From Reuters: The number of confirmed HIV cases in China rose by more than half in the past year but poor monitoring and official obstruction still obscure the real scale of the AIDS epidemic, China’s top AIDS official said on Monday. The number of Chinese medically diagnosed with the HIV virus, which leads to AIDS, […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Chinese officials announced on Sunday that water had been restored in the northeastern provincial capital of Harbin after a tide of toxic river water had forced the closing of the municipal water system for five days. But the central government, which is under criticism for its handling of the Harbin […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Judge Li Huijuan happened to be in the courthouse file room when clerks, acting on urgent orders, began searching for a ruling on a mundane case about seed prices. “I handled that case,” Judge Li told the clerks, surprised that anyone would be interested. Li Huijuan, then an idealistic student, […]
Read MoreFrom The TIME Asia Magazine: A huge chemical spill shuts down a city’s water”and another clumsy official cover-up is exposed. There was never any possibility of covering up the major industrial accident that rocked the Jilin Petrochemical Company last month. The 50-year-old facility, built with Soviet technology, is China’s showcase chemical complex, alma mater to […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian Unlimited: Five days after an embarrassing chemical spill, China’s government celebrated the return of running water to this city of 3.8 million as a victory for the communist system while warning the water was still not safe to drink. The spill was a political disaster for President Hu Jintao’s government and cast […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: When the term “black gold” is used, it usually pertains to oil. Coal, one of the oldest sources of energy used by man, has long been a poor cousin. However, in an era of higher oil prices and apprehension over future supply, coal no longer looks so bad. This is certainly […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: In September, China’s central government announced that death tolls from natural disasters would no longer be classified as state secrets. The initiative, announced appropriately enough by the National Administration of State Secrets, was presented as partial fulfilment of the government’s long-standing pledge to improve transparency. The shadowy body oversees the classification […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Paul Martin must have heaved a sigh of relief to leave domestic headaches behind for a few days when he flew to South Korea for the annual APEC summit last week. The Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum seems an ideal international stage for Mr. Martin and many of […]
Read MoreFrom The Arms Control Association: At their September plenary in Madrid, members of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) decided not to take up the question of inviting China to join the group. China had applied to join the voluntary export control regime in July 2004, and that year’s October plenary in Seoul had “failed […]
Read MoreCommercial shoot for Amoi Electronics at Wei Sheng Studios, thanks to Shanghai Diaries for the photo, via flickr
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: China’s textile exports to the European Union rose by 40 per cent in the first eight months of the year, at the expense of other Asian and African clothing exporters, while overall EU textiles imports were little changed. The European Commission’s latest trade figures are likely to confirm fears that developing […]
Read MoreFrom The Japan Times: These are interesting times in China. The political climate is changing; it has been for some time, but now the direction of change is becoming clear. The man who provided the intellectual underpinnings for Deng Xiaoping’s dramatic post-Cultural Revolution reform and opening-up program, and who provided the ideological basis for describing […]
Read MoreFrom The Chicago Tribune: When President Bush arrived in Beijing last weekend, China greeted him with a red carpet, twin national anthems and President Hu Jintao’s commitment to “raising the level of human rights enjoyed by the Chinese people.” But far from the cameras, China mobilized for Bush’s visit in a very different way: by […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Times: China, striving to match the superpower status of the United States, is boosting military contacts throughout Latin America and eyeing the region as a market for its growing arms industry, U.S. officials say. Chinese military officials made 20 visits to counterparts in Latin America and the Caribbean last year, says Gen. […]
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