From the Christian Science Monitor: Now, after three weekends of angry anti-Japanese street protests, authorities in Beijing appear to have decided that the largely student-led campaign to target Japanese businesses and diplomatic buildings may be harming China’s image abroad and creating tensions in the region – and could pose a domestic challenge if sentiments among […]
Read MoreFrom VOA: China’s rapid economic growth and demand for a larger share of the world’s energy resources are raising questions about whether Beijing can sustain a nine percent annual growth rate and what the consequences might be for the global economy. VOA’s Barry Wood has the views of analysts in Washington, who addressed a forum […]
Read MoreFrom Taipei Times: The US feels that visits to Beijing by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (ÈÄ£Êà∞) and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (ÂÆãÊ•öÁëú) will be productive only if they lead to dialogue between the Chinese leaders and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, the US State Department‘s leading specialist on […]
Read MoreFrom The Independent: The Chinese call it a war crime. The Japanese describe it as an ‘incident’. David McNeill reports from Tokyo on how the Nanjing massacre still haunts an uneasy relationship.
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: A farmer is looking for dead fishes in Shaying River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Xihua County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province. Shaying River is severely polluted by waste water from local factories.
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: Uncontrolled waste water from Changlin paper mill, in Dongxiang County, Jiangxi Province.
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: Hainan Province has passed its environmental protection legislation in 1999. But now only the waste in its capital, Haikou City are processed.
Read MoreFrom China Daily Online: Globally, many governments and societies are facing the challenges of sustainably managing rivers. Since every person and industry along a river relies on the water and is affected by the river in one way or another. China is no exception. Last weekend, the Yangtze Forum was held in Wuhan, capital of […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: To address the urgent need for energy conservation, China’s government bodies and research institutes are working on a taxation system to curb soaring energy consumption. “We are currently doing research work for the taxation with the pertinent government departments and research institutes, and a proposal is expected to be reached within […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via Sustain Online: Many of China’s biggest companies are intent on improving their environmental standards and practices, according to a survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the global conservation organization. According to the survey, all the Chinese companies participating in the survey said protecting the environment was essential, with more than half indicating […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Art dealers, architects and designers who helped create the freewheeling Dashanzi Art District, where artists can meet the masses, are planning to stage a festival to celebrate Beijing’s emergence as a global cultural centre… The culture-fest, which runs through May 22, will also showcase digital media artworks and new-millennium minstrels “who will […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times, read “Five hurdles for China,” and from People’s Daily, read “5 imminent problems in China’s economy.”
Read MoreFrom LA TIMES: GUANGZHOU, China ” Ever since Mickey Mouse visited Lin Huanbin’s school here last summer, telling fairy tales and passing out Mouseketeer certificates, the 11-year-old boy has been unable to get Mi Laoshu out of his mind. The boy loves the big mouse’s funny misadventures. He keeps a photo of Mickey and himself […]
Read MoreFrom The International Herald Tribune: The banners had been carefully printed, the slogans memorized. Then the students and young unleashed onto the streets of China’s largest, most sophisticated city, where they were to speak sacred truths and make the enemies of the people tremble. . Chinese today have little experience in mass organized protests, so […]
Read MoreA Worker fixing powerlines, by jingnu, via fengniao.com
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