From keralanext.com: Police in southwest China’s border province of Yunnan seized 9.6 tons of drugs in the first 11 months this year, more than double the four tons seized in the whole of 2005. “The amount of drugs seized accounts for 80 percent of the national total during this period,” Sun Dahong, deputy director of […]
Read MoreFrom scotsman.com: It is the case of China’s disappearing Great Wall. A British researcher has found that some sections of the once 4,000-mile long structure are being stolen or vandalised. William Lindesay, a 50-year-old British geologist-turned-writer, has compared pictures of the wall taken a century ago with the structure as it is today and found […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: The Emperor’s New Clothes was the literary reference of choice for a number of Chinese commentators this week. On 26 December, People’s Daily printed the following letter: We are students at Nandan County High School in Guangxi. This November 19, the teachers and students of Nandan High School and Nandan #2 High […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the International Herald Tribune: China had a hot and disastrous year in 2006, with average temperatures the highest since 1951, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua News Agency said temperatures were on average 1 degree higher than in normal years. Meteorological officials were quoted as saying there was less rain than normal, down […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: The Chinese government last week announced the disgrace of another senior Communist Party official accused of corruption. Du Shicheng, it said, was stripped of his posts as deputy party secretary of Shandong province and party secretary of Qingdao city because of a “serious discipline violation.” Nothing was said about what misdeeds […]
Read MoreFrom LA Times: President Hu Jintao’s call last week for a strong Chinese navy won’t threaten U.S. military dominance any time soon. But in China, where symbolism often is as important as substance, the address was seen by analysts as serving two functions: to help build a policy consensus and signal his near-complete grip on […]
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Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China’s central bank, under pressure from the U.S. and other Group of Seven nations to make the yuan more flexible, will in 2007 pursue a “stable currency policy” to promote economic growth. The People’s Bank of China “will continue to strengthen and adjust financial control mechanisms, execute a stable currency policy, improve foreign […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: Urban children in China, the world’s most populous nation, average as much as 6.4 centimeters (2.5 inches) taller and 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) heavier than 30 years ago because higher incomes have boosted nutrition. A survey of 138,775 children conducted nationwide last year found six-year-old boys in urban areas had average heights of […]
Read MoreFrom AP: A senior official in China’s state-sanctioned Catholic church on Saturday denied his association was cracking down on churches loyal to the Vatican following an unconfirmed media report that nine priests were arrested this week. AsiaNews, a missionary news service close to the Vatican, reported Friday that nine priests from the underground Catholic church […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: The first significant shipments of inexpensive Chinese-made cars into the U.S. market are likely to begin arriving in a little over a year with the help of one of Detroit’s own — DaimlerChrysler AG’s Chrysler Group. In a long-expected announcement, Chrysler said Friday it signed a letter of intent with […]
Read MoreFrom xinhua via People’s Daily Online: Chinese authorities issued a set of less stringent news regulations this month to make the task of overseas journalists easier in the run-up to and during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The regulations issued Saturday morning covered overseas journalists from Hong Kong and Macao. Similar regulations for other […]
Read MoreFrom Sydney Morning Herald: For those getting dizzy watching China’s roaring GDP of 10 per cent and record trade surpluses, here’s a more sobering assessment: “For the most part China remains what it has long been: a large country, inhabited by many people, most of whom do not have any money.” That analysis, from the […]
Read MoreFrom xinhuanet: The Hushen 300 Index, which tracks some of the top values on China’s yuan-denominated A-share market, posted the highest growth of any stock market in the world in 2006 with a 121 percent rise, China Securities Journal reported on Saturday. Listed companies raised a record-high of 220.44 billion yuan ($27.56 billion) on the […]
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