From 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 […]
Read MoreOn December 11, nine families of missing children gathered to gain public support, by Luo Xianming; via ESWN blog.
Read MoreFrom The Economist: THE brave seamen whose great voyages of exploration opened up the world are iconic figures in European history. Columbus found the New World in 1492; Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488; and Magellan set off to circumnavigate the world in 1519. However, there is one difficulty with this confident […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: A government environmental review has recommended reducing the number of dams included in a controversial hydropower proposal on the Nu River in southwestern China in order to limit environmental damage and decrease the number of people who would be resettled, a Hong Kong newspaper has reported. The newspaper, Wen Wei […]
Read MoreFrom Technology News: China is now the nation with the second largest number of Internet users — with 20 million new users going online last year — and is coming close to the U.S. in terms of total broadband users too, according to a new research report. The total number of Chinese Internet users reached […]
Read MoreFrom silicon.com: After hearing reports that US tech giants such as Microsoft and Yahoo! are abiding by Chinese law mandating internet censorship, some irritated US politicians are threatening to pass laws restricting such co-operation. Representative Christopher Smith, a New Jersey Republican, said on Thursday that the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights, which […]
Read MoreFrom Le Monde Diplomatique: China has moved into fourth position in the league table of world economies, but only a third of its population has access to the new temple of consumerism. The rural poor, internal imigrants and laid-off workers suffer worst from the gross new inequalities. Somewhere between the third and fourth ringroad in […]
Read MoreFrom The Asia Week, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: CCTV Economic Channel producer Hu Yong (ËÉ°Ê≥≥) has been called an “Internet pioneer” on mainland China. Hu Yong said: “Concerning the Internet in China, there are usually two popular views in the west. One of them consists of unreasonable optimism, for the belief is that western thoughts and […]
Read MoreFrom Salon, via A Glimpse of the World: I currently subscribe to 15 China-related blogs on my blog-reader. Most of them are filters that point to hundreds of other sources of information. Add in a couple of Google News alerts on specific Sino-related topics, and my daily info-dump on the Middle Kingdom is staggering. Indeed, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: The Chinese government issued the African Policy Paper on Thursday, presenting to the world the objectives of China’s policy toward Africa and the measures to achieve them. In the African Policy Paper, the Chinese government put forward its proposals for cooperation with Africa in various fields in the coming years, with […]
Read MoreFrom The Stratfor: ‘ The “Chinese miracle” has been a leading economic story for several years now. The headlines are familiar: “China’s GDP Growth Fastest in Asia.” “China Overtakes United Kingdom as Fourth-Largest Economy.” “China Becomes World’s Second-Largest Energy Consumer.” “China Revises GDP Growth Rates Upward — Again.” Everywhere, one can find news articles about […]
Read MoreFrom The Boston Globe: One of the most aggressive human rights activists in Congress has found a new cause: stamping out Internet censorship in China. Representative Christopher H. Smith, a New Jersey Republican and chairman of a House subcommittee on human rights, plans to hold hearings next month on reports that US Internet companies, including […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A recent survey shows that the newly rich in China are younger than ever. A study conducted by the Cenozoic Market Supervision Organization shows that 60 percent of the newly rich in China were born in the 1970s and are well-educated. The survey also categorizes the newly rich, aged from 18 to 45, […]
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