“Chinese people don’t do satire like Israelis and the English.” “They don’t have that making-fun-of-yourself gene.” Said Wang Xiaofeng, one of the most famous bloggers in China. He put the following satire post(Chinese) on his blog to tell how he became Time magazine’s Person of the Year, translated and carried by Raymond Zhou’s blog: Last […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: What is obvious, though, is that Olmert’s visit to Beijing holds deep implications for the security of the region. The Chinese leadership in discussions with Olmert has come down rather sharply on the Iranian stance in the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear program. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao openly rebuffed Tehran’s claim that the […]
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on developments in China’s role in the ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan: The U.S. special envoy to Sudan said Friday that China has pushed the Sudanese government recently to help resolve the bloody Darfur conflict and ease the plight of the region’s nearly 3 million refugees. The Chinese intervention marked a […]
Read MoreFrom The Economist print edition: China is choking on its success at attracting the world’s factories. That has handed its Asian neighbours a big opportunity AS A vote of confidence in Vietnam, the decision by Intel early in 2006 to spend $350m building a new factory in the emerging South-East Asian economy was hard to […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Leading Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has lost his final appeal against a conviction which supporters say was political. Mr Chen was jailed in 2006 for four years and three months for damaging property and disrupting traffic. But his lawyers said the real reason was Mr Chen’s exposure of violations to […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women by 2020, making it difficult for them to find wives, according to a national report. The gender imbalance could lead to social instability, the report by the State Population and Family Planning Commission warned. It found that around 118 boys […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: China unveiled the locally built Jian-10 last week, saying it narrows the gap with advanced nations. A sleek, swept-wing fighter-bomber dubbed the “Jian-10,” unveiled here last week, is more than just another jet plane. It is China’s calling card, announcing Beijing’s arrival among the top ranks of military manufacturers. Powered […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China will set its priorities for finance reform for the next five years at a top-level party conclave next week expected to focus on rural banking and an enhanced role for the country’s largest financial holding company. The so-called finance work committee meeting, to be chaired by Wen Jiabao, the premier, has […]
Read MoreFrom AsiaPundit blog: Confirming AsiaPundit’s own experience in Shanghai, Andrew Lih reports from Beijing that Mainland China’s international internet access is still exceptionally bad.: International access to the Internet from Beijing has been poor since January 1, and seems to have gotten worse, likely due to folks returning from vacation and swamping existing links. Some […]
Read MoreFrom Times Online: An overwhelming majority of high school girls in Beijing would not refuse a boyfriend’s requests for sex, and more than half of students see nothing wrong with a one-night stand. These findings in a poll of 2,300 high school students in the Xuanwu district of the capital have stunned teachers and Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Sipping orange juice before their midday prayers sit three men once treated as terrorists by two of the world’s most powerful nations. Ahmed Adil, Adil Abdul Hakim and Abu Bakr Qassim were despatched to Guantanamo Bay at the dawn of the “war on terror”. The US military eventually ruled that they did […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist: We told you a few days ago about a migrants school that was closed down. The AP has a report on it now, which covers most of the basic facts. However, earlier today we came across this Chinese article which has information not included in the English reports thus far: On December 19, […]
Read MoreFrom China Law Blog: I watched the first episode of PBS’s “China From the Inside” last night. I watched it with my 9 year old daughter who loves learning about foreign countries. Every ten minutes or so, she would ask about putting in a Gilmore Girls DVD. That made my viewing it more difficult and […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Many couples are planning to have children during the next lunar year in anticipation of good luck, but the Year of the Pig baby boom may result in a rise in population that will affect children’s future education, job prospects and even retired lives. As the Chinese lunar New Year of 2007, […]
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