From Danwei: The latest incident to outrage China’s Internet users is being dubbed ‘Toiletgate’ (ÂéïÊâÄÈó®) by some Chinese fourm posters. A Taiwanese model named Meng Guangmei (Â≠üÂπøÁæé) who came to the Mainland ten years ago and built a career as a TV presenter and entertainer was invited to be a guest on Taiwanese talk show […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: China set foreign-exchange rules governing fund-management companies investing in overseas capital markets, as part of efforts to further liberalize the country’s capital account. The rules define the procedure for applications by fund-management companies for overseas investment, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in a statement on its Web site. […]
Read MoreA detailed new essay from China Dialogue on sustainable urban development in China from a Chinese Academy of Sciences professor who also helps lead UNESCO’s China-MAB (Man and the biosphere) program: This urban explosion is linked to an unfortunate quest for large, foreign-style cities. Cities, plazas, roads, houses – the bigger and more foreign they […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The sudden rise of a travel industry here in remote western Sichuan Province has all the markings of a fairy tale, one complete with beautiful sisters and an errant knight who arrives from far away, changing their lives forever. That was the past, though, distant by all of eight years. […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: Chinese police detained prominent dissident Hu Jia on Thursday morning, his family said, adding to the list of human rights activists held or harassed by the country’s dissent-wary government. Hu was taken away by plain-clothes police early in the morning, his wife Zeng Jinyan told Reuters. She said […]
Read MoreIn recent days, a number of Western media reports have exposed instances of industrial pollution in China. Here is another, from the Los Angeles Times, which focuses on how villagers are fighting back against environmental degradation: The tents are gone, the protesters have dispersed and the police have retreated to the shadows. But villagers remain […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: The Chinese government has intervened in Zambia‘s upcoming presidential election in a forceful sign of the commodity-hungry country’s growing economic and political clout in Africa. Li Baodong, China’s ambassador in Lusaka, said Beijing might cut diplomatic relations with Zambia if voters elected Michael Sata, an opposition candidate, as president, Zambian media […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: The mainland’s definition of a “state secret” is so wide and vague that it could be applied to almost anything. Any information that has not been published in the state-controlled press is considered secret. Ching’s trial was closed to prevent the release of any “state secrets”. […]
Read MoreFrom abc.net.au: Philosophers Zone: To anybody schooled in Western philosophy, Chinese philosophy doesn’t look much like philosophy at all: there seems to be no argument, no analysis, just a lot of proverbs and stories. But this is real philosophy and Dr Karyn Lai gives us an overview. [Click to Listen]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The Chinese economy is likely to grow even faster than previously thought this year, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The body has upped its forecast for China’s growth rate to 10.4%, from its previous prediction of 9.5%. China’s growth shows no sign of slowing down despite government efforts to cool […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: While increasing numbers of foreign students grapple with the challenges of learning Chinese putonghua, or Mandarin, a senior official has said at least 40 per cent of China’s own population is unable to communicate in the country’s official language. A national survey released in 2004 found that only 53 per cent of […]
Read Morephoto: A foreign boy playing with several Chinese kids, Beijing, via www.fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Many parents or teachers might find my advice outrageous, and some think it will encourage sexual experimentation,” said Wang Xianglin, an expert who started as a volunteer at the China Population Communication and Education Centre /‰∏≠ÂõΩ‰∫∫Âè£ÂÆ£‰º†ÊïôËÇ≤‰∏≠ÂøÉ(PCEC) three years ago. The PCEC is also called Green Apple House. “But pretending it is not […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: The Me Old China website has a story about new calls from the Chinese army to make their drivers actually obey the traffic laws: The People’s Liberation Army issued an order this weekend calling on drivers of military cars to obey the law and drive better as part of a campaign in Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom Current History, via Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: In November 2000, Jiang Zemin made his first visit to Cambodia. Arriving at the airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, the owlish and normally stiff Chinese leader offered a brief greeting to his Cambodian hosts. He was whisked into a motorcade that rumbled through the streets, […]
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