“I’m lazy, only manage to jog for 2 days. I smoke, an act of damaging health. I’m a straightforward person, therefore offending someone becomes part of everyday life. I love to throw my temper around, not knowing how to control them. I’m an impatient person; especially to things that does not interest me. I’m confident […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: A group of high-school students from the northwestern, mainly Muslim Uyghur region of Xinjiang is still fighting their exclusion from school because they are infected with the Hepatitis B virus. Authorities in the regional capital of Urumqi announced Thursday that seven ethnic minority Uyghur families who sued the local government over […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: A tide of more than 30,000 students with polished r√©sum√©s and high hopes surged into a job fair here so eager to meet with employers that they shattered four glass doors and splayed the side walls of an escalator in what became a near riot. As the crowd of youths swelled out […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A leading Hong Kong think-tank has released the first study examining the likely impact of climate change on Hong Kong and the Pearl River delta. The Civic Exchange study concludes that even small water-level rises combined with extreme weather could cause flooding across the low-lying delta. The report suggests that flooding in […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (photo from washingtonpost.com): A Beijing appeals court today upheld a spying conviction against a prominent Hong Kong journalist in a case that has brought criticism against China from human rights and media advocacy groups. The journalist, Ching Cheong, faces a five-year prison sentence. He was arrested in April 2005 during […]
Read MoreFrom International Assessment Strategy Center: Yes, China is dead serious about aircraft carriers. The most important news to emerge from the Euronaval weapons show at Le Bourget field near Paris, October 23-27, was word that Russia had agreed to sell China two Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-based fighters, with the possibility of selling up to 48 or […]
Read MoreFrom Trend Magazine, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: The Hong Kong political environment is becoming increasingly more like that of mainland China. As this has yet to directly affect the personal interests and daily lives of ordinary citizens, most people do not feel strongly about this. This process is known as “boiling the frog by warming the […]
Read MoreIn the London Review of Books, Pankaj Mishra writes about Shanghai, China’s nouveau riche, and the New Left: To be an Indian in a Chinese city is to find familiar not only the vast crowds, the vivid street life, the open-fronted shops and food stalls, but also the malls with their luxury brand-names, the shiny […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China’s National Audit Office says its investigations have found that as much as 7.1bn yuan ($900m) of pensioners’ money has been misused. It said the money had been used in overseas investments, construction projects and unauthorised lending. [Full text]
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Read MoreFrom Strategic Security Blog: The annual report published Monday by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is different – kind of toned-down – compared with the report published in 2005. The Commission hasn’t gone soft on China, and the report continues the strong critique of China that has characterized the Commission since it was […]
Read MoreFrom Outlook India: Warming Sino-Indian relationship tells the US that India is not an unconditional ally. The US may be better off viewing India as an ally like France”one which shares many values with Americans, but pursues its own course. [Full Text]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for following translation: The impact Taiwan is having on mainland China should not be underestimated. Over 200,000 Taiwanese live in the Shanghai area. While western democracy mediated through foreign languages and foreign cultures can be especially hard to understand, Taiwan’s remarkable progress in rule of law and democracy are […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China’s progress on protection of human rights was on display at a symposium on Thursday, but dozens of residents and petitioners were left outside, saying they were barred from entering. The 10-day exhibition was aimed at recording efforts to “promote and safeguard people’s right to life and right to develop” in China, which […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China sentenced a man to life in jail on Thursday for running what state media called the country’s biggest ever pirate film disc smuggling ring. A court in southern Guangxi region convicted Lin Yuehua and 11 gang members of buying five production units to make DVDs and VCDs, setting them up in a […]
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