Blogging in China – The Michael Anti Interview

From EastSouthWestNorth Blog: (on Deutsche Welle, translated by ESWN) DW: Compared to what you do, the bloggers in the Chinese newspaper industry are more careful. Are there clearly specified regulations to restrict the private blogging by reporters? Or is this a case of split personality? Anti: I really have not heard of any regulations. Many […]

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Bosses on Blair trip slam China textile ban – David Smith

From The Sunday Times: Business leaders who will travel with Tony Blair today to China and India are demanding that the European Union immediately lift its blockade on Chinese textile imports. The 40 company bosses are also attempting to spearhead a drive to increase Britain’s exports to China and India. Currently only 1% of UK […]

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The Internet Sea Change In China – ESWN

From ESWN’s blog: A sea change is a profound transformation that takes place gradually over time. Seas rise, even if only at the rate of inches per century, but they do rise inexorablly to change everything. In the Deutsche Welle interview with Chinese blogger Michael Anti (see Blogging in China: The Michael Anti Interview), there […]

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China marks Japan’s WWII defeat

From BBC: War veterans from around the world have joined China’s commemorations to mark the defeat of Japan and the end of World War II 60 years ago. They were among the 10,000 people said to have attended an official ceremony in Tiananmen Square on Saturday. After a 60-gun salute and the release of 6,000 […]

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China will never compromise in opposition to secessionist activities: President Hu

From The People’s Daily: Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday that China will never waver in its commitment to the one-China principle and never compromise in its opposition to secessionist activities. “We must firmly safeguard our national sovereignty and territorial integrity and vigorously advance the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland,” he said […]

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Typhoon Talim claims at least 46 lives in East China

From PTI, via The Deccan Herald: At least 46 people were killed, dozens missing and over two million people affected by Typhoon Talim which ravaged the east Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi, local governments said on Saturday. Torrential rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Talim have claimed at least 31 lives and left […]

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Bush cancels China’s Hu visit after hurricane – Reuters

From Reuters: The White House said on Saturday it canceled a planned visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao next week because of Hurricane Katrina. “Both presidents agreed that, in the present circumstances, it was best not to have a meeting in Washington next week,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement.

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Mr. Hu Comes To Washington – Business Week

From Business Week: All in all, the expectation is that Hu’s visit will be a relatively friendly affair that will paper over a far more complex reality governing Sino-American ties. “China and the U.S. share important common interests in the Asia Pacific region, and we are willing to work together to make the Asia Pacific […]

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Chinese Labour Struggles – New Left Review

From the New Left Review: A railway worker caught up in the events of Tiananmen Square, now using his radio show to broadcast the problems of Chinese factory hands live on air. Han Dongfang describes life in the Red Army, student-worker unity in 1989, surviving TB and torture in prison and the China Labour Bulletin‘s […]

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Power Politics – Julie Walton

From China Business Review: China must push through reforms in its energy sector”especially price reform. Unimaginable though it may be, factories in some of the world’s most vibrant manufacturing hubs are turning off the lights once a week. In coastal cities from Beijing to Shenzhen, and even as far inland as Chongqing, companies received notices […]

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