From China Daily: About 10 million urban residents will have difficulty finding jobs by 2010 due to pressure from the growing labour force, according to a new report. In a 2006-10 development outline published late Wednesday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Âä≥Âä®ÂíåÁ§æ‰ºö‰øùÈöúÈɮԺâ said China, as the world’s most populous country, will continue to […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: As I was saying, Mr. Rove, Americans aren’t as stupid as you think. Now that we’ve settled that, and now that we’ve had an election that clarified which country is most important in shaping U.S. politics in 2006 ” Iraq ” I’ve come to visit the country that’s most likely […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: Hundreds of enraged farmers in southern China surrounded a granary and for nearly 24 hours held hostage dozens of officials and investors gathered inside, villagers said Thursday, in the latest sign of rural unrest in the region. The officials and investors had gathered to mark the opening of the granary, which […]
Read MoreIn the Times of London, Foreign Babes in Beijing author Rachel DeWoskin wrote last month about the phenomena of ernai (‰∫å•∂Ôºâ: Ernai are a modern version of concubines, as common as colds. They are women kept in luxury apartments and goods by married lovers – mostly overseas businessmen and officials but, increasingly, by men at […]
Read MoreHe Jiadong (‰ΩïÂÆ∂ʆã) died in mid-October in Beijing’s Tongren Hospital (Âê剪ÅÂåªÈô¢) at age 83. A top Party ideologue and would-be reformer, He was the writer and editor of a well-known revolutionary biography: „ÄäAll...
Read MoreNow that the China-Africa summit is over, the media throughout Africa is publishing more critical reports of China’s recent surge of activity and investment in Africa. From Zimbabwe’s Financial Gazette: Admittedly, China is now indisputably a key player in the global economy. But that is not the real reason why it has become fashionable for […]
Read MoreFrom The Associated Press China is uneasily anticipating a bumpy road in relations with the United States now that the Democrats’ victory in midterm elections has placed one of Beijing’s most ardent critics in charge of the House of Representatives. Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi climbed the Democratic Party ranks in Congress savaging China for its human […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: Time Warner Inc. has decided to pull out of the movie-theater business in China, citing frustration over changing government restrictions on foreign investors. The New York media company’s Warner Bros. International Cinemas division has only four joint-venture cinemas in the country, and the move doesn’t affect Warner’s growing Chinese-language film-production […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (maybe Lang Lang should work hard on English in order to find a royal girl to marry:): Only an emperor’s daughter is fit to marry Lang Lang, the pianist’s father told the Western China Metropolis Daily Wednesday. “Lang Lang never plays in small-scale concerts. He only plays in very important concerts,” Lang’s […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of Tibetan graduates have staged a rare public protest in the Tibetan regional capital, Lhasa, over alleged discrimination by Chinese authorities in hiring for civil service jobs. No violence was...
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of riot police in southern China used clubs and tear gas to disperse villagers surrounding a brand-new granary during its ribbon-cutting ceremony, ending an 18-hour standoff and injuring several people, witnesses say. “They fired hundreds of rounds of tear gas and put up a two-km blockade,” one witness told RFA’s […]
Read MoreFrom fengniao: Chenggong County (ÂëàË¥°) is a producer of fruits and flowers. It is only 20 Kilometers away from Kunming City. The county is small and the main population is migrants. The pictures were taken in the market there. 1. People busy sorting flowers, with kid left sleeping aside. 2. “Please don’t aim at me!” […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Beijing’s first clinic for gay people, also China’s first to provide free services, opened Wednesday, providing checkups for all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea and genital herpes. Xiao Dong, head of the Chaoyang Chinese AIDS Volunteer Group, said free treatment would be given to STD carriers, and confirmed HIV […]
Read MoreA woman farms on the outskirts of Fuling, a town on the edge of the rising Yangtze River. Photo by Dan Eckstein.
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Channelnewsasia.com: Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday said it would back scandal-plagued President Chen Shui-bian to ensure he survived a fresh opposition motion to oust him. With the consensus — reached at a meeting of the central executive committee — the DPP’s 85 legislators were ordered to boycott the third […]
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