A caveat: China doesn’t only export cheap goods, now people who benefit from the China Price around the world need to be aware of a potential threat coming from Chinese-made environmental hazards, which are affecting more and more Chinese. See comprehensive coverage of this problem from Wall Street Journal’s Page One story: Doctors treating a […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves! With our flesh and blood, let us build a new China The composer Nie Er (ËÅÇËÄ≥ or ËÅ∂ËÄ≥ in traditional characters, real name Nie Shouxin) is often called ‘the people’s musician.’ And indeed, when one considers the work for which he is most remembered ” […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the Washington Post: China’s new restrictions on foreign media raise concerns about its respect for trade rules as well as human rights and freedom of expression, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said.Opening a Reuters photo exhibition at European Commission headquarters on Friday evening, Barroso said European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson […]
Read MoreAfter 1949, there was always just Mao’s portrait hanging in Tiananmen Square. But now there is something new: According to China Daily, People walked around and even used their mobile phones to take photos of a huge portrait of Sun Yat-sen, who now is widely recognized as the nation’s modern founder. The portrait is part […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Beijing will not ease restrictions on the birth of a second child for people with higher educational qualifications, and the second-child policy is still mainly open to rural residents and couples from one-child families. “Beijing’s current family planning policy will not change,” Li Yunli, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Population and […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A former Chinese lawmaker was executed Friday in the northeastern Jilin Province after being convicted of bribery, misappropriation of funds, rape, illegal possession of weapons, organized crime and organizing prostitution. Sang Yuechun(Ê°ëÁ≤§Êò•), former member of the Ninth National People’s Congress, was convicted of taking bribes and misappropriating 120 million yuan (15 million US […]
Read MoreFrom CRI Online: In the Mao era, 1966 was the year that the CCP launched Cultural Revolution. The Red Guards were threatening China for ten years by overtaking the power, which drove China into a severe chaos.
Read MoreThe recent election in Zambia is an indication of a rising backlash against China’s recent surge of activity in Africa. From the New York Times: Zambia’s wildest and most entertaining presidential campaign in memory staggered to a finish on Thursday as voters chose between the wooden incumbent, Levy Mwanawasa, and a silver-tongued populist who pledged […]
Read MoreXinhua reports: China will open 300 new drug needle exchange centers by the end of the year amid efforts to curb high rates of HIV infection among intravenous drug users. At the end of 2005, the country had 91 free needle exchange centers, according to China’s Ministry of Health. About 44.3 percent of the estimated […]
Read MoreThree women in the countryside watch opera, via fengniao.com
Read MoreThe turmoil following the dismissal of Shanghai’s former boss, Chen Liangyu, is far from over, and finally we hear some voices from the masses. They are demanding their pensions, which were embezzled by the greedy officials and businessmen, including Chen himself. Read a story by Geoff Dyer from Financial Times, “Shanghai’s disgruntled want pensions Mao […]
Read MoreChina Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) put its “2006 China Blogging Report” online. Click HERE to download. For more information, click HERE to read the summary (in Chinese) from CNNIC. CDT’s previous coverage on this news: China Blogging Report by CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released its 2006 China Blogging Report on Sept. […]
Read MoreChina National Bureau of Statistics released “2005 Top 100 Counties” today. Among China’s 100 wealthiest counties, 52 were from Zhejiang and Shandong province. And among the top 11, seven were from Jiangsu province. Although the population of the top 100 counties was about 7.7 percent of all counties’ population, their gross domestic product counted for […]
Read MoreFrom Reporters’ Home section of Xici.net, translated by CDT: Eight reporters from newspapers and TV stations descended upon an accident in the early morning a few days ago where a bus fell off a bridge at Renhe Township (‰∫∫ÂíåÈïá) in Guangzhou‘s Baiyun District. Right when they felt relieved after finishing reporting and shooting, something else […]
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