From Indiantelevision.com: With China set to become the world’s largest economy by mid-century, and with its international influence on the rise, CNN dedicates extensive resources to Eye On China. This will be a week of live and special feature programming from Beijing. From 14 to 22 May 2005, Eye On China will give CNN audiences […]
Read MoreFrom Time Asia: One hundred and sixty years of hauling landfill from mountainsides and construction dumps and shoveling it into the water has left Hong Kong with a harbor that, between the Central business district and Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side, is now just about 1 km wide”shorter than the span of New […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: The Chinese economy, which grew at a 9.5% annual rate in 2004, continued to achieve satisfying performance in the first quarter of this year. However, in view of economic data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 20, it is still being impeded by five major problems that […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Clothing manufacturers in China are bracing for possible European trade limits that would threaten the surging export business they have enjoyed since the end of a quota system opened up their access to world markets. Speculation is also rife that Beijing might avoid a row by imposing export tariffs, possibly as early as […]
Read MoreFrom The Jakarta Post: The past, present and future are getting tangled up in a bizarre way in East Asia. Crude anti-Japanese sentiment in China and South Korea is jolting Japan like never before. Japanese diplomats, businessmen, journalists and other observers were caught off guard. The turn of events was so sudden and for many […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: The question that has arisen out of the big Shanghai demonstration – and those leading up to it over the past few weeks in Chengdu, Shenzhen and Beijing, among others – concerns whether it is on the Chinese government’s agenda to allow anti-Japan protesters to voice their opinion publicly. But the bigger […]
Read MoreBack Street, from photo series: China’s Other Side, from Zhishuiwenlai, via bulo.163.com
Read MoreFrom the JoongAng Daily, via IHT: The fundamental issue is which alliance will prevail in East Asia, the autocratic coalition led by China that seeks to drive the United States from the region or the democratic grouping led by the United States that seeks a stable balance of political and military power in which trade […]
Read MoreThe New York Times: A major Chinese state-run newspaper has said in a staff editorial that the wave of popular protests against Japan were part of an “evil plot” with “ulterior motives,” suggesting that at least some elements of the Chinese leadership now wish to portray the demonstrations as a conspiracy to undermine the Communist […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: Ancient warlords and dragons that breathe fireballs loom large in China’s online fantasy games. And the virtual world is sometimes taking precedence over the real one for the growing band of online gamers. International firms are eyeing China’s computer gaming industry because it offers huge prospects for growth. But one unusual story, […]
Read MoreThis editorial appeared in the People’s Daily on April 26, 2005. Although it is not about China, it gives the Chinese (state) perspective on American democracy. From The People’s Daily: “Is it American democracy or American arbitrariness?” This editorial argues that the current wave of democracy in the world is due to the US “democratic […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily, via People’s Daily: Uygur Mukam, the melodious centuries-old music from Xinjiang, might soon become an art form deemed to be internationally-recognized intangible cultural heritage. The genre dates back to the 15th century and comprises narrative and dance music created by the ancient Uygur people. Intangible cultural heritage is defined by the UNESCO […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: Philippine Senate majority leader Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday called for strengthening the country’s ties with China during the state visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Philippines on April 26-28. [Pangilinan stated,] “Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit serves as a fitting commemoration of Philippine-Chinese 30th year as diplomatic allies […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), who died on Sunday in Beijing, is best remembered for his passion for sociology and anthropology. He gave “Chinese substance to the modern social sciences and applied them rigorously to the needs of China and its people,” according to the board of trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for […]
Read MoreFrom ABC (Australia): The death toll from a factory explosion in Zambia has jumped to 50, as the Government accuses the mine’s Chinese owners of treating staff like pigs. Rescue workers have recovered a mass of body parts from the site of the blast at an explosives factory at the Chambishi copper mine north of […]
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