From The Christian Science Monitor: For nearly three hours Chinese society stopped – and voted. No, it wasn’t a political revolution, but a mass thumbs up to a 21-year-old from Sichuan who belts out the song “Zombie” from the rock band “Cranberries” as part of her act. China’s “Super Girl” is an American Idol-style TV […]
Read MoreIrony lives in China (photo series): Faded sign on top: “Continue to revolutionize”, Newer sign below: “Commercial shop”, via ESWN blog.
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The Chinese police raided the office of an American-financed human rights group here on Monday shortly before the arrival of the United Nations human rights chief, as the authorities sought to keep a tight lid on dissent during the visit. The police searched the offices and copied computer files at […]
Read MoreFrom The Asia Times: The Internet, long proclaimed a conduit for democratization, is meeting its match in China. While Western libertarians believe China is fighting a losing battle as protestors and dissidents increasingly organize online, the Chinese leadership is betting its dual strategy of censorship and development will ultimately succeed. The Internet provides an unprecedented […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, on Tuesday warned of clothes shortages for European retailers and higher prices for consumers if the trade crisis which has left millions of Chinese garments piling up at Europe’s ports was not resolved. “The consequences of not doing so will be severe economic pain for many […]
Read MoreFrom AFX, via Forbes.com: China’s Baidu.com, which listed on the Nasdaq earlier this month, has overtaken US rival Google in the key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, which account for the majority of China’s Internet users, the China Daily reported. The newspaper was citing a survey by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The US has seen clothing imports from China increase by a huge 125% during the first six months of this year. The US, like the EU, has blocked the import of millions of garments. And like the EU, it is the clothing importers that are clamouring for the American government to broker […]
Read MoreFrom Hainan Daily. Translated via Sinofile: The reform of the medical and public health system has become a “half-done dish” that patients, hospitals and the government are all dissatisfied with. Not long ago, China’s Reform of the Medical and Health System,” a joint project conducted by the Development Research Center of the State Council and […]
Read More“Super Voice Girls” generated huge participation from TV audiences, from sina.com.
Read MoreFrom a Japan Times editorial: The prospect of China buying up international petroleum supplies to quench its growing thirst for energy is the newest geopolitical nightmare. Like most bogeymen, though, the fear disappears when exposed to harsh light. China is eager to secure resources to feed its developing economy, but those efforts pose no threat […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: In an apparent measure trying to mend fences with China’s aggrieved citizenry, the State Council last week issued a directive ordering government officials withdraw their investment in coal mines. The directive was prompted by widely reported collusion between local officials and entrepreneurs running the Daxing Mine in Guangdong’s Xingning City, where a […]
Read MoreFrom Interfax: Chinese players of the “World of Warcraft” online game have begun an Internet signature campaign protesting Chinese government plans to limit the country’s online gamers to three hours of consecutive playtime. “These restrictions violate the rights of online game players,” one Chinese player wrote on the petition. “Trying to prevent young players from […]
Read MoreFrom AlJazeera.net: For some in the crowd, the Dalai Lama‘s words are not enough to stop them from dozing under the hot Indian sun. Among those listening attentively, though, are a small group recently arrived from Beijing. “It is for us an amazing opportunity … we study Buddhism because life in China is lacking in […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the San Francisco Chronicle: Chinese health officials on Monday plan to announce an AIDS cooperation partnership with a U.S. institute, a measure that takes aim at combating what health officials fear will be a tenfold surge in HIV infection in China over the next five years. The partnership between the Chinese Center […]
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