From the International Herald Tribune: By the time the great railroad reaches this town from the east, it has already traversed more than half of China, past the high desert of Qinghai, around one of the world’s great salt lakes, through the arid fastness of Gansu, and then over and around mountain ranges arrayed like […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Powerful forces are pushing the United States and China toward a more antagonistic relationship. This ominous shift was signaled by the anti-Chinese fever in Congress that doomed the takeover bid by the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation for the U.S. company Unocal, and by a Pentagon report that paints China […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Last November, government agencies published a report that put the number of gay men in China who are “of a sexually active age” at 5-10 million. Scientists say this is the low end of the estimate. They figure that there are around 30-40 million homosexual men and women in total. In 1997, […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: Chinese President Hu Jintao has agreed to restore the standing of the reform-minded Communist leader whose death triggered the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, a surprising reversal of party dogma that could prompt new calls for democratic change in China, according to people informed of the decision.Hu Jintao has approved plans for […]
Read MorePo Lin Monastery, on Lantau Island, thanks to James Henry for the photo
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: The role of the US Internet firm Yahoo in helping Chinese security officials to finger a journalist sentenced to 10 years for e-mailing “state secrets” is filtering into mainland China. The revelation reinforces a conviction among many Chinese “netizens” that there is no place security forces can’t find them. .. […]
Read MoreFrom The SPACE.com: China is paring down the list of astronauts to fly aboard its second manned spaceflight, a two-person mission set to launch within weeks, state news reports said Wednesday. Several two-astronaut teams have been selected from a candidate field of 14 former fighter pilots, though the final decision will depend on how they […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: China has set up a Rmb6.3bn ($779m) fund to protect investors in bankrupt securities companies in the latest attempt to boost confidence in its struggling stock market. The China Securities Regulatory Commission, the capital markets regulator, on Wednesday said the fund was established at the end of August with an initial […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Express: Beijing prepares banks for foreign competition as the WTO deadline nears. One of the greatest challenges China must confront before the WTO treaty it signed enters into force in 2007 is to prepare its banking system for privatisation and competition with foreign banks. A new agency, Central Hujin Investment Company, has […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese President Hu Jintao began a visit to resource-rich Canada on Thursday as his host vowed to put human rights at the forefront of agenda largely focused on economics. China is actively looking for more sources of energy to boost its roaring economy and this year Chinese firms have invested in two projects […]
Read MoreXiao Yang, president of the Supreme People’s Court speaking at the 21st Century Forum in Shanghai, via boxun.com
Read MoreFrom the Straits Times, via Asia Media: A mainland woman falsely accused by some Hong Kong media publications of being the mistress of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong is planning to sue them for libel. Ms Huang Wei said at a press conference in Hong Kong yesterday that she needed to seek redress for […]
Read MoreFrom AFX, via Forbes.com: China’s known death toll from Typhoon Talim today rose to 124 while 31 people remain missing, state media reported. Talim made landfall in the eastern province of Fujian last Thursday. It churned its way through the provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan and Hubei, dumping heavy rain and causing floods and […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan‘s “Everlasting Regret” brought Old Shanghai glamour to Venice on Thursday with a tale of bitterness and unrequited love, as the film festival wound down ahead of its weekend awards. The only Chinese film competing for Venice’s top Golden Lion prize follows the life of a celebrated beauty as […]
Read MoreFrom Infoworld.com: Yahoo was only following Chinese law when it provided evidence that helped land a local journalist a 10-year jail sentence, the company said Thursday… “Just like any other global company, Yahoo must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations, and customs of the country in which they are […]
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