Photo series: the hands of a Chinese miner and more, by xiaozhen76, via club.163.com.
Photo series: the hands of a Chinese miner (and more), by xiaozhen76, via club.163.com.
Read MoreThe Battle for China’s Lucrative Skies – Dexter Roberts and Frederik Balfour
From The Business Week: Airbus’ new deal to sell 150 planes to politically savvy Beijing ratchets up the long-running dogfight over market-share with archrival Boeing It was a day of deals, all aimed at tapping China’s high-flying aviation sector. On Dec. 5, London-based petroleum player BP (BP ) announced it was spending $44 million for […]
Read MoreRumors About An Avian Flu Informer – Nanfang Daily
From The Nanfang Daily, translated by EastSouthWestNorth: According to Xinanwenbao (note: a newspaper in Anhui province), Qiao Songju who reported the avian flu situation in Tiancheng (Anhui) was recently detained by the police in Gaoyou (Jiangsu) for suspected involvement in an extortion case two years ago. This piece of news was circulated widely around the […]
Read MoreChinese and Japanese teens differ in aspirations – Mariko Sanchanta
From The Financial Times: A glaring discrepancy has emerged between the career ambitions of Chinese female teenagers and their Japanese counterparts, according to a survey published on Tuesday by a leading Japanese think tank. The top five desired careers among Chinese female teens aged 16-19 include president or chief executive of a company, senior management […]
Read MoreCloser ties with China help Airbus win 150-plane order – AP
From AP, via Chicago Tribune: China placed its biggest order ever for Airbus planes Monday, as the aircraftmaker’s parent company, European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., said efforts to build a strategic partnership with China were beginning to pay off. With visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his French counterpart, Dominique de Villepin, looking […]
Read MoreDPP’s loss highlights urgent need for reform – Bruce Jacobs ÂÆ∂Âçö
From the Taipei Times: In the recent local elections, Taiwan’s voters have dealt the Democratic National Party (DPP) a huge loss. How can we explain this strong and relatively sudden decline in the DPP’s support among the electorate? First, in most mature democracies, voters eventually vote out the government and vote in the opposition. In […]
Read MoreChina premier brands mining industry “chaotic” – Chris Buckley
From Reuters AlertNet: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has said the country’s latest mine calamity shows its coal industry remains “chaotic” and perilous, despite his government’s many attempts to improve safety for miners. Wen’s comments followed an explosion in the state-owned Dongfeng Coal Mine in Qitaihe in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang on Nov. 27 […]
Read MoreChina regulator defends bank sales to foreigners – Richard McGregor
From the Financial Times: China’s top bank regulator has strongly defended the handling of overseas investments in local financial institutions, saying the rules of entry ensured that foreigners would not be able make speculative windfalls from their purchases. Liu Mingkang, head of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, said he expected a decision soon over the […]
Read MoreChina seeks nuke cooperation with France – AP
From The Business Week: China’s prime minister called for broad nuclear power cooperation with France on Tuesday but urged improvements to French bids to supply a new generation of Chinese reactors and services. On the third day of an official visit to France, Wen Jiabao said China is seeking “all-around cooperation” with France in nuclear […]
Read MoreChina’s exorbitant hospital fees in the spotlight – Richard McGregor
From The Financial Times: The exorbitant cost of healthcare in China has been highlighted by a scandal over a local hospital that charged Rmb5.5m ($680,000) to the family of a patient for two months of treatment before his death in early August. Weng Wenhui, a 74-year-old retiree, was admitted to the intensive care unit of […]
Read MoreLast Body From China Mine Blast Recovered – Alexa Olesen
From ABC News: Rescuers recovered the body of the last miner missing after a coal mine explosion in northern China, bringing the final death toll in the blast to 171, the government said Tuesday. Rescuers found the body late Monday night, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The Nov. 27 blast at the Dongfeng Coal […]
Read MoreUnder the thumb – Economist
From the Economist: China’s goal is not just to replicate the boom of its coastal areas. It wants to tame Xinjiang, its wild western frontier. Since January 2000, when China launched the “great development of the west” (often referred to as the “Go west” policy), it has been clear that there is more to this […]
Read MoreLiu Binyan, a Fierce Insider Critic of China, Dies at 80 – David Barboza
From The New York Times: Liu Binyan, the forceful dissident writer who repeatedly exposed official corruption and openly challenged the Chinese Communist Party to reform itself before and after he was exiled to the United States in the late 1980’s, died Monday. He was 80 years old and lived in East Windsor, N.J. The cause […]
Read MoreThe Art Of Power – Ann Morrison
From Time Europe: Given the western fascination with all things Chinese ” from feng shui to fusion food, from Mandarin collars to the mainland economy ” it is hardly surprising that London’s Royal Academy would mount an exhibition devoted to its art. All the riches of Chinese civilization are on display at the sumptuous “China: […]
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