Photo: Typhoon Talim claims at least 46 lives in East China, via duowei.com
Typhoon Talim claims at least 46 lives in East China, via duowei.com
Read MorePhoto: Pacific Palace shopping center in Hong Kong, thanks to James Henry for the photo
Pacific Palace shopping center in Hong Kong, thanks to James Henry for the photo
Read MoreGuangdong closes half of coal mines – Qiu Quanlin
From China Daily: In the wake of the Daxing Coal Mine flooding in Xingning, almost half of the coalmines in Guangdong Province were forced to shut down due to safety and environmental concerns, sources with the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Work Safety said. A total of 112 coal mines out of 253 small and medium-sized […]
Read MoreYou are judged by the company you keep – Ralph A. Cossa
From the International Herald Tribune: The decision by Washington and Beijing to postpone President Hu Jintao’s official visit to the United States, because of President George W. Bush’s preoccupation with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, allows both sides to defuse, at least for now, a thorny diplomatic issue. Beijing was upset that Hu was not […]
Read MoreEye on China: Mobile internet for masses – anonymous
From The New Zealand Herald: The evolution of China’s internet is one of the biggest business stories of the year, especially after search engine Baidu’s hugely oversubscribed Nasdaq IPO this northern summer. The sector has many classic China features: it has been heavily (and successfully) supported by the Government, the numbers involved are huge and […]
Read MoreChina: Frustrated Citizens Take To The Streets – Patrick Moore
From RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY: Traditionally China’s 900 million peasants have served as the power base of the Communist Party(AFP)Scarcely a month goes by without news coming from rural China of often-violent protests by locals over corruption, land-grabs, taxation, or environmental issues. The authorities are struggling to stem this rising tide of challenges to […]
Read MoreChina Observes Date of Japan’s Surrender – Joseph Kahn
From the New York Times: China commemorated the 60th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat on Saturday, saying “the just had prevailed against the evil” back then but denying any military ambitions today. President Hu Jintao used the occasion to emphasize that China’s economic and military power is not directed against Japan or the […]
Read MoreChina mulls raising renewable energy commitment – Emma Graham-Harrison
From Reuters: China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, may boost its long-term commitment to renewable energy use by 50 percent, a top policy maker said on Monday. Beijing currently aims to get one-tenth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and this year passed a law forcing power suppliers to buy more electricity from […]
Read MoreCommentary: China not immune to oil fever or U.S. slowdown – William Pesek Jr.
From the International Herald Tribune: As the age of globalization grapples with its first energy shock, few major economies may be more vulnerable than China. That is not what you will read in the popular press. There, the story is China’s 9.5 percent growth, its boundless potential and how the Chinese juggernaut will soon cost […]
Read MoreEU, China Strike Agreement to End Textile Stalemate – Bloomberg
From Bloomberg: The European Union and China reached an agreement to end a stalemate that has left 400 million euros ($502 million) of Chinese garments stranded at European ports. “The EU and China will share responsibility for the goods which are blocked,” Simon Fraser, chief of staff to European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, told journalists […]
Read MoreSnap dragons – Gaby Wood
From the Observer: Once used purely for propaganda, photography has exploded in China in the last decade. Experimental artists have gained international success by playing with ideas of truth and fiction, the old and the new, vanishing traditions and modern urban alienation. As a major exhibition opens at the V&A, Gaby Wood finds out what […]
Read MoreCDT Bookshelf: Richard Baum recommends “Mao: The Unknown Story”
For the CDT Bookshelf, China Digital Times invites experts on China to recommend a book to CDT readers. This month, Richard Baum, Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, recommends Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, Jonathan Cape, 2005 (to be published in the […]
Read MorePhoto: Middle school kids line up for inspection, Huaihua, thanks to Mark Hobbs for the photo, via Blogger
Middle school kids line up for inspection, Huaihua, thanks to Mark Hobbs for the photo, via Blogger
Read MoreIn China, Change Could Be Coming – Barry Petersen
From CBS News: Is the Party over? In China, the Communist Party was once everything. Today, it is still the main and only political apparatus, and it punishes, jails, beats and kills those who oppose it. But the reality is that many Chinese are losing interest in it. … Lieberthal points out that the Party […]
Read MoreCheng Yizhong to Write Commentary on Chinese Newspapers
Pioneering former Southern Metropolis News (ÂçóÊñπÈÉΩÂ∏ÇÊä•) editor Cheng Yizhong has been invited by Sohu.com to write daily commentary on China’s newspapers. Cheng spent five months in prison but was released last...
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