From The Guardian, via Taipei Times: The anti-Japanese riots in China highlight the dangers of using nationalism as an outlet for growing popular frustration The student demonstrators set off from Haidian, the university quarter of Beijing. They chanted anti-Japanese slogans and handed out leaflets to the crowd. Onlookers were moved to join them, and when […]
Read MoreFrom Vancouver Sun: When Harry Yu set out to sell Bikram and Ashtanga yoga to yuppies in Shanghai, he followed all the usual steps that foreigners have traditionally taken when starting a business in China, except one: finding a local business partner. On his own, Yu scoured the city for a studio location, navigating a […]
Read MoreFrom Computerworld: The combination of Indian software skills and Chinese hardware expertise could make China and India leaders in the worldwide IT industry, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last week in Bangalore, India. “When that particular day comes, it will signify the coming of the Asian century of the IT industry,” he said. The IT […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via WNED: Japan and China held talks in Beijing Monday but failed to halt a free fall in ties after a third weekend of demonstrations in China against what many see as Japan’s inability to face up to its wartime past. There was little sign of headway after the violent protests which, along […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Jonathan Watts reports from Huankantou where protesters angry at corruption and poverty repelled 1,000 riot police. But now fear is replacing euphoria. There is a strange new sightseeing attraction in this normally sleepy corner of the Chinese countryside: smashed police cars, rows of trashed buses and dented riot helmets. They are the […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua Online More than 4,000 Chinese electronics manufacturers would face tough tests from Sony Corp. as the Japanese electronics giant was adopting a new Green Partner (GP) program, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported. The GP program is for environmental management systems to meet more stringent environmental standards set by the European Union (EU) on […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Guardian: Pope John Paul II once wrote to China’s president and never stopped dreaming of a papal visit to China, Hong Kong’s bishop recalled in an interview published Sunday. Bishop Joseph Zen said John Paul sent a personal letter to President Jiang Zemin after the Chinese were outraged by sainthood granted […]
Read MoreFrom the Atlantic Monthly, the “top ten works of non-fiction [in China], as of January 2005, based on sales data compiled by the Beijing Open Book Market Consulting Center.” Number one: “No Excuse, by Ferrar Cape. Written in Chinese, purportedly by an American, this self-help guide urges adherence to what it calls West Point’s most […]
Read MoreFrom The EastSouthWestNorth blog On BBC News, Francis Markus wrote on April 15, 2005: “A Chinese village has become a tourist attraction after residents fought a pitched battle with police, who retreated after dozens were injured. … Residents say tens of thousands of people from nearby towns and cities have flocked each day to visit […]
Read MoreA young mother from Sichuan province, from fushengdashi‘s photo series: Mothers in Poverty, via bulo.163.com.
Read MoreHere a Boston Globe review of Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, which recently opened in the U.S.: Stephen Chow rolls the newly acquired idiom around in his mouth. “Over the top,” he says, turning for affirmation to the Cantonese translator he hasn’t used yet during an afternoon chat. She nods. He nods. “I like that,” […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Machimura Nobutaka on Sunday that China hopes Japan to take “concrete actions” to face up with and self-examine its history of invasion. See also “China snubs Japan’s demand for apology over vandalism” from Japan Today, as well as these excerpts of Japanese newspaper […]
Read MoreFrom ABC News (Australia): A senior official has called on China to develop multiple energy sources in rural areas in an apparent effort to ease over-reliance on coal to meet the country’s huge demand for electricity, state media said. In the countryside, there are abundant resources of wind power, solar energy, methane power, geothermal energy […]
Read MoreFrom The People’s Daily: The Chinese government has donated 15,000 books valued at about two million yuan (240,960 US dollars) to more than 40 major libraries across nearly 20 countries in the past three years, according to the Information Office under the State Council. The government decided to donate the newly published books and picture […]
Read MoreFrom The Standard: If you happened to work for a Japanese-owned or related company in downtown Shenzhen Sunday, chances are you had the day off. For the third Sunday in as many weeks, thousands of anti-Japanese protesters took to the streets of the city venting their outrage at what they perceive to be distortions and […]
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