From the Week Ahead of the Wall Street Journal: New Delhi is sprucing up ahead of Monday’s arrival of Mr. Hu, China’s first head of state to come to India in a decade — there is a stray-cattle roundup under way, for example. But the nation’s capital is bedeviled by the same sort of cramped […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: China-Japan relations are “back on track” since Shinzo Abe became Japanese Prime Minister in September, a top Chinese official said following a meeting between the countries’ two leaders in Hanoi. “Since Prime Minister Abe’s visit to China,” Huang Xingyuan, Councilor with China’s Foreign Ministry, said today in Hanoi. “China-Japan relations have improved dramatically […]
Read MoreFrom Asian Tribune: China, as one of the world’s major powers, is not meeting its growing responsibilities to promote free trade and international security, according to the latest report by a congressionally mandated bipartisan commission. The analyses of the report were presented by the U.S. State Department on Friday, and the following are the findings. […]
Read MoreA massively finger-stamped letter recalling a village chief, via Netease’s Grass Roots Democracy feature
Read MoreFrom China Daily (worth of staying tuned to see whether this Robinhood party secretary will be gagged): Rude, bad-tempered slobs: that was the verdict of a Chinese Communist Party chief when he posted a critique of government officials on the Internet. The posting by Zhang Xinshi (º†Êñ∞ÂÆû), CPC secretary of Suqian city, or senior governor, […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: A U.S. congressional advisory commission said China isn’t living up to its obligations at the World Trade Organization and is expanding its influence in ways frequently harmful to U.S. interests. The commission made a list of 44 recommendations for Congress. It also urged Congress to promote Taiwan’s participation in international […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Chinese censors have cleared “Casino Royale” to be shown in the country without asking for any changes, a movie executive said Friday. “The film has been approved and no cuts or changes have been requested,” Li Chow, general manager at Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International and Sony Pictures Entertainment, said in an e-mail […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: The Cadillac SLS — which will be in the spotlight here tomorrow at the Beijing Auto Show — has been stretched to provide more legroom for rear-seat passengers, since many wealthy Chinese ride in chauffeur-driven cars. Its upright chrome grille presents a more formal silhouette than its sportier North American […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: There were two Chinas on display at the Beijing Folk Culture PlazaÔºàÂåó‰∫¨ÂÜú‰∏ö±ïËßàȶÜÔºâ on Friday, as an exhibition on human rights began a 10-day run. The exhibit, the first of its kind in China, extolled the virtues of China’s constitution and “grass-roots democracy.” (ËçâʆπÊ∞ë‰∏ªÔºâIt featured color propaganda photos, heavy-handed security and a nervous […]
Read MoreFrom the 88s via Shanghaiist: We learned about this ad, which apparently is being shown in the US and the UK, from The 88s. He didn’t care for it: I think this commercial nicely sums up the mainstream view of China in the West: the past 40 years simply did not take place. It is […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China’s easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived. Users reported Friday that the site was unavailable in several parts of China, barely a week after it suddenly became accessible. It wasn’t immediately clear if user-contributed encyclopedia was unreachable due to technical glitches or because government […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: An attempt to sue authorities in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region over discrimination against children infected with the Hepatitis B virus has foundered after parents dropped the case under what activists say was heavy pressure from local officials. The failure of the lawsuit highlights the difficulties faced by Chinese who seek to challenge […]
Read MoreTie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù), the Chinese female writer who recently became the Chairman of the China Association of Writers, got the least votes in the committee member election. Despite this, she was named as the chairman directly by the Communist Party because she is the only writer who is also an alternative member of the Party’s […]
Read MoreFrom Reuter, Over the years, this village-turned-urban sprawl in south China has conjured up images of low-cost, low-tech factories churning out the stuff that fuelled China’s economic take off. Shenzhen was the testing ground for the first tentative steps that China took over two decades ago to reform and open up its economy to the […]
Read MoreLocal election in Hainan Province, via hn.xinhuanet.com
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