: There is an old Chinese proverb that holds there can not be two suns in the sky, so there can be only one source of power in the land. It is an idea the Chinese Communist Party has embraced fully, leaving it congenitally opposed to any leadership or organization in China […]
Read MoreCounty Secretary Suspended after Fire Rioting – Sichuan Daily
From Sichuan Daily via sina.com.cn, translated by CDT: Dazhu County party secretary Wang Wei (Áé㉺ü) was suspended from his job, as was the county’s police chief Lai Jingsong (˵ñÂä≤Êùæ), as two “victims” of the recent fire rioting that burnt down a hotel where a woman employee was recently raped and murdered. A suspect, Liu Chikun […]
Read MoreInternet Cafes: Premium Meat for Regulators – Xinhua
As Internet cafes have taken the brunt of the criticism of addictive gaming and computing by a large number of young Chinese, the bosses also have their complaints: endless fees or expenses to keep their business going. From...
Read MoreChina Announces ‘Crucial’ Economic Reforms – AFP
From AFP: China announced a number of key economic reforms on Saturday after closing a high-level conference on improving the management of its increasingly complex financial sector. The two-day, closed-door meeting of top policy-makers chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao “formulated plans crucial to the country’s financial system over the coming few years,” said the official […]
Read MoreA Farmer’s 2006 Finance Journal: Migrant Work Leading Income – Changsha Evening News
From Changsha Evening News via sina.com.cn, translated by CDT (photo: Li Haibin and his finance journal, via sina.com.cn): Li Haibin (Êùéʵ∑ÂΩ¨), one of the most educated 62-year-old farmers in his village, has been keeping a detailed finance journal all the years of his family of six, one of the most well-off at Huangxing New Village […]
Read MoreNearly 40 pc Yellow River fish population extinct, say Chinese officials – kerala
From Keralanext: Chinese government officials on conditions of anonymity said that increased human activity like disruptive dams, pollution and overall environmental catastrophe had led to about 40 percent of the fish population going extinct. “There used to be more than 150 species of fish living in the Yellow River, but one-third have disappeared for good,” […]
Read MoreMy Statement and Position – Zhang Yihe
Translated by ESWN On January 11, 2007, during the opening day of the national book order placements conference, the General Administration of Press and Publications called an “informational” meeting. During the meeting, deputy director Wu Shulin read out a list of “2006 publications that violated regulations.” Among those named, Past Histories of Peking Opera Stars […]
Read MoreEnvironment business and the changing business environment – Leo Horn-Phathanothai
One of the World Bank’s environmental consultants writes in the Bangkok Post on the profound effects of China’s new environmental push on prospects for business there. The piece begins with an look at the bevy of new restrictions and barriers that have emerged from the country’s ecological panic and warns of the State Environmental Protection […]
Read MoreBodyguards: new profession in China – Li Qian
From China Daily: It’s becoming increasingly common in China to see solidly built and solemn men surrounding public figures. Most likely, these people are personal bodyguards. Most Chinese first learned about these kinds of men from vintage Hong Kong and Hollywood movies, such as Jet Li in “The Bodyguard from Beijing”( ‰∏≠Âçóʵ∑‰øùÈïñ) and Kevin Costner […]
Read MoreLeaky pipe leads photo shop to treasure of old Shanghai photos – CCTV
From CCTV via Shanghaiist: …And just recently in Shanghai, a set of remarkable photographs was discovered because of a leaky pipe. Nearly 20,000 pictures from The Wang Kai gallery (ÁéãºÄÁÖßÁõ∏ȶÜ) were brought to light after decades under cover. The photos, though they’ve yellowed some, are still in good condition. Most were taken in the 1920s […]
Read MorePhoto Series: Shanghai’s Strongest Nail House
From HoopChina forum via Virtual China: I encountered this photo on Virtual China. It says that A small shack, roughly built on the corner of a road in Shanghai, is surrounded by high-rise developments. Owned by a tough old woman, it is patronized by night-time drivers. This is the most famous “nail household” (ÈíâÂ≠êÊà∑Ôºâof Shanghai […]
Read MoreChina sets off a new round of Star Wars – Financial Times
From The Financial Times: A means of modern warfare the world had complacently come to see as at least informally off the table is now very firmly back on it – or, rather, scattered as metallic debris across miles of outer space. China, in an alarming exhibition of its military muscle, has fired a ground-based […]
Read MoreMcDonald’s Super-sizes its Presence in China – Joe McDonald
Americans don’t know McDonald’s Chinese name means “Wheat Becomes the Labor” (È∫¶ÂΩìÂä≥Ôºâ. Americans have no idea Chinese people treat McDonald as typical American food and going to McDonald’s is to experience American way of life. It’s hard for Americans to imagine that a standard McDonald’s meal, including a hamburger, a small pack of French fries […]
Read MoreChina Shows Assertiveness in Weapons Test – Joseph Kahn
From The New York Times: …The test of an antisatellite weapon last week, which Beijing declined to confirm or deny Friday despite widespread news coverage and diplomatic inquiries, was perceived by East Asia experts as...
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