From AP, via Taipei Times: In an upscale Beijing restaurant, a youthful real estate developer from Taipei muses ruefully over the possibility of union between China’s communist colossus and his home country. “When I first came here 18 months ago I thought that if China takes over Taiwan it’s OK,” says Chang Chieh, 24. “But […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: Addressing a meeting of senior Communist Party officials in Beijing last week, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld emphasized the need for China to open its political system and to ease any policy that “limits speech, information or choices.” Perhaps he hadn’t yet seen Beijing’s white paper, Building of Political Democracy in […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: Trading in shares of China Construction Bank is set to start on Thursday, following the Chinese lender’s $8bn (¬£4.5bn) initial public offering (IPO). Traders warned that the bank’s debut on the Hong Kong market could be a muted one, after a drop in its shares on the unofficial “grey” market on Wednesday. […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times: On the 60th anniversary of Retrocession Day, the government should not forget about the Diaoyutais (Èá£È≠öÂè∞) and should continue the fight to regain their sovereignty, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (ȶ¨Ë㱉πù) said yesterday. Making the remarks during the “Sixtieth Anniversary of Retrocession Day: Memorial of the Diaoyutais” ceremony, the Taipei […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times: “The real meaning of `retrocession’ is Taiwanese having the freedom to rule their own country.” The invitations issued to opposition party leaders and retired generals to attend China’s “Taiwan Retrocession Day” were the latest part of China’s “united front” strategy and a blatant attempt to swallow up Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian (Èô≥Ê∞¥ÊâÅ) […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: This article, written by , vice-president of the National Taiwan Research Society, is about his thoughts on the 60th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan (–Ed) October 25 this year marks the 60th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan. In 1945, Chinese sons and daughters, including Taiwan compatriots, won great victory […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters.co.uk: China said a fresh outbreak of bird flu was free of any human infections, but three people on a French island off Africa were being tested on Wednesday in what were thought to be the first suspected human cases outside Asia. “These three people who all traveled to Thailand have visited a bird […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: Beware of extrapolation, a former British chancellor of the exchequer once remarked: it can make you go blind. The warning should be heeded by those western observers who, dazzled by China’s rise in basic manufacturing, breathlessly proclaim it is destined to become a global leader in science and technological innovation… China […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via ABCNews.com: The deadly bird flu virus has dominated headlines around the world, but China’s own home-grown outbreaks remain largely taboo in the country’s state-controlled media. While China has been praised for prompt reporting to international agriculture and health organizations, its media has been mostly silent, showing limits to its transparency that could […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Hu Jintao, Chinese president and Communist Party general secretary, will visit North Korea for a three-day visit starting on Friday, his first official visit since assuming office in 2002 and more than four years since Hu’s predecessor, Jiang Zemin, made his call on the Hermit Kingdom. Hu’s visit comes at a critical […]
Read MoreFarm market in Nanjing, 2005; via guoweinews.com
Read MoreFrom The Daily Times: China’s state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported on a government investigation into a string of forced sterilisations and abortions in the village of Linyi, Shandong province. The speed of the investigation ” said to have begun days after the kidnapping of Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist who had been a public […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via the Guardian: The Holy See hopes that tensions between the Catholic Church and China will end soon, the Vatican’s secretary of state was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Chinese government prevented four Chinese bishops from attending a worldwide synod, or meeting, of bishops this month at the Vatican. “Let’s hope […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Three hours. That’s the maximum it should take for a bird-flu outbreak anywhere in the country to be reported to Beijing. The exacting timeline is part of a contingency plan hammered out by the Ministry of Agriculture to counter possible outbreaks of the potentially-fatal influenza this autumn and winter.
Read MoreFrom The Independent: China has scored a sporting own goal, as its first rehearsal for Beijing’s Olympic Games in 2008 descended into a farce of alleged match-rigging, bribery, unfair judging and doping scandals. The week-long National Games – staged in the presence of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge – closed on Sunday […]
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