From Danwei blog: The Chinese Internet is a non-stop source of entertainment if you like following fads, enraged Internet mobs and scandalous young ladies. Here is the latest scandal; thankfully, no one has yet applied the suffix ‘-gate’ to the affair: A young woman who seems to be a white collar worker in Beijing has […]
Read MoreThe Council on Foreign Relations has prepared a Backgrounder on the recent crackdown on the media in China: The upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and recent regulations about the distribution of news from foreign wire services are drawing international attention to censorship tactics in China. Even as the country’s burgeoning economy allows greater diversity […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: In a steamy jungle clearing in Myanmar, a lone drilling rig topped by limp red flags bears testimony to China’s insatiable thirst for oil. A century ago, the British firm Burmah Oil made a fortune for its shareholders from oil fields that lie beneath the teak forests and golden- spired […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: Dilip Pantosh Patil uses an ox-drawn wooden plow to till the same land as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather. But now he has a new neighbor: a shiny white wind turbine taller than a 20-story building, generating electricity at the edge of his bean field. Wind power may still have […]
Read MoreRadio Free Asia reports on the growing defending rights (weiquan) movement in China: Lawyers and political analysts note a new awareness of civil rights among ordinary Chinese”epitomized by the failed attempt in July 2005 by villagers in Taishi, Guangdong province, to recall their elected village chief amid corruption allegations. A new adjective is being applied […]
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Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The California Public Employees Retirement System, the largest US public pension fund, is considering investing for the first time in Chinese companies, aiming both to capitalise on the country’s booming economy and to raise its exposure to emerging markets. Such a move by Calpers, which has not invested any of its $208bn […]
Read MoreFrom AP: A corruption probe that brought down Shanghai’s top leader is progressing further, and others might be implicated, a Communist Party anti-graft official said Tuesday. Chen Liangyu’s ouster as Shanghai party secretary Monday was the highest-level purge in a decade and comes amid moves by President Hu Jintao to consolidate his power. State newspapers […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: The number of blog sites in China reached 34 million last month, a 30-fold increase from four years ago, state media said on Tuesday, despite a series of curbs on media and dissent. China has more than 17 million people writing blogs (short for Web logs) and more than 75 million people reading […]
Read MoreFrom The Virtual China Blog: “Have you ever seen such a fancy government building? Seeing the broad, stylish square in front of the Tai’An Municipal Government [in Shandong province], who would still dare to say that we Chinese are poor?!” An example of what’s driving the Chinese economy: massive real estate projects intended to project […]
Read MoreRecently, a large banner appeared in Dong Daqiao, Chaoyang district of Beijing which reads: “The people’s representatives are selected by the people, and the representatives serve the people.” Ôºà‰∫∫Ê∞뉪£Ë°®Á∫∫Ê∞ëÈÄâԺ剪£Ë°®‰∏∫‰∫∫Ê∞ëÊúçÂä° ). An expert of China’s politics explained that many such banners appear ahead of the elections later in the year. Usually they appear by the buildings […]
Read MoreA man rides an escalator in Shanghai, by monkeyking
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: Two of the Senate’s leading China critics signaled a willingness to avoid confrontation in a long-simmering currency dispute, after a fresh appeal from the Bush administration to delay action on a bill to impose a hefty tariff on Chinese-made goods. The legislation reflects widespread concern on Capitol Hill about China’s […]
Read MoreAnother story of an official prosecuted for corruption, from People’s Daily: A Communist Party of China official in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, went on trial on Tuesday for killing a pedestrian in a road accident, graft and the misappropriation of public money. Wang Mingxian, believed to be about 50, was Party Secretary […]
Read MoreFrom The Independent: A Mongolian Muslim who was castrated as a boy became one of the most intrepid explorers in history. As China prepares to celebrate the 600th anniversary of his first voyage, Clifford Coonan in Beijing tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Zheng He. [Full text] Read more about Zheng He.
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