China, Vietnam ban poultry imports – AP

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 […]

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China pledges openness as it fights bird flu – SCMP

From 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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Confessions of a Dissident – Wozy Yin

From 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 […]

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Freedom of speech is still a trial in China – Hamish McDonald

From 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 […]

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Orwell alive and well in China – Fred Edwards

From 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 […]

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China pledges transparency over bird flu – James Sturcke

From 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 […]

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Dispute Leaves U.S. Executive in Chinese Legal Netherworld – Joseph Kahn

From 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 […]

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By Train on the Roof of the World – Andreas Lorenz

From 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 […]

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China committed to peace, common development: President Hu

From 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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