From The Wall Street Journal: On the edge of this dusty farming hamlet, the massive smokestack of the half-finished Xinfeng Power Plant looms as a monument to China’s out-of-control demand for energy. Unlike two other power plants nearby, Xinfeng isn’t supposed to exist. China’s electricity regulators never authorized the $362 million coal-burning plant. But in […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China has signalled that it could use its vast foreign exchange reserves to bolster its strategic energy resources. Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan said China needed to speed up the hunt for fresh oil and natural gas supplies. China’s foreign exchange reserves are the world’s largest at more than $1 trillion, supported by the […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The son-in-law of Taiwan’s embattled President Chen Shui-bian has been sentenced to six years in jail for insider trading. Chao Chien-min was found guilty of using inside information to profit from buying shares in a property company. Chao, who is married to President Chen’s daughter, is expected to appeal. The high-profile case […]
Read MoreFrom China.org: A worker at the Xi’an Qinling Wildlife park in Santa Claus costume feed monkeys in Xi’an, western China’s Shaanxi Province, on December 27, 2006. [Link Here]
Read MoreFrom Chinanews: 2007 is the Year of the Pig in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, and also, that year belongs to “gold” according to the five-element theory. There is only one “Gold Pig”year in every 60 years, and it is believed that a person born in the “Gold Pig”year will be blessed with great fortune […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Seven months ago Beijing faced a barrage of criticism after it announced measures to ‘maintain public security’ that dictated migrants without temporary residence certificates must immediately move out of their rented rooms. Discordant voices swept through the media, labeling the policy as discriminatory against migrants and a violation of their rights. Ten […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The booming city of Shenzhen reveals the challenges of urbanization and migration across China. [Click to see] (Need to choose and click to play)
Read MoreFrom Global Voices Online: The earthquake near Taiwan last night which snapped six underwater internet cables, seems to have left a large part of Asia, particularly the Northeast, struggling for an internet fix. Those with...
Read MoreFrom Hindu.com: Marking the closing of the India-China friendship year, an exhibition of ancient Indian sculptures will be inaugurated here on Tuesday by Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni. The exhibition will showcase a wide-ranging selection of 100 antiquities that represent Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art and date between 3rd century BC and 18th […]
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Read MoreFrom San Jose Mercury: China’s top environmental official is blaming corruption for frustrating environmental protection efforts and worsening the country’s already severely polluted air and waterways, state media reported Tuesday. Zhou Shengxian, director of China’s State Environmental Protection Administration, said in a report to China’s legislature that some local government leaders directly interfere in environmental […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: About 90 per cent of Chinese believe the polarization between the rich and poor is “serious” in China, according to a survey. And more than 80 per cent of the respondents surveyed said something must be done to narrow the expanding gap between the rich and poor, while 14.1 per cent said […]
Read MoreFrom xinhua via People’s Daily Online: China’s homegrown technology for the third generation mobile communication (3G) has moved a step closer after passing a series of tests organized by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII). An MII report said the base stations and handsets based on TD-SCDMA are all qualified after three years of tests. […]
Read MoreFrom keralanext.com: China’s government, which suppresses a range of information deemed threatening to national security, now wants to keep weather forecasts from falling into the wrong hands, state press has reported. New regulations to take effect next year will clamp down on the illegal acquisition of Chinese meteorological information by foreigners, the China Daily newspaper […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post For more than 30 years, Sun Jingxia taught math and Chinese to elementary school children in this small northeastern village (Jinzhou). She was a poor farmer who had not even completed high school. But equipped with a middle school education and a correspondence course from a vocational teaching school, Sun devoted […]
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