Photo: City security guards roughing up street vendors (photo series), via tom.com.
City security guards roughing up street vendors (photo series), via tom.com
Read MoreHigh court rules Koizumi’s Yasukuni visits unconstitutional
From Kyodo News: The Osaka High Court on Friday ruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine were “official” acts and “religious activities” done in violation of the Constitution that provides for the separation of state and religion. But the court rejected damages demands filed by the plaintiffs, some from Taiwan, […]
Read MoreChinese State Council to open official website – Xinhua
From Xinhua: The website of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, or the central government of the People’s Republic of China, www.gov.cn, will open on a trial basis on October 1, a spokesman for the Council’s General Office announced here Thursday. The website, with simplified and traditional Chinese versions first, will provide […]
Read MoreChina sets up fund to protect stock investors – Reuters
From Reuters, via China Daily: China has launched a stock rescue fund, which will focus on compensating investors and helping brokerages that run into problems, one of a raft of measures designed to buoy the nation’s sickly stock markets. Money for the fund will come from a small portion of stock trading commissions from the […]
Read MoreChina seizes on Olympic fair play – David Lague
From the International Herald Tribune: China has introduced measures to fight corruption in preparing the Beijing Olympics in 2008 that could become a blueprint for a wider campaign against graft, according to international anticorruption experts. In cooperation with international advisers, the Chinese government has instituted a range of procedures to minimize the potential for corruption […]
Read MoreGlobe and Mail special issue on Hong Kong
The Globe and Mail has published a special issue focused on Hong Kong. Articles include: 24/7 BOOMTOWN by Geoffrey York Territory’s fortunes rise on China’s economic flood by Angela Barnes What China lacks just makes its capitalist enclave stronger by Tom Grimmer and more.
Read MoreChina on the march – Michael Vatikiotis
From the International Herald Tribune: The news that two major Chinese motorcycle manufacturers plan to build factories in Thailand to serve the regional market should serve as a wake-up call for everyone doing business in Asia. Yes, the Chinese are coming. Slowly, inefficiently, but surely, Chinese companies are on the march in Asia.
Read MoreThe cauldron boils – Economist
From the Economist: The Chinese government is getting increasingly twitchy about what officials say is a rapid growth in the number and scale of public protests. In its latest bid to quash them, this week it announced a sweeping ban on internet material that incites “illegal demonstrations”. Does China face serious instability? Probably not, for […]
Read MorePassing Through – Yiyun Li
From the 9/25 New York Times Magazine: We were the only girls’ company, and we marched behind a battalion of boys; the road across the village was shrouded by dust. A water buffalo, used to the tramping, grazed undisturbed. A villager saw us and called out, “Girl-soldiers this time.” The villagers appeared in every door, […]
Read MoreOn Chinese Television, What’s Cool Is No Longer Correct – Edward Cody
From the Washington Post: At first glance, the new rules handed down by China’s broadcasting authority seemed natural enough in a country where the Communist Party feels duty-bound to set the tone for everything, even pop music. Masters of ceremony on state television’s seemingly endless roster of variety shows, the regulations said, should avoid vulgarity, […]
Read MoreBullying The Bloggers – Patrick Moore
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken new measures aimed at controlling citizens’ access to information through the Internet by slapping controls on bloggers. The question remains: can the authorities maintain a one-party dictatorship and at the same time give proper attention to the information needs of a vibrant economy?
Read MoreConcerns Grow Over Executions in China – Mark Magnier
From The Los Angeles Times: Zhang Huanzhi, 61, hugs a small mound of dirt that holds her son’s ashes. Tears and mucous stream from her face as she cries out in pain: Why us, why our boy, why such injustice? A few months ago, a state-run newspaper reported that someone else had confessed to the […]
Read MoreChina’s Hu: closet liberal or conservative? – Benjamin Kang Lim
From Reuters.co.uk: Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao is as much of an enigma today as he was when he rose to power almost three years ago, still keeping the world guessing whether he is a closet liberal or an ultra-conservative. The 62-year-old Hu, who doubles as state president, has sent mixed signals in recent […]
Read MoreMusic downloading and sharing in China – Lucy Montgomery
From INDICARE: At present, rates of music piracy are high throughout China’s audio-visual industries. Music industry executives generally quote piracy rates of between 75% and 95%. Disc piracy is common, particularly in wealthier cities along China’s eastern seaboard. People living in less affluent or developed areas still use pirated audio cassettes, which are cheaper to […]
Read MorePhoto: Taiwanese family outing, thanks to Camereye for the photo
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