From Xinhua: The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China, long known as the “roof of the world,” faces serious ecological threat that may ruin the already fragile environment which has fostered numerous rare animals, plants and medicine herbs, Chinese scientists say. A group of scientists with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Study Institute of the Chinese Academy of […]
Read MoreFrom the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief: The two countries signed the Canada-China Statement on Energy Cooperation in the 21st Century, promising to work closely in the areas of oil, gas, oil sands, energy efficiency, environment, and related ventures. Canada is one of the most energy-rich countries in the world, while China needs greater amounts of […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Times: China’s unprecedented economic boom has lifted millions of people out of poverty and created a new class of millionaires. Citizens have more freedoms and opportunities than ever before. Yet some are starting to wonder whether people are really better off. Get-rich-quick schemes, casual sex, and animosity between rich and poor are […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: MSN, the online services division of Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it will launch MSN China through Shanghai MSN Network Communications Technology Company Ltd, its newly formed joint venture with state-owned investment firm Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd… Microsoft also said it plans to acquire certain assets of Shenzhen-based mobile software and service company, […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters.co.uk: Web services leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has won a licence to operate in China and has bought a Web address as it battles Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in the world’s second-largest Internet market. The U.S. Web services giant, which makes its money from searches, advertising and other services, […]
Read MoreRice Field in Hainan Province, by Haosen via fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom BBC: China has announced the death of one of the members of the Gang of Four who led the Cultural Revolution that convulsed the country in the 1960s and 1970s. Zhang Chunqiao died of cancer last month at the age of 88. Zhang and three others, including Jiang Qing, the third wife of Communist […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: China has ruled out applying economic or political sanctions to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and still hopes negotiations can succeed in achieving that result, a Foreign Ministry official said today. China has come under intensifying pressure from the United States to stiffen its approach to […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times, via Traveller’s Tales blog: Several people attending a reunion of Nieman Foundation journalism fellows at Harvard over the weekend said they were surprised to learn that the prestigious program had agreed to conduct a training session for Chinese officials on how to deal with the media during the 2008 Olympics, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Over the past several months, a series of attacks believed to have originated in China and South Korea have hit dozens of key public and private Web sites hosted in Japan. Authorities describe it as the heaviest assault ever perpetrated on the nation’s computer systems from overseas. Although the violent street […]
Read MoreFrom Fortune Magazine: As students in his competitiveness class settle into their seats, the professor lets fly an opening query: “Who can tell me why Estonia was so successful in making the transition to a market economy?” There’s an awkward silence, then a hand pops up in front. “Because they moved so quickly to let […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Diplomatically isolated Taiwan on Tuesday launched a fresh bid to become an observer at the World Health Organisation‘s (WHO) annual assembly, but said it was not hopeful of cooperation from rival China. China, which views the self-ruled island of 23 million as a breakaway province and opposes its participation in most international organisations, […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times, two articles, “Striving for sustainable development” and “Back to ‘circular economy‘”, about efforts at sustainable development in China: It has finally dawned on Beijing that requiring local officials to meet growth targets regardless of the environmental cost is turning China into an ecological train wreck. In a belated effort to address the […]
Read MoreFrom CNN: China has labeled the 2008 Olympics in Beijing a top terror target and vowed to upgrade intelligence gathering with other countries, state media said. The capital has already outlined security plans for the Games, making the most of foreign expertise, setting up an anti-terror force and even enlisting the help of subway, taxi […]
Read MorePhotoseries: A village south of the Yangtze River, by lulaifulai via fengniao
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