From the International Herald Tribune: It has been 60 years since Japan’s invading army of two million soldiers laid down its arms in China, but Jiaozhuanghu and scores of other well-funded memorials and museums in the country play a part in nurturing widespread resentment over Japanese wartime aggression and atrocities. This enduring sense of grievance, […]
Read MoreFrom the Sydney Morning Herald: Chinese security agencies are tightening their controls over foreign non-government organisations operating in the country, fearing they are a cover for efforts to overthrow communist rule. Over the past two years, Beijing has watched with growing anxiety the overthrow of authoritarian regimes led by Soviet-era strongmen in Georgia, Ukraine and […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: On Thursday, Yahoo, the US portal, announced it would pay $US1 billion ($1.3 billion) as part of a deal to gain a 40 per cent stake in Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company that had cash revenues of only $US68m in 2004. The deal followed hard on the heels of a stunning Nasdaq […]
Read MoreAboriginal tribe dentist in Taiwan, thanks to Camereye for the photo.
Read MoreFrom The New York Times, via A Glimpse of the World: Every five days, a country market converges in a horn-honking, pig-squealing clamor on the old arching stone bridge that spans the river coursing through here. For as long as anyone can remember, the biggest crop in this valley has been the corn that grows […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: The Guangdong Fanyu Candy Co, the once-prosperous maker of Yiqing chewing gum and Dada bubble gum, folded its operations in 2002. Why? Because the company could not compete with the famous gum that comes in the little green package. Since 2000, the Wm Wrigley Jr Co, the world’s largest maker and […]
Read MoreFrom The Southern Weekend, via Press Interpreter: If one were to admit that the withdrawal of Cnooc’s bid was not unrelated to the United States Congress’ mistrust of China, then one should also acknowledge that the...
Read MoreFrom The Southern Weekend, via Press Interpreter: Other than the movement of the shade in the courtyard, time in this village seems to have come to standstill and become entirely meaningless. Primitive mud houses and modern tile houses are crowded together by the dry river bed; at the entrance to the village old men squat […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via A Glimpse of the World: Nearly 100 people demonstrated outside a meeting of Shanghai’s legislature yesterday for the second day in a row, chanting slogans and waving handwritten signs protesting over housing disputes. The protesters shouted “Government robbers return our housing” and called for the city’s leaders to […]
Read MoreFrom M&C News: The dormant seeds of a long-buried debate are beginning to sprout in China, with implications that could shape the future of the world`s most rapidly developing society. Scholars and officials are re-examining China`s Confucian past in search of strategies to cope with internal social conflicts and to shape international relations. President Hu […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: China will not permit any more overseas satellite television channels to land on its mainland and will not allow foreign investment in the country’s news media, according to new government regulations. China promulgated earlier this month three regulations on the import of cultural products, the use of foreign capital in the […]
Read MoreFrom The Foreign Affairs : Washington need not worry about China’s economic boom, much less respond with protectionism. Although China controls more of the world’s exports than ever before, its high-return high-tech industries are dominated by foreign companies. And Chinese firms will not displace them any time soon: Beijing’s one-party politics have bred a timid […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via Boston.com: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, under fire from political rivals over the disintegration of medical welfare, has pledged to expand a pilot program that provides subsidized care to rural residents, sources and state media said. The vow came days after a 42-year-old farmer with terminal lung cancer set off a home-made bomb […]
Read MoreFrom The SPIEGEL: Singapore’s first-ever prime minister, long-time government head and current political mentor Lee Kuan Yew talks about Asia’s rise to economic power, China’s ambitions and the West’s chances of staying competitive. SPIEGEL: The political and economic center of gravity is moving from the West towards the East. Is Asia becoming the dominant political […]
Read MoreCommercial shoot for Amoi Electronics at Wei Sheng Studios, thanks to Shanghai Diaries for the photo, via flickr
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