From Xinhua: President Hu Jintao met with the secretaries-general of Japan’s two ruling coalition parties in Beijing on Sunday, calling on both countries to work for the long-term healthy and stable development of bilateral relations. He said strengthening dialogue and communication with them would have a positive impact on improving and promoting China-Japan relations when […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: So what can New York learn from a city like Kaifeng? One lesson is the importance of sustaining a technological edge and sound economic policies. Ancient China flourished partly because of pro-growth, pro-trade policies and technological innovations like curved iron plows, printing and paper money. But then China came to […]
Read MoreThe Third Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference will be held at Michigan State University on May 23-24, 2005. You can find more information about the conference here. .
Read MoreFrom YaleGlobal: In the last three days, the United States government has added new pressures to the Chinese government: The US Department of Treasury demanded a revaluation of the renminbi, and the Commerce Department moved to restrain textile imports from China. One of the defining features of globalization today is the complex way in which […]
Read MoreFrom eastday.com: The General Administration of Press and Publication of China on Friday banned the publication and sale of 19 books that contain “false information.” All the books were written in Chinese and published by four Chinese presses. The books are mainly about business management and marketing and violate relevant national publication laws and regulations, […]
Read MoreFrom UPI, via MENAFN – Middle East North Africa . Financial Network: China has announced it will allow organized Chinese tour groups to visit Taiwan, the Washington Post reported Saturday. National Tourism Bureau officials have urged Chinese and Taiwanese travel agencies to discuss how to operate tourism groups “in a planned, orderly and step-by-step way.” […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily Online: China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce issued a notice this weekend banning meals served on naked bodies, officially canceling the service offered by a restaurant in southwestern China that served sushi on unclothed female university students, a Beijing newspaper reported Sunday. The Saturday pronouncement forbids the service because it “insults […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Today, Beijing’s streets are flooded by every sort of motorized conveyance. Cab drivers complain there is no “rush hour” ” it lasts all day. City officials have tried everything to relieve the daily gridlock caused by about 2.6 million vehicles. Road construction is fast and furious, which makes sense. Beijing’s […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: A few years ago, Beijing was probably the most bicycle-friendly capital on Earth. A flat, dry city with broad, tree-lined cycle lanes patrolled by protective traffic wardens was perfect for two wheels. The streets teemed with so many bicycles that they became as much a symbol of China as the giant panda. […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via News24.com: Chinese newspapers and internet commentators on Saturday expressed indignation after attackers chopped off and fled with two fingers of a daily newspaper reporter in southern Guangdong province. Wen Chong, manager of the Zhongshan city bureau of the Southern Metropolitan News, was attacked on Wednesday at his home, local media reported.
Read MoreTranslated from Shukan Bunshun (May 19), From The Japan Times, via A Glimpse of the World: The wave of anti-Japanese sentiment in China continues, more than a month since the first round of demonstrations against the Japanese government’s approval of a controversial school textbook flared throughout the country. Diplomats and politicians on both sides have […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The Starbucks Corporation plans to announce soon an accelerated push into the Chinese market, company executives said on Friday, the latest in a series of aggressive efforts by international food and beverage companies to expand in China. What is striking about these efforts, by McDonald’s and KFC as well as […]
Read MoreFrom Tech News on ZDNet: As a trade dispute escalates between the United States and China, the U.S. tech industry is keen to see changes by the Asian giant–but opinions vary on how hard to push. U.S. business and labor leaders agree that China ought to adjust the value of its currency and do a […]
Read MoreESWN has translated in full the Southern Weekend article about government agents posting comments undercover on Internet forums to help guide discussions. The original article has disappeared from the Southern Weekend site, but...
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: There’s nothing like an up-and-coming contender to bring out the worst in the world’s established economic heavyweights. For the United States and the European Union, China makes an easy target in uncertain times. They are hitting below the belt, and they may pay dearly for it. China is not the […]
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