From BBC: A freshwater dolphin found only in China is “effectively extinct”, an expedition has declared following a fruitless six-week search. The Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, was listed as “critically endangered” on the Red List of Threatened Species. It has been dying out due to habitat degradation, overfishing, pollution and ship traffic – which […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s vice-premier Wu Yi pledged to push ahead with “reform and opening up” of the economy at the opening session of the first US-China strategic economic dialogue in Beijing Thursday, even as she pushed back against US “misunderstanding” of China. Ms Wu said China will “continue to deepen reform of the financial […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: A high-level array of cabinet officials from China and the United States clashed today over how quickly China should move to change policies that have caused friction with Washington, in the opening session of an unusual two-day closed-door dialogue. In marathon meetings at the Great Hall of the People, Treasury […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China is to abolish tuition and other fees for 150 million rural students, in a bid to narrow the gap between wealthy coastal provinces and poorer regions. The students will be exempt from tuition fees over the course of their compulsory nine-year education. The move would cost 15bn yuan ($1.9bn) a year, […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek, via msnbc.com: There’s a phrase in Chinese for Taiwan’s political divide: lan tian, lu di (or “blue sky, green ground”). The north is the base of the China-friendly Kuomintang and its allies, the “blue” camp, which traces its heritage to the mainland and dreams of a reunified China. The south is the stronghold […]
Read MorePeople carrying Christmas trees by bike in Shanghai, via shanghaiist
Read MoreFrom Shanghaiist: There’s a definitely a buzz for fans of Chinese cinema with the release of Jia Zhangke‘s new film Still Life „Ää‰∏âÂ≥°Â•Ω‰∫∫„Äã. In Shanghai and probably the rest of China, the film’s theatrical release comes on December 14, the same day that Zhang Yimou‘s new film Curse of the Golden Flower. And while from […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: Chinese media seldomly use the highly sensitive term “human rights” (‰∫∫ÊùÉ) to talk about China’s own rights issues, but the use of a stand-in term, weiquan (Áª¥ÊùÉ), roughly translated “rights protection”, has risen rapidly in recent years as media have turned to such issues as public health, land rights, the rights […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: …Last Wednesday morning, Zhou Mengmeng, member of the Chinese cue sports team, suddenly announced she was withdrawing from the cue sports semifinals. The 19-year-old girl claimed her male teammate Tian Pengfei assaulted her in a hallway Friday night, hitting her in the stomach and causing her to lose her playing spirit, forcing […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Two-year-old Rou Rou (alias) cries exhaustedly if strangers look at her. Unlike a shy baby girl, Rou, whose body, except for her belly, is covered with blackened skin tries to stay out of the sight of others, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on November 11. Rou’s mother is Zhou Huaqiong, who previously […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, U.S. home improvement chain Home Depot Inc. said on Wednesday it would buy Chinese retailer The Home Way, marking its first foray into retailing in fast-growing China. Terms were not disclosed, but Home Depot said the acquisition will give it 12 stores in six cities and access to a $50 billion home improvement […]
Read MoreFrom BusinessWeek: China is poised to liberalize entry into its banking market. A new world of opportunities and irritations awaits lenders both foreign and domestic Come mid-December, any Chinese person, whether he be in Xi’an, Shanghai or Shenzhen, will be able to walk into a local branch of a foreign bank and open up a […]
Read MoreFrom AP via Seattle Times: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson confronted mixed signals as he arrived in China today for trade talks, with Beijing announcing a renewed crackdown on pirated goods but also running up a record trade surplus with the United States. American officials are trying to downplay expectations of breakthroughs from the talks […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: Hu Haifeng, the 35-year-old only son of China’s President Hu Jintao, has been carefully keeping a low-profile at home away from the media spotlight, in-line with his father’s cautious style. But this low-key approach hasn’t prevented the company he heads from making a splash both at home and abroad. The junior Hu serves […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via The Washington Post: The U.S. International Trade Commission will vote on Friday on a landmark case that could open the door to a flood of anti-subsidy complaints against China, U.S. business experts said. In a move that seems to signal a departure from long-standing policy, the U.S. Commerce Department accepted a petition […]
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