Photo: Chinese parachute troops performing field exercises, via bbs.tom.com.
Chinese parachute troops performing field exercises, via bbs.tom.com.
Read MoreA Party Girl Leads China’s Online Revolution – Howard French
From The New York Times, via CNET, The China Daily also published this article on their site: The new wave of blogging took off earlier this year. In the past, a few pioneers of the form stood out, but now huge communities of...
Read MoreThe Newly Rising “Blue Economyiod – Ban Ruochuan
Fron People’s Daily, via Press Interpreter, translated by Shirley Xiaobi Dong: China’s marine economy has maintained growth with great momentum in recent years. As disclosed by relevant authorities of the State Oceanographic Bureau, the added value of China’s marine industry for the year 2005 is expected to reach 4% of China’s GDP of the same […]
Read MoreRealistic Fantasy and Fantastical Reality – Wang Hui
From Anti’s English Blog – AEB: The 10th issue of the Dushu magazine in 2005 has an article by Liu Jianzhi, Dai Jinhua and Chen Shunxin on the “1000 Women for the Nobel Prize for Peace 2005 ” activity,...
Read MoreHarbin’s water emergency: Fudging on leak let rumours fuel the fears
From The South China Morning Post, via A Glimpse of the World: The central government’s admission yesterday that the Songhua river was severely polluted in a chemical factory explosion last week confirmed what many people had suspected. A statement issued by the State Environmental Protection Administration explained how the pollution had spread and did not […]
Read MoreWay that Communist Party of China takes in 21st century – People’s Daily
From People’s Daily Online: Relations between China and the United States are indeed important and complicated. During debates in the US on Sino-US relations earlier this year both US President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other important officials emphasized the need to improve bilateral relations between China and the United States. […]
Read MoreInterviewing People About Censorship in China – ESWN
From EastSouthWestNorth: The following is a list of posts on the subject: * BBC’s Interview Wangjianshuo’s blog. Wangjianshuo’s blog. November 7, 2005. * Bloggers not happy after BBC-interview Fons Tuinstra, China Herald. November 8, 2005. * China’s censorship and western media Chris Myrick, AsiaPundit. November 8, 2005. * BBCÈááËÆø Yining.Write() November 8, 2005. * The […]
Read MoreChina Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak – AP
From AP, via The Washington Post: China detected a new bird flu outbreak in the far western Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, bringing the total number of outbreaks for the country in recent weeks to 21. The latest outbreak killed 11 birds at a farm in the city of Turpan on […]
Read MoreWater Crisis Shows China’s Pollution Risks – David Lague
From The New York Times: The Chinese government’s decision to cut potentially contaminated supplies of fresh water to a major city has highlighted the threat that industrial pollution poses to public health and economic development across the nation. Almost four million people in Harbin in northeastern China are expected to be without running water until […]
Read MorePhoto: China confirms “major” pollution of river, from yculblog.com.
Trucks carrying water to Haerbin, the government confirms “major” pollution of river, from yculblog.com.
Read MoreTwo-timing the Chinese – Simon Tisdal
From Guardian Unlimited: Vladimir Putin makes an unlikely swinger. Until now, Russia’s president has been assiduously courting China. He sells Beijing oil and weaponry. Bilateral trade will be worth about £15bn this year. Cold war border disputes have been settled. The two countries recently held unprecedented joint military exercises. And they often act together at […]
Read MoreGolden Internet age to come? – Liu Baijia
From The China Daily: The golden age for China’s Internet industry has yet to come, despite some deals worth billion dollars having already taken place. So said veteran Chinese Internet entrepreneur Victor Koo, the former president of the top Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com Inc. Speaking in Beijing yesterday, he said this year has been a […]
Read MoreChina highlights charity’s role in narrowing rich-poor gap – Xinhua
From Xinhua: China, known as a country with a history of benevolence, underlined charity at a national conference for the first time this week, calling upon the whole nation to aid those in need. “The meeting is a strong signal from the government for society to support social charities, and reveals a picture that charities […]
Read Morephoto: A migrant woman in Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region; by Li Ziheng, via teein.com
A migrant woman in Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region; by Li Ziheng, via teein.com.
Read MoreMan detained over online baby sale joke – Shanghai Daily
From Shanghai Daily, via China Daily: Police will keep a man from Jiangxi Province in detention for seven days for allegedly posting a note on a popular Website offering to sell babies. The man, surnamed Wu, said on eBay’s...
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