From The Australian: Chinese protesters chanted slogans and burned Japanese flags as more than 1,000 people turned out in Beijing to demand a boycott of Japanese goods over Tokyo’s refusal to admit to World War II atrocities. The demonstration in the Beijing neighbourhood of Zhongguancun, known for its electronics shops and home to a large […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Several thousand young Chinese marched through Beijing’s high-tech district on Saturday morning calling for a boycott of Japanese-made goods, a rare legal protest that underscored the sharp deterioration in relations between Asia’s two most powerful countries. The mostly college-age Chinese, singing China’s national anthem and shouting, “Support the Chinese motherland, […]
Read MoreAs China rises, shifting the balance of power in the East, tension is escalating among the key players of Northeast Asia. This image appeared in The Korea Times on March 24, 2005. Journalist Kwang Duk Kim illustrates the South Korean perspective on Northeast Asian relations: Original Translated by Patricia Kim To translate the article into […]
Read MoreMonks in the South Putuo Temple, Fujian Province. From Boxun Photo Forum.
Read MoreFrom the China Information Center: Source in China said Cheng Yizhong, former editor-in-chief of the Southern Metropolis and Xin Jing Bao (Beijing News), received a phone call from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on April 5, telling him he had won the 2005 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Chen said […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: The number of Web TV users in China has soared from 10,000 in 2000 to about 2 million, according to the National Webcast Conference 2005 held by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT). According to the statistics from SARFT’s Science and Technology Committee, the audio and video webcast […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: An industry report released here Friday showed that the market of China’s online search engine witnessed robust growth last year. The report released at a meeting on the development of China’s search engine industry held in Xiamen City, eastern Fujian Province, showed that the market of the online service hit 1.25 […]
Read MoreFrom the New Nation Bangladesh and China have agreed to cooperate in the field of water resources, utilize and protect water resources of transnational rivers in the region upholding the principles of equality and fairness. This was stated in a joint communique issued on Friday afternoon at the end of a two-day official visit of […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: A newly issued report gives another morning call of the deteriorating oceanic ecology in Yangtze River Delta. Another 6540 kilometers and 8520 kilometers of sea were polluted “seriously” and “extremely seriously” respectively. In 2004, China has set up 15 monitoring zones in its offshore areas which are identified as ecologically vulnerable […]
Read MoreFrom TCS: Tech Central Station: If you thought reviving the Silk Road was a job for the World Tourism Organisation you would be right. At least until recently. This lesser known WTO has been peddling the idea of a continuous overland link between China and Europe for more than a decade; but now the WTO’s […]
Read MoreFrom Securitization.Net: Asian Banker Research has recently examined the various obstacles that China will face in implementing Basel I & II, despite recent promising developments in the country’s banking reforms. The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CRBC) announced that 30 banks met the Basel requirement of an 8 percent capital adequacy ratio ( CAR ) by […]
Read MoreFrom The Business Times: China plans to build 40 nuclear reactors within 15 years to achieve a new, increased target for generating capacity, state media reported yesterday. From now until 2020, two to three 1,000 MW reactors will be put into commission every year, the China Daily said, citing the Commission of Science, Technology and […]
Read MoreFrom the Standard: At this point, withdrawing PNTR from China would be unlikely to improve the situation and might even be counterproductive. But free trade has not meant a free China. It is time for the United States to pursue a more aggressive policy toward Beijing rather than waiting for the flow of commerce to […]
Read MoreFrom RFA: Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are preparing a prison facility in at least one location for AIDS patients who cause trouble by complaining about their treatment at the hands of local officials, a recent report by RFA’s Mandarin service has revealed… Sources said HIV/AIDS patients who had been to Beijing […]
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