From Japan Focus: Abstract: This article explores how and why history and archaeology have been mobilised and utilised in nationalist projects in East Asia, especially in the case of the Koguryo dispute between Korea and China. Koguryo (Korean)/Gaogouli (Chinese), an ancient kingdom in the period between 37 BC and AD 668, encompassed a vast area […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing magazine (in Chinese), translated by EastSouthWestNorth: [note: Wangfu Ping was a commentator with Liberation Daily and a deputy editor-in-chief with People’s Daily. From the end of 1991 through the beginning of 1992, Wangfu Ping was known for a series of commentaries about economic reform in China.] China has reached another historical turning point. […]
Read MoreFrom Japan Economic News: U.S. e-mail and Internet content providers such as Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. according to law should help China stop harmful content, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Spokesman Liu Jianchao said China was doing everything possible to stop illegal Internet content, including material that “violates social morals,” and said […]
Read More“To betray the heavenly principle is to betray yourself,” snapshot from the play confucius2000, written by Zhang Guangtian, photo by redredpei.
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Miami Herald: The Bush administration on Tuesday announced it will step up enforcement of U.S. trade laws governing China, following a top-to-bottom review of America’s trading relationship with the Asian giant. The increased enforcement will be led by a new chief counsel for China trade enforcement within the office of […]
Read MoreA report today from the Chinese government acknowledges the mounting environmental impact posed by unrestrained industrialization and promised government regulation. From Xinhua: The Chinese government has pledged to give priority to curbing pollution and maintaining a balance between economic and social development and the environment over the next 15 years. According to a decision by […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: A group of former senior Communist party officials in China have launched a scathing attack on the country’s handling of the media and information. In an open letter, the group denounced the recent closure of investigative newspaper Bingdian (Freezing Point). They said strict censorship may “sow the seeds of disaster” for China’s […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Chinese authorities are determined to stop “harmful information” from spreading through the Internet, but the controls it places on Web sites and Internet service providers in mainland China do not differ much from those employed by the United States and European countries, a senior Chinese official responsible for managing the […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: Considering that each copy of Memoirs of a Geisha found in China breaks at least two laws and defies the will of communist censors, you might think that DVDs of the banned film would have to be sold under the counter. There is nothing secretive, however, about the pirated display of this […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: The discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) pledged heavier crackdown on corruption and other acts violating the CPC’s disciplines, according to its work report released Monday. “The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC punished 115,143 members last year, accounting for 1.7 per thousand of the party […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: The former editor of Beijing’s outspoken Public Interest Times has published an open letter explaining why he was fired and accusing the newspaper’s executives of carrying out self-censorship. Chen Jieren was sacked last Wednesday after the paper carried his article criticising incorrect English translations on the […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: AIDS surpassed hepatitis B to become China’s third-deadliest infectious disease last year, the government said Monday. Tuberculosis was the country’s No. 1 infectious killer in 2005, followed by rabies, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a Health Ministry report. Hepatitis B followed by tetanus in newborn babies were […]
Read MoreFrom UPI, via Monsters and Critics: U.S.-led financial sanctions against North Korea can hardly bear fruit without China`s participation and will only make the closed economy further depend on its robust neighbor, South Korean officials said Monday. North Korea has been increasingly dependent on China for its economic survival, which could weaken inter-Korean cooperation, the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: America Online on Monday said it has launched a public test of a Chinese-language version of its U.S. Web site to court Chinese Americans, offering features that in some ways are more ambitious than its main U.S. site. The new site targets an estimated 2.7 million Chinese Americans and offers full-length features and […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: On the surface, relations between India and China are positive. India’s economic ties with China are booming. China is set to emerge as India’s leading trade partner in the near future, leaving its current No 1 partner, the United States, behind. Between 2000 and 2005, trade with China registered a hike of […]
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