Bloomberg reported that Japan and Australia asked China to explain its test firing a missile into space, while Russian Defense Minister through MOSNEWS addressed here that Chinese Ballistic Missile Tests Are Exaggerated Rumors: …The satellite was hit by the missile on Jan. 11, Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, said yesterday. […]
Read MoreSpace debris around Earth, via Blample Sog blog on blogspot.com
Read MoreReuters highlighted the crisis of the Yellow River: A third of all fish species in the Yellow River have become extinct because of dams, overfishing and pollution, The People’s Daily reported. “The Yellow River used to be host to more than 150 species of fish, but a third of them are now extinct, including some […]
Read MoreWhat will come of Caijing magazine’s latest cover story, which examines the stealth privatization of power conglomerate Luneng? Folks here are watching and whispering. Last week, Caijing reported that two newly established no-name entities, one backed by a trust fund with a mystery investor, “secretly” acquired a 91 percent share last May in the Shandong […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua’s Heilongjiang channel, translated by CDT (photo: residents in Harbin waiting for water delivery after Songhua chemical spill): Beijing has ratified a proposal to clean up the water systems of Songhua River, involving key cities along the river such as Harbin (ÂìàÂ∞îʪ®), Qiqihar (ÈΩêÈΩêÂìàÂ∞î), Daqing (§ßÂ∫Ü), Jiamusi (‰Ω≥Êú®ÊñØ), Mudanjiang (Áâ°‰∏πʱü), Changchun (ÈïøÊò•) and Jilin […]
Read MoreThe Christian Science Monitor reports on the Lan Chengzhang case and on corruption in the media in China: The phenomenon of people posing as journalists to extort money from businesses is not uncommon in China: A man went on trial this week in Beijing for threatening to write a critical article on his consumer website […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post (photo: Daytop’s drugs rehab association members started their session by having a few minutes of silence during the center’s starting days, via Daytop site): Here outside Kunming, at the Yunnan Daytop Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, a “therapeutic community” approach involves group counseling in a family setting. It is an […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: The Chinese military used a ground-based missile to hit and destroy one of its aging satellites orbiting more than 500 miles in space last week, an apparent test of anti-satellite technology that raised concerns about a possible arms race in space and drew sharp protests from other space-faring nations. The satellite-destroying […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via sina.com.cn: Beijing government designated the 11th of each month as a “spontaneous line-up day,” in an effort to facelift the city’s jaywalking and many other bad traffic images. Reason picking the 11th was, “as long as there are more than two people, there should be a line like ’11’.” Beijing also hopes […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Sentinel: The president’s apparent bid to fill the new Central Committee and Politburo, which is to be determined at the 17th Congress, with his cronies goes against the dictum of the late patriarch Deng, namely, that senior officials must hail from “the four lakes and four seas.” This meant top posts should be […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune, via A Glimpse of the World blog: Around 1980, the party leadership admitted that three decades of orthodox Communism had produced little economic gain and constant political upheaval. In a 180-degree turn, party leaders began to push a market economy, encouraging people to get rich fast instead of striving for […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: China’s top administrative authority, the State Council, passed “in principle” yesterday the long-awaited ordinance on information disclosure [‰∏≠Âçé‰∫∫Ê∞ëÂÖ±ÂíåÂõΩÊîøÂ∫ú‰ø°ÊÅØÂ֨ºÄÊù°‰æãÔºàËçâÊ°à)], which some experts believe could give the public and media better access to a whole range of government information. The ordinance, which could pave the way for a more powerful law on information […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The crimes of communist China’s founder shouldn’t blind us to achievements which paved the way for its current modernisation. Nobody wants to be an apologist for Mao. Even the Communist party, five years after his death, delivered the verdict that his crimes during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution meant […]
Read MoreChina and Japan just broke the ice and supposed to move forward to a new step for the bilateral relationship, but now it is a question if this gonna happen. Read the report from AP and find out more: Japan’s ruling party declared on Wednesday that its members would continue to visit a Tokyo war […]
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