From the Global Journalist: Recently released Internet dissident Huang Qi emerged from a five-year incarceration to witness that the Chinese Web had also suffered. Huang, first detained in 2000, angered officials with his Web site, which tracked down people missing after the 1989 pro-democracy movement. From 2000 to 2005, the party enforced surveillance of Web […]
Read MoreFrom Commondreams.org (via ESWN): For years, we’ve assumed that capitalism and democracy fit hand in glove. We took it as an article of faith that you can’t have one without the other. That’s why a key element of American policy toward China has been to encourage free trade, direct investment, and open markets. As China […]
Read MoreFrom Stratfor: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly left North Korea via train Jan. 10, though there are conflicting reports as to his intended destination — Beijing, Shanghai or Russia. That Kim makes an unannounced visit via train to a neighbor is not in itself unusual. However, the timing of the visit raises questions. […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times, via the International Herald Tribune: Two recent chemical spills have forced officials in different regions of China to take emergency precautions to protect water supplies for millions of people – the latest examples of the environmental and public health threats posed by industrial pollution. The new spills were reported in […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: China said Wednesday that its trade surplus with the rest of the world tripled in 2005 to a record $102 billion, a figure that could reignite global trade friction and also increase pressure on the country to allow its currency to appreciate further. The United States and the European Union […]
Read MoreFrom the Mail and Guardian: China’s $2.3-billion Nigerian oil venture is a major step forward for the energy ravenous country as it seeks to power its fast-growing economy but analysts said on Tuesday the race was just heating up. China National Overseas Oil Corp (CNOOC)’s purchase of a 45% stake in the Akpo field off […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that two more people have died of bird flu in China, raising to five the number of those who have succumbed here to the deadly H5N1 virus. The victims were identified as a 10-year-old female student in southern China’s Guangxi province and a 35-year-old vendor […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Conquering the world is not supposed to be easy, but that’s exactly how things must look some days to Xu Lin, head of the government’s new effort to promote the Chinese language overseas. Ms. Xu is creating a global network of Chinese cultural centers, called Confucius Institutes, to teach foreigners […]
Read MoreFrom the Miami Herald: In a busy corner of Beijing, three Chinese University of Florida employees have been setting up an office, preparing to award forensic science degrees to Chinese students within a few years. But the UF students who earn the degrees may never see a Gainesville swamp or know the joy of a […]
Read MoreFrom PC Magazine: A leading provider of global web traffic statistics temporarily removed two popular Chinese websites from its rankings, and then erased their public records following allegations of cheating, Chinese news sources say. Chinese-language news site Sina.com reported yesterday that Alexa’s ranking of BlogChina and HomeWay had plunged from approximately 35th place among all […]
Read MoreFrom the National Review: What to do about China? That question is troubling U.S. policymakers, as they grapple with the implications of the Middle Kingdom’s rapid economic growth. Liberals worry about China’s effect on manufacturing jobs, and conservatives suspect her ambitions. Is it necessary for Americans to regard China’s economic success and growing influence as […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: Chinese students and intellectuals are expressing outrage at Beijing’s decision to prohibit access to Wikipedia, the fast-growing on-line encyclopedia that has become a basic resource for many in China. Wikipedia, which offers more than 2.2 million articles in 100 languages, has emerged as an important source of scholarly knowledge in […]
Read MoreFrom Technology Review: China is an economic catastrophe waiting to happen. China is poised to become the world’s largest economy by 2025. Both these statements are true. They provide the context we must understand in order to evaluate rightly what the Chinese are attempting to do in the sciences. When Deng Xiaoping came to power […]
Read MoreFrom The Standard: There are growing indications that the Chinese government, alarmed by last year’s “oil crisis” – which actually may have been manufactured by state- owned oil companies – is finally getting ready to liberalize its energy policy and allow more competition. Changes may include opening up the upstream oil market and liberalizing state-controlled […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian Unlimited: China, the greatest economic success story of the 21st century so far, is calling on its growing middle class to share more of its good fortune with the needy. The government has made an appeal for charity amid rising criticism that the spirit of philanthropy is developing a lot less quickly […]
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