From The Financial Times, via A Glimpse of the World: Three decades after his death, Mao Zedong still enjoys an officially enforced reverence in China accorded few erstwhile national leaders of any country. Mao’s face adorns every banknote. The blandly sinister, giant portrait of his fleshy visage still hangs in Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via The Standard: A top mainland environmental official has questioned whether China should embrace being the “factory to the world” and called for “green” growth to prevent ecological disaster, according to state media. State Environmental Protection Administration deputy director Pan Yue said the mainland “has paid a high environmental price” for 20 years […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily, via Xinhua – English: The recent official recognition of the supplementary role played by private finance will give its development a huge boost, but better regulation of the sector is badly needed. The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, last month called for a correct understanding of private financing’s […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: China’s income gap widened in the first quarter of the year, with 10 percent of the nation’s richest people enjoying 45 percent of the country’s wealth, state press reports said. China’s poorest 10 percent had only 1.4 percent of the nation’s wealth, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing a recent survey […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: More than 26 million Chinese suffer depression, but only 10 percent of them go to doctors, according to a medical expert in Beijing. Some 10 to 15 percent of those with the depression problem in the country are likely to commit suicide, but only less than 10 percent of them are taking medicines […]
Read MoreFrom The Newsweek, via MSNBC.com: Beijing is cracking down on the media, but censors are finding it’s no longer so easy to control news. Document 16 shows how seriously the government sees its control eroding, and “gives a dangerous picture of the future if it cannot” regain the initiative, says one Beijing-based scholar who’s read […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times, via A Glimpse of the World: With his smart clothes, blow-dried hair and speech peppered with references to Rousseau, Voltaire and Montesquieu, Jiang Zhaohua, the young Communist Party secretary for this prosperous township, bears little resemblance to the usual Chinese politician. Under his leadership, Mr. Jiang’s township of 110,000 people […]
Read MoreXiao Xue, 12, in the field, from the photo series Where Is The Hope For Children Of Migrants？（forum.blogchina.com）
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: For the second time in recent weeks, Chinese peasants have emerged victorious from violent clashes sparked by protests against government land-development schemes. The bloody clashes are the latest signs of mounting unrest in rural China, where villagers are fighting back against government efforts to seize their land for industrial developments.
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post, via MSNBC.com: Chinese farmers, acting with the approval and encouragement of government officials, have tried to suppress major bird flu outbreaks among chickens with an antiviral drug meant for humans, animal health experts said. International researchers now conclude that this is why the drug will no longer protect people in case […]
Read MoreFrom the Globalist: The EU plans to lift the arms ban imposed on China and the U.S. Congress has reacted in disbelief. The U.S. legislators are outraged at what they see as the willingness of European allies to provide arms to a country that U.S. forces would have to fight in the event of a […]
Read MoreFrom ChinaTechNews.com: China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has warned that websites who do not comply with recent registration guidelines will have their Internet Protocol (IP) addresses blocked. MII says about 30% of websites in China still have not registered for an Internet Content Provider (ICP) identification number. As a result, not only will these […]
Read MoreFrom Christian Science Monitor: Within 20 years, the Chinese economy will probably be larger than that of the United States. Already China’s geopolitical influence has grown along with its economic might. Now come signs of a trade war.
Read MoreFrom The Asia Times Online: There are big plans to expand China’s railways, but the price tag is equally big: a stunning US$240 billion shortfall through 2020 has been cited in the official media. At least 100 billion yuan ($12 billion) will be needed annually to expand the rail network from its current 75,000km to […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Australia: In China, fresh evidence suggests the gap between the nation’s wealthy and poor is widening. A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics shows 10-percent of China’s richest enjoy 45-percent of the country’s wealth, while the poorest 10-percent share just over one percent. The survey, which polled 54,000 urban and rural households, […]
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