An insightful opinion piece by Liu Shinan of China Daily on a recent blast to demolish a lake-side building that some say tarnish the natural beauty of the West Lake and its environs: The blast has drawn extensive criticism. Many critics blame the decision-makers for their “short-sightedness” in constructing the building 13 years ago. Undoubtedly, […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in the western Tibetan county of Dingri have detained a prominent local figure after he saved large numbers of sheep and goats from the slaughterhouse, sources in the region said. The reason for the arrest of Pempa, known by a single name, was not immediately clear, one source said. […]
Read MoreFrom 163.com: This group of photos were taken on the first day of 2007. The photographer went along some people from a Panzhihua web site staff to a local rural school with the donation of books and other items. What he saw there made his heart touched and shocked. Only rice for lunch is just […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China set the targets in a bid to rein in the environmental costs of the country’s rapid economic growth. But only Beijing and five other provinces or municipalities improved efficiency by 4% and cut emissions by 2% in the first six months of 2006. The new targets are part of the 2006-10 […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China dismissed a Taiwan accusation of buying diplomatic recognition in Africa with $250 million in aid and loans on Tuesday, saying it was like a burglar shouting ‘stop thief!’ Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, said Beijing had offered five African nations aid, loans and debt write-offs during recent state visits, highlighting […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A 37-year-old farmer in eastern China has been confirmed to have contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the country’s first human case of avian influenza in months, the Health News said on Wednesday. The country has reported a total of 22 human cases of bird flu, including 14 fatalities, since 2003. In […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Police found links to international terrorist groups during a raid on an alleged terror camp in China’s restive western Muslim region last week, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday… “There is a large amount of evidence that shows, including evidence we got from this raid, that the ETIM is associated with international terrorist forces,” […]
Read MoreToxic sludge drains into a river in China, by Dan Eckstein
Read MoreFrom Learning Cantonese Blog: Welcome to Shenzhen, the Tijuana of Asia. Yesterday my friend Leslie, a Korean-American who’s my oldest pal in Hong Kong, invited me on a perilous journey through the Lo Wu Seung Yihp Sehng, ground zero of the Global Fake Handbag Trade. I have been to Shenzhen exactly once, to have dim […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: When many of the biggest names in global telephony gathered in Hong Kong last month for the annual meeting of the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, Chinese regulators had the perfect stage from which to lay out their vision for third generation wireless services. But the ministers attending the first ITU Telecom World […]
Read MoreFrom Virtual China Blog: Check out Baidu Knowledge’s 2006 top ten questions list. They’ve divided it into four different kinds of questions and provided access to the most commonly asked questions as well as their answers. If you care to browse in Chinese, all the answers are rated by readers and commented upon. Here is […]
Read MoreWith its successful pursuit of carbon emissions trading, China proves environmentalism need not be a non-profit venture, but the approach isn’t all blue skies. From Dow Jones: Chinese corporations and the government, through tax receipts, are major beneficiaries of the new system of trading in global carbon credits, according to a media report. The nation […]
Read MoreFrom The Southern Weekend, Summarized by Xiangfeng Yang, via Chinaelections.org: In the largest cadre training program since the opening-up policy (gaige kaifang), more than 5,000 county officials (xianguang) will be trained session by session by the end of January in five CPC party schools, i.e. the Central party School and National School of Administration in […]
Read MoreFrom the Chinaelections.org, summarized by Xiangfeng YangÔºö It was recently reported that Shanghai sets up a quota of positions to be filled by non-CCP members in its municipal and district governments and stipulates that qualified non-CCP cadres can also hold top jobs in government agencies. Such news has attracted widespread attention but it in fact […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Government officials are being urged to fully cooperate with foreign journalists, who are flooding in to quench the thirst for information on China with the Beijing Olympics round the corner. Compared to the longstanding practice of “managing the media”, governments at various levels are preparing to serve, instead of shying away […]
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