From China.org: Hongji Landbridge Investment Development Inc., a construction firm in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was slapped with a 500,000 yuan (US$63,776) fine for deliberately damaging the Great Wall, according to the local cultural heritage protection bureau. The company began building a highway through a section of the Great Wall in Ulanqab City […]
Read MoreThe China Media Project has translated an editorial from the China Youth Daily, weighing in on the debate over real-name registration for web users: Recently the Internet Society of China has proposed trying out a limited real-name registration system for the Web, so that when a user registers their account with a blog or bulletin […]
Read MoreFrom Onemanbandwidth: He says he wakes up daily feeling pain in his waist, knees and shoulders. Not bad for a guy‚Äìwho should be a spokesperson for some 24-hour Emergency-care chain‚Äìwho has broken every bone in his 5‚Ä≤6‚Ä≥ body. He banged up his chest on the set of the China smash hit “Rob-B-Hood,”and then reinjured it […]
Read MoreFrom China Confidential blog: China’s Middle East experts–including special envoy Sun Bigan–are said to be increasingly concerned that Beijing’s non-Arab, nuclear arming, Islamist ally, Iran, could be going too far in its efforts to isolate and delegitimize Israel. Sources say the Chinese fear that if Israel feels genuinely cornered, it could lash out against Iran […]
Read MoreA fishman cam back from the sea, Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province, via www.fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom The China in Transition blog: People in China noticed that the media have been unusually outspoken lately. An article published in an on-line chat room cited a few examples, including published interviews with human rights activists and dissent academics who are not favored by government censors, and several articles frankly advocating democracy and rule […]
Read MoreFrom China Confidential blog: Nineteen Chinese AIDS patients have been awarded more than $2 million in compensation in a landmark lawsuit hailed by rights campaigners.The 19 patients were infected by contaminated blood transfusions. Their award of 20 million yuan ($2.5 million) in compensation represents the biggest legal case of its kind in China. Fifteen of […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: For years, China’s Communist rulers have coyly insisted that China is merely a developing country. Now a growing number of Chinese scholars and commentators are discarding the old bashfulness and beginning to talk openly of China’s rising power. Their bold predictions of Chinese ascendance are a reflection of the surging […]
Read MoreDongzhou villagers mourn the dead as riot police stand guard in December 2005, from The Epoch Times.
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: The Hong Kong government has abandoned its campaign for a new goods-and-services tax in the face of insurmountable political opposition, a policy reversal that displays the current administration’s weakened position as it approaches the end of its term. Financial Secretary Henry Tang six months ago launched a public consultation on […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: China convened a key meeting of top economic policy makers yesterday to map out strategies to confront a range of problems in its economy including surging growth and a bulging trade surplus. The meeting comes as China tries to move away from its decades-old reliance on export- and investment-driven growth […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: Zuo Xunsheng, China Netcom chief, on Tuesday said he expected China to issue third-generation mobile licences as early as the first quarter of 2007. He reiterated that Netcom would definitely receive a 3G licence to expand into mobile telephony. “We will get a licence, perhaps next year’s first quarter,” said Mr Zuo. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Miaosun and his friends rise early, sometimes before dawn. Wearing their distinctive Green Eyes China (Chinese) baseball caps they move through the market quickly, recording what they see with video cameras. Endangered breeds of frogs, snakes, owls and eagles are for sale – some already prepared for the cooking pot. It was […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia’s Mandarin service, translated by CDT: Approaching the first anniversary of the Dec. 6 Dongzhou shooting incident last winter, local police and officials have started patrolling and imposing an information blackout around the villages where a military crackdown occurred last year, according to Radio Free Asia. Villagers say there will be some […]
Read MoreThis week’s edition of CDT ChinaCast’s Foreign Correspondents Series features Jaime Florcruz, the present Beijing bureau chief for CNN. After spending 35 years in the country, Florcruz is one of the godfathers of...
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