From The New York Times, via The Ledger: At his most desperate, when he had no more borrowed money for his son’s legal defense, Xie Yujun went to a hospital. He knew of China’s black market in body parts. He wanted to sell his eyes. He was refused. Mr. Xie, 60, is no stranger to […]
Read MoreFrom One is always nearer by not keeping still blog: One significant thought has been rolling around my head lately. As I read more about the tragedies, poor governance, security threat, poverty, and failed states of Africa and the Middle East, I cannot help but notice the imbalance of criticism of Africa (and Middle East […]
Read MoreFrom The San Francisco Chronicle: The matronly woman reading the Bible to a dozen solemn migrant workers in her tiny but tidy living room heads a family of dangerous political provocateurs, in the eyes of the Chinese government. Her family’s crime: believing the state should have no role in how they follow their faith and […]
Read MoreFrom NZZ online: Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has warned that while China’s economy is booming, the country’s respect for human rights still needs to be improved. Speaking at the Swiss International Business Forum in Zurich, she said the “substantial progress” made by the Chinese government in recent years was to be welcomed. “But there still […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: When Chen Weiying rode up on the back of a sputtering motorbike that chaotic morning, what she saw changed her life. Dozens of women were crying and shouting as uniformed policemen carried them away, Chen recalled, and three elderly farmers lay in the fields to block a squad of front-end loaders […]
Read MoreHundreds of residents of Taishi protesting the corruption of local officials, (photo series), via duowei.com
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Hotels in China continue to fuel revenue per available room (revPAR) growth throughout the Asia-Pacific region, according to the latest hotel performance data from the Hotel Benchmark Survey by consulting and professional services giant Deloitte and Touche. During the first eight months of 2005 Chinese hotel markets have witnessed an average […]
Read MoreFrom The Art Newspaper: The Chinese government announced last month that it is to make 1.5 billion Yuan ($185 million) available for restoration of the Forbidden City over the next 15 years. Work has already started, and scaffolding now covers dozens of buildings in the complex. Projects along the central axis are scheduled for completion […]
Read MoreFrom ABC News: Officials: Cell Phone Spam Offering Illicit Goods Damages China’s ‘Social Order’ The Chinese government is cracking down on what it calls the latest threat to the safety and security of its population: cell phone text messages. According to Xinhua, China’s official news agency, the Ministry of Public Security is carrying out this […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: Germany’s Christian Democrat leader Angela Merkel signalled a tougher stance towards China on Friday by refusing to support Beijing’s attempt to lift the European Union’s weapons embargo. Ms Merkel did not discuss the embargo on Friday when she met Chinese president Hu Jintao on his three-day visit to Germany. But she […]
Read MoreFrom Interfax: Yahoo has eight months to become a better search engine than Baidu or Yahoo will have a hard time surviving in China, said Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, whose company took over all of Yahoo’s China-based assets in August. “Honestly, when we took Yahoo search, it was not good, and today it’s not good. […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via ABC News: After years of fierce lobbying and months of secrecy, Beijing unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Olympics on Friday, opening a marketing blitz that is expected to reap record profits. In an elaborate, nationally televised gala at a Beijing sports arena to mark the 1,000-day countdown until the Games, senior […]
Read MoreFrom This-Week Online: “With your right hand, you slip strips of metal under a hammer backed by 4,000 pounds of pressure; with your left, you sweep molded parts into a pile. You do this once a second for a 10-hour shift,...
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online The “Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Proposal on the Formulation of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) for National Economic and Social Development” adopted...
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