From Xinhuanet: China plans to approve the bankruptcy of around 500 more struggling state-owned enterprises (SOE) by the end of this year. According to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council, more than 2,000 SOEs will go bankrupt before 2008. The commission has approved 619 of them. Li Wei, deputy […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the Washington Post: The Vatican will move to resume relations with China after more than half a century if religious freedom is allowed but it will not abandon China’s diplomatic rival Taiwan, an official said on Tuesday. The Vatican, which Taiwan sees as an important ally as it fights for international legitimacy […]
Read MoreI’ve asked a few of China’s more celebrated journalists why it is that they tend to neglect their celebrity blogs. The main reason, they say, is because the same Chinese portals who so wish to host their blogs often cannot publish their posts. In his own roundabout way, Sohu.com news editor Chen Feng ÈôàÂ≥∞ (pictured) […]
Read MoreESWN has translated a blog post by Xiaode listing the top ten media events of 2006: I was just reviewing the preamble that I wrote five years ago. I went from wandering along the fringe of the media industry to immersing myself in it, and I can feel all the sentiments associated with the comings […]
Read MoreFrom Frontline World, Part Four of China Diaries by filmmaker Brent E. Huffman is now online: Just like my native Cleveland and Cincinnati, and countless other cities in the United States, Urumqi and Lhasa are two cities sharply divided by race. By “divided” I mean literally and completely, like a pie chart, and the divisions […]
Read MoreFrom Boxun.com, this video shows a gathering after police crack down on a protest against demolition of homes without enough compensation in Wuhan, Dec.2, 2006
Read MoreFrom the New York Times Science Section: Ever since 1989, in a collection of buildings occupying about a city block in Beijing, Chinese physicists have been quietly shooting electrons and their evil-twin opposites ” positrons ” around a 80-yard-diameter underground track at nearly the speed of light, and then banging them together in little fireballs […]
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Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for this translation and commentary on documents pertaining to the recent trial of reproductive rights activist Chen Guangcheng. For more details on Chen’s trial, see a detailed statement from Chinese Human Rights Defenders. David Cowhig writes: Defense lawyers for Shandong family planning rights activist Chen Guangcheng, accused of incitement […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: China’s National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets (NAPSS) on Friday alerted the public to the possibility of state secrets leak on to the Internet. Cong Bing, vice director of the NAPSS, said China’s Criminal Law and Law on Guarding State Secrets prohibited the release, discussion and dissemination of state […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: In a sweeping liberalization of its reporting rules, China Friday suspended decades-old restrictions on foreign journalists in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games. The new regulations, allowing foreign reporters to travel throughout the country and to interview people without prior official permission, are clearly aimed at keeping the government’s […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: Chinese authorities have granted Amway Corp. and Mary Kay Inc. direct-selling licenses, ending a years-long wait by the two U.S. companies. The licenses were granted Friday, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Commerce Web site. An Amway China representative confirmed the approval. A spokesman for Mary Kay […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China has barred local newspapers from publicly issuing shares following a corruption scandal last year at IPO pioneer Beijing Youth Daily, according to the sector’s top regulator. However, the government was “encouraging” book publishing companies to list shares on stock markets in mainland China and Hong Kong, said Long Xinmin, minister at […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: China’s home-grown “third generation” mobile telephone technology is finally ready for large-scale commercial use, according to ZTE, the country’s second largest telecoms equipment manufacturer. Yin Yimin, ZTE president, told the Financial Times that equipment based on the Beijing-backed standard for 3G telecoms services could now operate comparably with that of the rival […]
Read MoreFrom Newsweek: International media will soon feel the “Olympic effect.” Almost as soon as Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Summer Games, it was clear the Olympic phenomenon would be felt in China far beyond the realm of sports. After years of frenetic preparation and construction of Olympic sites, Beijing residents already have […]
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