From the International Herald Tribune: In a world gripped by the rise of China, it is not surprising that the exploits of a Chinese Muslim eunuch whose armada of ships ranged as far as the coast of Africa 600 ago draws attention. But for millions of ethnic Chinese living in Southeast Asia, the anniversary this […]
Read MoreIn the Scotsman, MSP Fiona Hyslop writes: THE English language was once described to me, apparently without irony, as the lingua franca of the business world. The implication was that it’s possible to do business anywhere in the world if you can speak English… In the global economy, though, nothing can be taken for granted […]
Read MoreFrom New Scientist: Chinese and American people see the world differently – literally. While Americans focus on the central objects of photographs, Chinese individuals pay more attention to the image as a whole, according to psychologists at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, US. “There is plenty of anecdotal evidence suggesting that Western and […]
Read MoreFrom The BusinessWeekly Online: A top official of China’s only union discusses duking it out with Wal-Mart, recruiting migrants, and gearing up for labor arbitration Li Jianming, 53, is a Beijing-based division chief of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the 80-year-old official union that today has 137 million worker members spread across China. […]
Read MoreFrom The BusinessWeekly Online: The 2008 Beijing Olympics don’t look like much today. At most of the sites around the city, ground has barely been broken. But look a little closer and you’ll find that the games have already had a dramatic impact in the form of a thorough pollution clean-up. China’s leadership knows the […]
Read MoreFrom The BusinessWeekly Online: CEO Edward Tian discusses the challenges of running the state-owned telco and the “50% business and 50% politics balance” it entails As chief executive of China Netcom, the country’s second-largest fixed-line carrier, 42-year-old Edward Tian has learned the delicate art of keeping foreign investors happy while answering to the company’s ultimate […]
Read MoreFrom JoongAng Daily: As more and more Chinese counterfeits of Korean products appear in stores, Korean manufacturers are worrying that the credibility of their brands may be in jeopardy. A report provided to Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics last week asserted that two-thirds of electronics shops in four major Chinese cities ‚Äï Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: Once a hamlet of rice and vegetable farmers, Taishi Village now lies near the epicenter of southern China’s export-driven transformation, and many of its 2,000 residents work in factories and live in two- and three-story houses. But in recent weeks villagers have waged a bitter, sometimes violent, struggle with the […]
Read MoreFrom The Interfax China: The Chinese Government unveiled a new system Tuesday to prevent individuals from playing online games for more than three consecutive hours, which must be installed for every online game in the country. “This timing mechanism can prevent young people from becoming addicted to online games,” Kou Xiaowei, Deputy Director of the […]
Read MoreA nurse at the 535 Hospital, Huaihua, thanks to Mark Hobbs for the photo, via blogger
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: With the first official visitto the US by Hu Jintao since he became China’s presidentin 2003 only weeks away, diplomats are already engaged in the management of nuance. Should it underline personal ties with President George W. Bush, with a barbecue visit to his Crawford ranch, or be cemented by an […]
Read MoreFrom The Reuters AlertNet : A pig-borne disease that killed nearly 40 people in southwest China has claimed a victim in the far south, bordering Hong Kong, state media said on Tuesday, a day after the government said it had brought the outbreak under control. The new death and three separate infections were reported in […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: Rudyard Kipling and other 19th century writers called it the Great Game: British-held India and Czarist Russia playing out their imperialist ambitions on the vast and largely uncharted black hole of Central Asia that lay between them. More than a century later, there’s a new “Great Game” under way in […]
Read MoreFrom The Time Asia Magazine: For all its reputation as the city of tomorrow, a place that will marry capitalism and cool as effortlessly as New York City or London, the city of Shanghai, truth be told, is not a particularly pleasant place during the summer. It’s a steambath, and when the occasional typhoon blows […]
Read MoreFrom The Foreign Affairs: The Man Who Changed China, a state-sanctioned portrait of Jiang Zemin, reflects the image that China’s new leaders want their people to see: pragmatic, moderate, and above politics. The vision, however, does not often match reality. Bruce Gilley is Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at the New School University in New […]
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