From the Washington Post: China on Monday reported that its foreign currency reserves swelled by more than one-third last year to a record $819 billion as its factories churned out goods for markets around the world, heightening the likelihood of fresh trade tensions with the United States. Coupled with news only days earlier that China’s […]
Read MoreFrom the Press Association, via the Guardian: An independent college today claimed to have become the first school in England to make Mandarin Chinese a compulsory subject for its pupils. Richard Cairns, the headmaster of Brighton College, said the move aims to recognise the importance of China as the world’s fastest growing economy. Mandarin will […]
Read MoreFrom The Age: As the United States shows signs of weakness – budget and current account deficits and an extended military – China is growing stronger. An important question arises: will China become a counterweight to the United States, in regional and perhaps even global politics? Henry Kissinger, an old China-watcher, once remarked that China […]
Read MoreFrom Voice of America: China’s state-owned news agency is downplaying the latest clash between villagers and police in the southern province of Guangdong over land compensation. Analysts say Chinese authorities are struggling to keep a tight lid on the growing number of increasingly violent rural protests. A four-day protest in Zhongshan City’s Sanjiao Township left […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: It is more than 7,000 miles from New York’s various corporate headquarters to the skyscrapers of Shanghai, but the workings of media companies like Time Warner and NBC Universal loom large in the mind of Li Ruigang. Mr. Li runs the Shanghai Media Group, a budding Chinese conglomerate with a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters.com: The leader of isolated North Korea spent the weekend viewing China’s economic boom, but Kim Jong-il is unlikely to go home without meeting Chinese leaders to discuss how to resume stalled nuclear talks. Rumours began to swirl last week that the leader of the reclusive Stalinist state was making one of his rare […]
Read MoreThis editorial is from the Financial Times: Confirmation that China’s trade surplus more than tripled in 2005 to a record $102bn (¬£58bn) is certain to fan the flames of protectionist sentiment in Europe and the US. In the latest flare-up, the European Commission is under pressure from EU manufacturers to impose anti-dumping duties on imported […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The US and European governments on Monday step up efforts to forge an international consensus on Iran, seeking Russian and Chinese support for a referral of Tehran’s nuclear dispute to the UN Security Council. The London talks between senior foreign ministry officials come amid indications that Russia would not stand in […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: The news that Microsoft (MSFT ) shut down a Chinese blogger’s site at the request of Beijing officials is bringing a renewed focus on the role U.S. companies play in helping China control the Internet. It’s no secret that Western businesses that want to enter the Internet market in China have to […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: A number of villagers in southern China have been injured after police used batons to break up a protest over a land dispute, according to reports. Protesters had blocked a highway in Sanjiao village, Guangdong province, to complain they were not paid enough for land bought to build a road. “Many people […]
Read MoreFrom the Reuters, via the Houston Chronicle: China’s moves to secure crude oil supplies in Africa for its growing economy do not threaten U.S. energy needs, a senior U.S. State Department official said Friday. The United States and China are both looking to Africa to help diversify their oil supplies. China’s foreign minister, Li Zhaoxing, […]
Read MoreFrom Global Voices Online: The department of public security in Shenzhen released the comic internet police. For cartoon image here. It will hang on the websites in Shenzhen, reminding everyone of doing the “legal” thing on internet BBC reviewed Roland Song of ESWN, in which Roland explained why and how he set up the blog […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian: For decades it was a crime punishable by imprisonment or death. Then it became a mere social taboo to be furtively practised away from disapproving eyes. But now, being wealthy is a cause for celebration, prompting thousands of Chinese millionaires to come out of the closet.More than 20 years after Deng Xiaoping pronounced […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: When Jin Guilian’s family took him to a county hospital in this gritty industrial city after a jarring two-day bus ride during which he drifted in and out of consciousness, the doctors took one look at him and said: “How dare you do this to him? This man could die […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: In a big Chinese city, a convoy of limousines with blackened glass windows and minibuses packed with security officers usually means inconvenience and delays for commuters. Without warning, thousands of police officers may block all approach roads so that a senior Chinese leader or visiting dignitary can sweep along empty […]
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