From the International Herald Tribune: Land grabs by officials eager to cash in on China’s booming economy are provoking mass unrest in the countryside and amount to a “historic error” that could threaten national stability, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said in comments published Friday. His message underscored the increasing urgency of the government’s campaign to […]
Read MoreAnother rowdy assembly in Shenzhen with several thousand demonstrators facing off several thousand police officers, via ESWN.
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: When Angela Feruglio, an advertising researcher, sat in last year on focus groups of young Chinese in Shanghai and Guangzhou as they were quizzed about consumer electronics, it was immediately clear that cities could be divided by desire. In Shanghai, Feruglio said, all the participants wanted iPods and were strongly […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Since the shooting of unarmed villagers by police in Dongzhou village, Shanwei City, authorities in Guangdong province have strictly controlled the flow of information out of the village. Recently, a reporter successfully interviewed the wife of Jiang Guangge, who was the first to be killed in this incident and one of […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: A veteran Fuzhou journalist stood trial Thursday in the final step in a retaliation campaign launched after a Communist Party official gained national fame by publicly denouncing his superiors for condoning and covering up corruption. The case, in southern Fujian province on the Taiwan Strait, opened a window on an important […]
Read MoreAccording to a piece in the Financial Times, “China announced late last year a significant strengthening of the People’s Armed Police, a paramiltary group used to quell disturbances. The PAP has also bolstered its firepower by acquiring what the local media calls ‘super-weapons’ from Israel, advanced guns bought at Rmb120,000 a piece.” One of these […]
Read MoreFrom the Council on Foreign Relations, via the New York Times: As global demand for energy continues to rise, major players like the United States, European Union (EU), and Japan are facing a new competitor in the race to secure long-term energy supplies: China. The rapidly growing Asian nation has crafted its foreign policy goals […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Chinese took to the streets to protest land seizures, corruption, pollution and unpaid wages in record numbers in 2005, the national police said Thursday, with mass incidents that involved violent confrontations or attacks on government property surging at the fastest rate. The number of “public order disturbances” rose 6.6 percent […]
Read MoreFrom The Telegraph: High in the Himalayan foothills, the people the Chinese call Angry look down on the waters of the river that shares their name and ponder on the future. “When the dam gets built, the water will come right up to there,” said Asetei, an 84-year-old farmer pointing up the terraced hillside. “There […]
Read MoreFrom The Southern Daily (in Chinese), translated By Xiao Fang, Lindsey Finch, Abra Murray, Ramsi Woodcock; via Press Interpreter: At the end of every year the media comments on the year’s major events, but I like to look back on some of the year’s “details.” In the business world, there is an expression: “success and […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai-based Qitunshuijiao (气吞水饺) Blog on MSN Spaces: (translated by CDT, links embedded by CDT): After finishing my work as an entertainment journalist I finally have time to do something for those suffering...
Read MoreFrom Asahi Shimbun, via China Daily: What with real estate prices the way they are, who wouldn’t want their apartment to be a little more virtual? And with free love thrown in to boot? Almost half a million Chinese seem to feel the same way, if the success of iPartment is any indication. The Chinese-language […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: Anti-social and mob violence in China rose sharply last year, according to official statistics released on Thursday by the Public Security Bureau, confirming anecdotal evidence of a growing willingness of citizens to take their grievances to the street. “Public order disturbances” increased by 6.6 per cent to 87,000 in 2005 as […]
Read MoreFrom The BusinessWeek Online: As its global trade surplus grows, other countries are getting panicky. But if handled right, this situation could lead to a more balanced global economy The angst levels of U.S., European, and Japanese trade officials shot off the charts on Jan. 11 when China reported that its 2005 global trade surplus […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: Taiwan’s president has chosen his former chief of staff to replace Prime Minister Frank Hsieh, who has resigned after less than a year in the post. Su Tseng-chang is a former human rights lawyer and co-founder of the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Announcing the appointment, President Chen Shui-bian said he had […]
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