From The Washington Post, via Sudan Tribune: Last week Wang Guangya, China’s ambassador to the United Nations, made a formal statement on Darfur that calls into question China’s claim to be treated as a responsible international player. Mr. Wang began by saying that China wants U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed in Darfur, calling this a […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: China has unveiled a new set of restrictions on the type of news content foreign agencies can distribute in China. Press freedom advocates say the move is the latest attempt by the communist government to clamp down on the free flow of information. The state-owned Xinhua News Agency on Sunday said it […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via The Taipei Times: Long hours, unpaid salaries, leaky pipes, ants and physical threats spark tutors’ outraged cries. Tanya Davis fled Jizhou No. 1 Middle School one winter morning in March before the sun rose over the surrounding cotton fields covered with stubble from last fall’s crop. In the nine months Davis and […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: For a director who has just been slapped with a five-year film-making ban, Lou Ye(®ÑÁÉ®) appears remarkably unperturbed as he describes how he was hauled before the Chinese censors last Friday for a dressing-down that made headlines around the world. “I thought there would be some trouble, though not this bad,” he […]
Read MoreFrom Chinaelections.org: During a recent interview with foreign reporters, Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, said “China’s economy has been growing at an average annual rate of over 9% during the past three decades. In the last three years, its annual growth rate has exceeded 10%. Many people are asking whether China can maintain sustained and […]
Read MoreFrom Duowei.com: “Studying Mao Zedong made me ‘Shivering All Over Though Not Cold'” by Chen Xiaoya ÈôàÂ∞èÈõÖ, translated by CDT. (Original Chinese text is here.) Ms. Chen, formerly a research fellow at the...
Read MoreFrom ABS-CBN: China officially ignored the 30th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong on Saturday, a sign that observers say reveals authorities’ fears that bitter memories could unleash a wave of discontent. In the capital Beijing, the central government did not organize any commemorations for the man who established the People’s Republic in 1949 […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via ABC News: The Chinese movie “Sanxia Haoren,” or “Still Life,” on Saturday took this year’s Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival. The award to Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke‘s film was unexpected, and trumped such candidates for the top award as Emilio Estevez’ “Bobby,” about the assassination of […]
Read MoreAn report from Xinhua via People’s Daily Online says a plan to stop providing free heat to residents in northern Chinese cities go into effect this winter: The core of the reform, initiated by the Ministry of Construction, lets employers off the hook for their workers’ heating charges. Requiring individual users to pay is expected […]
Read MoreIn the New York Times, Ross Terrill writes about the complexities of economic reform in China: China’s advance toward global economic pre-eminence appears irresistible. Having recently surpassed Britain, France and Italy, its economy is now the fourth-largest in the world, growing, Beijing says, at the startling rate of 10 percent a year. Brokers in Hong […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Contrary to popular opinion, China may be good for our trade balance. American consumers seem determined to spend money, and Chinese businessmen have made the bill cheaper. It is not the case that China is simply draining the United States of money. Most of the growth in Chinese exports to […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: As night falls in Beijing, yuppies descend upon the sassy Sanlitun Bar Street in Chaoyang District. Like a parade of dark angels, each one of them is dressed to kill. A mug of beer here costs about $4. Chen Dan, 6, lives 30 minutes away, but has never heard of […]
Read MoreFrom abc.net.au: Pollution cost China about $80 billion in 2004. That’s more than the total GDP of some OECD countries in the same period. A figure of $80 billion for pollution comes from a new Chinese Government report, which tries to put a figure on the ecological effect of the country’s extraordinary economic boom.The authors […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Wedding season is heating up again. Wedding reception host Yan Yi said he is already fully booked for the National Day holiday period. “Way too many couples are getting married this year,” said Yan. “I’ve never seen anything like it since I started this job.” There will be more weddings in October […]
Read MoreFrom Global Times via sina.com: China Three Gorges Project Corporation, the builder of the Three Gorges dam, is in talks with Congo about participating in the Grand Inga project, a plan to dam Congo River 225 km downstream of capital Kinshasa. The project, with a capacity of 40,000 megawatt of power, will be twice the […]
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