From The Japan Times Online: Although Taiwan’s lat est constitutional reforms preclude any declaration of formal independence for the foreseeable future, they do strengthen Taiwan’s democratic development. The latest changes were ushered in as the National Assembly of the Republic of China on Taiwan was elected one last time May 14 and then voted out […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Remember when people worried that an Asian country would buy everything in the American economy that wasn’t nailed down? Well, those complaints are coming back, except that the nation doing the buying is China, not Japan. With the China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s $18.5 billion unsolicited bid for Unocal last […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Faced with the abuses in the area of land development, China is now taking stiff measures to save its land resources, which are relatively scarce when compared to the country’s large population. Under the central government’s new policies, the cost of land use will be raised, and the market system is to play […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Fifteen years ago, when Japanese companies were busily buying up chunks of corporate America, I was one of those urging Americans not to panic. You might therefore expect me to offer similar soothing words now that the Chinese are doing the same thing. But the Chinese challenge – highlighted by […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: As politicians in Washington watch the Chinese bid for a big American oil and gas company play out, the reaction in Japan to the swelling economic muscle of China provides an early warning sign of the mixed emotions that China evokes as it rises on the global stage. In the […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: In February 2003, Chinese television viewers watched premier-designate Wen Jiabao celebrate Chinese New Year 720 metres down a coal mine in Fuxin, a poor town in northeast China’s industrial rustbelt. Mr Wen shared dumplings with miners and expressed his gratitude for their contribution to the nation’s modernisation. This homely propaganda exercise […]
Read MoreIndoor Market in Beijing, by Natasha Pickowicz
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post, via A Glimpse of the World: Some people fear the economic threat from China. Others fret about expensive oil. With the skill of an accomplished arsonist, China has now poured gas on the flames of these separate anxieties, turning two medium-size fires into a single inferno. The arson takes the form […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: The focus of menswear in this city can be summed up in a five-letter word that was on every participant’s lips: “China.” The newly unleashed power of the Asian dragon is an extraordinary opportunity, a challenge or an incipient disaster – depending on the fashion company’s point of view. Trying […]
Read MoreFrom the Economist: A bloody clash this month between peasants and hundreds of armed thugs sent by developers to seize their land has thrown a harsh light on one of the most controversial questions posed by China’s economic development. Who owns the farmland, and what rights do peasants have if it is requisitioned? This topic […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: From the earliest days, many have wondered how Tan Dun and the Metropolitan Opera would fit together. Met insiders affectionately, even proudly, refer to their institution as rigid, as schedule-bound as a railroad. But Mr. Tan is an intellectually restless composer and innovator who says he works with the aid […]
Read MoreThanks to China analyst David Cowhig for sending following translation to CDT: “Reform of the Chinese Political System” by Zhou Tianyong , vice director of research at the Central Party School and collaborators was...
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: Did Chinese sailors really discover America before Columbus? A new exhibition sets the scene, presenting new evidence that lends support to the assumptions made in “1421: The Year China Discovered America” by Gavin Menzies. “1421: The Year China Sailed the World,” in Singapore in a special tent near the Esplanade […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Daily Democrat: China said Sunday the slogan for the 2008 Olympic Games will be “One World, One Dream.” This slogan “embodies the common aspiration of the 1.3 billion Chinese people in establishing a world of peace and better future,” said Liu Qi, president of Beijing’s Olympics organizing committee.
Read MoreFrom ESWN: What should a Chinese reporter do when an edict comes down to ban all coverage of a subject in the newspapers? Answer: Publish your field notes on the Internet for all to read! These notes explained where the famous 3-minute ‘Washington Post’ attack video actually came from.
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