Photo: A countryside postman at work, from tainjingmutouren, via Tom.com
A countryside mailman at work, from tainjingmutouren, via Tom.com
Read MoreXinhua: Acid rain damages statue
From Xinhua Online The world’s largest sitting Buddha is being destroyed by acid rain. The Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan, Southwest China’s Sichuan, is 1,204 years old and was only given a facelift in 2001.
Read MoreDaniel Lynch: The CCP’s Cynical Power Play
Thanks to Daniel Lynch for the following comment: If you read the sections quoted below of the Guardian article, you will see that Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura yesterday apologized–again–while also proposing a joint study of China’s and Japan’s history. Koizumi has not visited the Yasukuni Shrine this year, and it would be hard to imagine […]
Read MoreKorea Herald Editorial: China, Japan and Korea
From The Korea Herald: A South Korean Newspaper’s statement on the rising anti-Japanese sentiment in China and Korea: Now is the time when close cooperation is needed for the three powers of Northeast Asia – China, Japan and South Korea – to achieve regional security and economic co-prosperity. So it is most regrettable the three […]
Read MoreDaily Times: China to sign strategic deal with Indonesia
From Daily Times, via China National News: Fresh from striking a historic partnership with India, China will next week sign a strategic deal, formalising an economic and security alliance with Indonesia, the foreign ministry said Monday. Chinese President Hu Jintao will sign the declaration in a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after […]
Read MoreAssociated Press: China, Australia Agree to Free Trade Talks
From The Associated Press, via Forbes.com: China and Australia on Monday agreed to start talks on a free trade pact. Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and Alan Thomas, Australia’s ambassador to China, signed a memorandum of understanding that opens the way for a formal free trade agreement between the two countries. No other details were […]
Read MoreDow Jones Newswires: China May Pay Damages To Vandalized Japanese Restaurants
From Dow Jones Newswires, via China National News: Chinese authorities in Shanghai have expressed readiness to pay damages to Japanese restaurants that were attacked by Chinese demonstrators in a massive anti-Japan protest, the Japanese Consulate General said Monday, Kyodo News Service reported. On Saturday in Shanghai, thousands of Chinese marched on the Japanese consulate, hurling […]
Read MoreNeil Gough: A loss for words in ‘boring’ Macau
From the South China Morning Post, via AsiaMedia: Today, the enclave’s 460,000 residents are served by eight Chinese and three Portuguese daily newspapers, five Chinese and one Portuguese weeklies, an English daily and dozens of magazine titles; all this on top of a raft of publications imported from Hong Kong and the mainland. Each morning, […]
Read MoreFred Hiatt: China’s Selective Memory
From The Washington Post: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao explained last week: “Japan needs to face up to history squarely.” After another weekend of anti-Japanese protests and riots in China, China’s foreign...
Read MorePushing (and Toeing) the Line in China
From The New York Times: Hu Shuli, the most powerful business editor in China, used to write propaganda for Workers’ Daily, the Communist Party’s publication. Now Ms. Hu pushes an aggressive staff of 50 young journalists to investigate government corruption and lift the veil on corporate fraud in China. Since 1998, Ms. Hu, 52, has […]
Read MoreQiu Xin: China curbs civil society groups
From Asia Times: Much has been made of signs that Chinese President Hu Jintao’s leadership of the Communist Party, the government and the armed forces would allow non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to flourish, as the party would realize that it needed to rely on civil-society groups. But on March 21, Chinese authorities ordered that all NGOs […]
Read MoreDavid Docherty: All hi-tech roads converge on China
From The Guardian Unlimited: I met that nice Tiger Woods the day after he won the Masters. Well, me and 300 other delegates at the Accenture Global Media Conference. He was charm itself, but reading between the lines it would seem that Tiger loves winning so much it hurts, and that team games like the […]
Read MoreEconomist: Japan and China
From Economist.com: unrest that riles Tokyo and worries Beijing Beijing has refused to apologise to Tokyo after a third weekend of anti-Japanese protests in cities across China. The Chinese authorities seem reluctant to quell the unrest, but they may also be worried that the outpouring of nationalist feeling will prove hard to handle
Read MoreTaipei Times: Taiwan must answer China’s threat
From Taipei Times: All over the globe, the discussion of China’s rise is nothing new. Unsatisfied with the status of a regional hegemon, China is now seeking to expand into every corner of the world. In the 21st century, the US is facing something akin to the former Soviet Union, but its opponent this time, […]
Read MoreAntonio Chiang: China will determine East Asian status quo
This editorial is written by Antonio Chiang (ʱüÊò•Áî∑) on Taipei Times: Recently China and South Korea have been leading the drive to prevent Japan from gaining a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has publicly criticized Japan for trying to secure a UN Security Council seat while the Chinese […]
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