In the New York Times Magazine, James Traub writes about China’s Ambassador to the United Nations and China’s growing role in the UN: China now aspires to play an active role on the global stage, which is why it sends skilled diplomats like Wang Guangya to the U.N. That’s the good news. The bad news […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: China is planning to launch its first satellite specifically designed to develop space-enhanced fruits, vegetables and other crops. Beijing is trying to find new ways to boost the country’s food production. The seed satellite is to be launched later this month. It will carry at least 2,000 varieties of seeds, including grains, […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese health official once hailed as a hero for his work in fighting the spread of SARS has been jailed for life for taking “huge” bribes from vaccine distributors, state media said on Saturday. Luo Yaoxing, an official with the Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Centre, was convicted and sentenced on […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune, via A Glimpse of the World blog: There are no boundary markers at the edge of this town to signal to travelers that they are entering a different world, but the feeling could not be more distinct even if there were. It hits in multiple ways: the sudden change in […]
Read MoreA group of migrant workers taking a rest, via www.fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom Richard Spencer’s blog: The Beijing I saw from my car driver’s seat was the Beijing of quadruple carriageways and Audi A6s, of the Glory China Centre and the Pacific Century Plaza and Central Park, my favourite luxury housing compound for the sarcastic reason that since it was finished the road system nearby has all […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: She is known as “China’s iron lady,” but impresses the world with her soft tone and charming smiles. She dreamed of becoming a great entrepreneur in her youth, but turned into the only female figure in China’s core of political power. Elegant and intelligent, Vice-Premier Wu Yi(Âꥉª™Ôºâ, 67, is the world’s third […]
Read MoreThe following article was originally published in Study Times, the newspaper of the Central Party School. The English summary was prepared by Michael Huang at China Elections and Governance: This article argues against two opposing views of “demonizing”or “angelizing” all foreign NGOs in China based on the activities of only some foreign NGOs. It maintains […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Discipline inspection secretary Jiang Zhenhua, also a deputy party secretary of Feidong County in Anhui Province, was recently arrested by Hefei‘s Yaohai District Procuratorate for suspected bribe taking. Yet another fallen discipline secretary after cases of Luo Ziguang, of Loudi City in Hunan, and Peng […]
Read MoreFrom Letters from China Blog: Southern Metropolis Daily columnist Lian Yue blogged (cn) on the Foxconn litigation with this lead-in (in translation): “All my instincts told me that topics like Foxconn will be banned by the higher authority. So I submitted my article [to Southern Metropolis Daily] early on Thursday and at the same time […]
Read MoreFrom China Youth Daily via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Finance Minister Jin Renqing said in a national finance system construction conference that China plans to set up a modern government finances management system in...
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: Draft revisions to rules governing foreign bank operations in China are intended to protect Chinese depositors as the country opens its retail market to foreign lenders at the end of this year, a banking regulator told a local financial publication Thursday. The proposed revisions have prompted concern among some analysts […]
Read MoreFrom AP via The Wall Street Journal: A maker of Apple Computer Inc.‘s iPod has cut its demand for defamation damages over a newspaper report that it mistreated its workers to a symbolic one yuan (12.6 cents) following a wave of bad publicity. Hongfujin Precision Industry Co. said it was reducing its demands for damages […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Jade prospectors are putting one of China’s rivers in peril and could soon exhaust supplies of the precious stone. About 200,000 people are sifting the Yurungkax river in Xinjiang for Hotan jade – which costs up to $120 (¬£63) a gramme – state media reports have said. In 2004, jade hunters using […]
Read MoreFrom CNN: Children in China are overweight. CNN’s Stan Grant reports on what they’re doing about it. [Click to see] See also Nearly 1 in 5 Chinese overweight or obese-study by Reuters, Children suffer from deteriorating health condition by Zhu Zhe, and Obese Chinese feed weight-loss industry by Candy Zeng. Technorati Tags: China, children
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