The following is a translation of a commentary by Liang Jing on Radio Free Asia that appeared on New Century Net. Thanks to David Kelly for supplying the translation: From Taishi village to Dongzhou – a step into danger (by Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly) The events at Taishi village taking place between summer […]
Read MoreFrom the Voice of America: The World Health Organization is warning of the danger of small, undetected bird flu outbreaks in China, following the country’s third confirmed human fatality from the virus. China announced on Thursday the latest bird flu victim was a 41-year-old woman in Fujian province who had died last week. No outbreaks […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: In a rare protest against an official media crackdown, about 100 journalists from one of China’s most aggressive daily newspapers have gone on strike after the paper’s editor and two of his deputies were fired, local journalists said Friday. The editor of the Beijing News, Yang Bin, and deputy editors, […]
Read MoreChina will have an air police force with some 60 helicopters during next five years, from People’s Daily.
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Japan’s foreign ministry yesterday lodged “strong protests” against China after admitting that a diplomat in its Shanghai consulate committed suicide, allegedly after being blackmailed by Chinese spies over his affair with a bar worker.The ministry did not disclose the diplomat’s death until the story was broken this week by the Japanese weekly […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: China’s Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 news stories in China in 2005. In order of occurrence, the list goes as follows: — The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee initiated a 1.5-year-long campaign in January to carry out in three batches a massive political and ideological education […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: There are only 10 known billionaires in China, and he is one of them. His name is Xu Rongmao, and he is no Donald Trump, Sam Zell or Mortimer Zuckerman. He’s bigger. Xu Rongmao is said to be a secretive man. Little is known about how he earned his early […]
Read MoreFrom The Korea Times: The Chinese economy, which has been growing at about 9 percent a year, took a big leap forward last week when the government announced that, as a result of a year-long national economic survey, it had revised its GDP upward to about $2 trillion for 2004, an increase of 16.8 percent, […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: When Nickelodeon’s popular children’s program “The Kids’ Choice Awards” came to China last month, the producers were required to make some serious modifications. There would be no voting on favorite burp. Nor would children judge which movie character was the best at breaking wind. There was, however, sliming, a highlight […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: Yesterday Danwei reported news that the Guangming Group had taken control of The Beijing News ” Beijing’s best newspaper ” from its more liberal and truth-minded joint venture partner the Nanfang Group. The Guangming Group is controlled directly by the Ministry of Publicity (ne√© Ministry of Propaganda), and it seems that most […]
Read MoreFrom The Los Angeles Times: About 300 million people living in China’s vast countryside drink unsafe water tainted by chemicals and other contaminants, the government said Thursday in its latest acknowledgment of mounting risks from widespread pollution. The most common threat to water, after drought, is chemical pollutants and other harmful substances that contaminate drinking […]
Read MoreFrom Independence online: China is putting its marathon anti-graft crackdown online, launching a Web site for the public to report corrupt officials, state media said Thursday. The site adds to efforts to assure China’s public that the ruling Communist Party takes complaints seriously at a time when many say they face retaliation for reporting abuses. […]
Read MoreSince the “Open Door Policy” in late 1970s, the portion of the Pearl River Delta has become a massive manufacturing center. from hhuc.edu.cn.
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via SanDiego.com: The top editor of one of China’s boldest newspapers has been dismissed in what observers said was a move to strengthen Communist Party control over the media. Yang Bin, the editor-in-chief of the Beijing News – a tabloid that has often reported on official missteps and misdeeds – was removed on […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor, via ABC News: The growing trade between Japan and China in 2005 has been matched by rising symbolic and verbal provocations and a steady decline in public opinion and diplomatic ties – marking a new nadir in relations between the most important competitors for Asia’s future. And the year is […]
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