From AP, via The Hindu News: China and Vietnam have banned poultry imports from countries with bird flu as US and Chinese officials met today to coordinate strategy on stopping the spread of the deadly virus. Yesterday, Washington and Beijing agreed to step up technical cooperation and information exchanges, while also promoting understanding of international […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via AsiaMedia: Mainland officials say they learned lesson not to hide information after Sars outbreak. The mainland has learned the lessons of the Sars outbreak and pledged complete openness as it fights bird flu in its multi-billion domestic poultry flock, a top Chinese official said, while Pacific rim experts […]
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Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: Bank of China Ltd, one of the country’s big four state-owned commercial banks, has not received a response from shareholders on Temasek’s planned buy-in, a bank official said. Zhu Min, assistant to the president of Bank of China, told reporters the bank has submitted the deal for regulators and shareholders to review but […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Geneticists have identified a major lineage of Y chromosomes in populations of northern China that they believe may mark the bearers as descendants of one of the Manchu conquerors who founded the Qing dynasty and ruled China from 1644 to 1911. Because the founder of the lineage lived some 500 […]
Read MoreFrom Wired: I’ve been blogging since January, criticizing despotism, corruption, ultranationalism, and the state-run media that disseminates propaganda packaged as news. I have posted more than 150 blog entries, many of them long essays, all of them written in Chinese. China will never be free unless people like me are willing to risk their own […]
Read MoreFrom the Age, via Asia Media: Necessarily, Liu’s strategy is not to “broadcast and be damned”. He makes sure Phoenix TV presents touchy news in a way that makes clear there is no challenge to the system. In between, it runs plenty of upbeat, feel-good features about China’s achievements and projects dear to central and […]
Read MoreFrom TheStar.com: George Orwell is alive and well and living in Beijing. At least that is all one could surmise from the bizarre white paper on democracy released by the Chinese cabinet. The document is studded with references to the democratic rights enjoyed by the Chinese people but also reaffirms the apparently permanent leadership role […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: A senior Chinese official today insisted that the country has learned the lessons of the Sars outbreak and promised complete openness in its fight against bird flu. China was heavily criticised during the 2003 outbreak of Sars, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, for initially covering up the illness. Now Beijing says it […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: David Ji, a Chinese-American electronics entrepreneur, spent two months in custody enduring all-night interrogation sessions, but his stubbornness and occasional flashes of sarcasm infuriated his Chinese captors. So in late December last year, according to a person who compiled a record of the encounter, guards emptied his pockets, removed his […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: Looking from the imposing Potala Palace into the Lhasa River Valley, one glimpses a white bridge far in the distance. For the moment, it is empty. But soon, trains will be rolling across and into the brand new train station now under construction on the opposite bank. A whole new quarter of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Raking a spread of drying chili peppers, Gao Hong looks like millions of other farmers scattered throughout China, but his thoughts are on more than how much the harvest will bring in. “My first priority is to defend the country’s borders,” says Gao, 50, whose loyal parents named him Red (Hong) — the […]
Read MoreChinese sociologist Li Yinhe has written a commentary entitled “Viewing protection of human rights from the events at Taishi village.” Much of the Internet commentary about Taishi village has been purged from the...
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said Tuesday in Hanoi that China’s foreign policy aims to safeguard world peace and promote common development, and urged the international community to work together to realize lasting peace and common prosperity. In his speech to the Vietnamese National Assembly, Hu said China will unswervingly pursue peaceful […]
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