On November 3, Zheng Bijian, Executive Vice-President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, gave a speech responding to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick’s remarks on September 21, 2005 titled...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: In an indication of growing tensions between human rights advocates and American Internet and technology companies doing business in countries with repressive regimes, a group of two dozen fund management firms and investment analysts issued a joint statement yesterday urging businesses to adopt policies addressing freedom of expression. The move […]
Read MoreFrom the Japan Times: “On Sino-Japanese relations, we can see some changes toward being more restrained, more analytical and less emotional,” said Liang Yunxiang, an associate professor in international relations at Peking University. This approach to China’s Japan coverage, different from a year ago when Chinese media omitted Japan’s perspectives or ran only negative Japanese […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: After years of denial about the extent of AIDS in the world’s most populous country, China’s leaders have unleashed a well-financed campaign to stem an epidemic that by the government’s reckoning afflicts 840,000 people. But these efforts are being undermined by a relentless drive for profit within the Chinese health care […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: All across China, the fall harvest has ended. But unlike the activity in the country’s vast agricultural regions, where the harvest shapes daily life, the tumult of daily life here in Beijing is reshaping what remains of the harvest. Beijing, after all, is a city of 15 million to 17 […]
Read MoreFrom Pacific Epoch: China’s Ministry Of Culture (MOC) plans to launch an Internet monitoring platform, ChinaByte reports. The platform will monitor on the Internet in real time. An insider at the MOC said that the Ministry Of Finance (MOF) will back the development of the project with tens of millions of Yuan. According to the […]
Read MoreRebecca MacKinnon has provided a good overview of the recently concluded Chinese Blogger Conference in Shanghai: Isaac Mao in his opening keynote talked about the power of many small voices. On the web, “everybody is...
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Dai Aixiu, 41, leans against her doorpost and watches as a dozen chickens and ducks peck at small bugs beside a broken urn in the garbage-littered yard. Her front door is open, and the birds sometimes enter the house, leaving behind droppings and feathers before she shoos them out. As […]
Read MoreFrom The Boston.com: Cave-in at a gypsum mine in northern China killed 27 workers and trapped 20 others, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. The mine collapse occurred Sunday evening in Xingtai, a city in Hebei province, and affected two other nearby mines, the agency said. Some 21 miners were hospitalized, it said. The […]
Read MorePhoto series: Scene of temple gathering in countryside, via teein.com.
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The European Union’s environment chief yesterday expressed confidence that government measures would effectively tackle Beijing’s chronic air pollution in time for the Olympics in 2008. “I’m sure the atmosphere will be cleaner and the environment will become better in Beijing and even the whole country as the Chinese Government is working out measures […]
Read MoreFrom CBS News: Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. and European officials called Monday for a sharp rise in the world’s use of solar and other nonpolluting power sources as they opened an international meeting on renewable energy. Some 1,200 delegates from 80 countries joined Chinese leaders at the Great Hall of the People, the […]
Read MoreFrom Chinatechnews.com: The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad announced today that Sohu.com (SOHU) has been selected as the official sponsor of Internet Content Service for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. A sponsorship agreement was signed by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, internationally known as […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Heavy fog hit Beijing on Saturday morning, resulting in traffic chaos, and warnings for children and the elderly not to go outside. Dense-fog alarms were sounded at around 5:20 am and 11 am on Saturday. Visibility in the city was down to 200 metres. Seven of the city’s expressways were closed […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via China Daily: The United States and China have agreed to a deal on the import of mainland clothing and fabric, resolving a bitter trade dispute between the two nations, a major Chinese textile association said. “Both the US and China have compromised in reaching this textile pact,” China National Textile and Apparel […]
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