From The Japan Focus: This is a comprehensive contribution to an ongoing discussion of East Asia and the Pacific in an era of transformation. Earlier contributions by Gavan McCormack and Wada Haruki (on Northeast Asia), by David Rosenberg (on China and Southeast Asia), and by Lora Saalman (on the changing Chinese-Indian-U.S. strategic relationship) all raise […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: “Many Americans are beginning to realize the importance of speaking Chinese,” Zhu Hongqing, consul at the Chinese Education Consulate here, said. “We need to provide as much powerful support as we can.” The number of Chinese language programs around the country, from elementary school through adult programs, has tripled in […]
Read MoreFrom the AP, via Newsday: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is hoping China will reveal more about a massive military that the Bush administration sees as a potential near-term threat to U.S. interests in Asia and a possible global rival in the future. Rumsfeld departs Monday on his first trip to China as defense secretary, […]
Read MoreFrom Interfax: The situation in Taishi became a test case in China’s rural reform and urbanization process, but this week, much of the attention has instead shifted to the activities of foreign journalists in the area and to the responsibilities of the media. At the weekend, rumors surfaced on a number of blogs and bulletin […]
Read MoreFrom The Observer: If a nation of cyclists and farmers is turning into a nation of car drivers and industrialists, and the population of that nation is 1.3 billion, surely the thing to be in is oil. That is the logic being applied by BP chairman Lord Browne in his characteristically bold move to form […]
Read MoreFrom The Standard: China’s growing economic, political and diplomatic clout in the region is seen by some as a healthy counter- balance to US hegemony. But, asks Vaudine England, is it a fair trade? China’s growing economic, political and diplomatic clout in the region is seen by some as a healthy counter- balance to US […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: China announced on Saturday completion of the world’s highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which stretches 1,956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa cities in western China. The announcement was made at a ceremony held at the Lhasa Railway Station Saturday morning to mark the country’s success in making the impossible possible, by […]
Read MoreFrom The Project Syndicate: Is China’s political environment loosening up, or is the government cracking down? It’s hard to tell. President and Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao sometimes seems to be going both ways simultaneously. For example, Hu has decided to honor the memory of his mentor, former General Secretary Hu Yaobang, in order […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters.co.uk: Yang Chengang was a music teacher by day and lounge singer by night in central China’s Hubei province when one day three years ago a friend suggested putting one of his songs on the Internet. Fast forward to 2005, when Yang and his song, “Mice Love Rice,” have become two of the hottest […]
Read MoreFrom The YaleGlobal: Two years ago, to much fanfare, China and Brazil entered into a bilateral trade partnership, hoping to propel both populous, ambitious nations to the top of the development heap. With increased exports to China, Brazil made modest economic advances since entering the trade agreement. But in the same period, the world’s textile […]
Read MoreFrom The Jamestown Foundation, via A Glimpse of the World: China’s relations with Africa have steadily deepened and strengthened since the founding of “new China” in 1949. Evolving from ideologically-driven interactions during the Cold War, today’s China-Africa relations combine pragmatic economic and political means to achieve China’s objective of establishing a world order that is […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: Ye Yonglie is the author of a popular science book titled Ten Thousand Why’s, which must have been read by hundreds of millions of Chinese schoolchildren over many generations. In the 1980’s, he wrote The Biography of Jiang Qing and The Biography of Chen Bada, as well as a “Red Series” about […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg.com: As China basked in the successful launch of its second manned space flight, a “sacred and glorious” mission beamed live to hundreds of millions of television viewers Wednesday, Li Jing wasn’t watching. “The space program is fine, but they should take care of us farmers first,” said Li, 42, gazing into the sky […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: By the end of June 2005, China has reported 126,808 people infected with HIV, including 28,789 AIDS patients. The death toll of HIV/AIDS had reached 7,375, according to Hao Yang, deputy head of the disease control department with the Ministry of Health on Friday.
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