From The New York Times: Four years ago, Ziyi Zhang, who had literally soared to the attention of Hollywood as a nobleman’s beautiful daughter in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” arranged to meet Steven Spielberg. She knew he was interested in directing the best-seller “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and though Zhang is Chinese and geishas are […]
Read MoreFrom Times Online: The two most popular names for Chinese restaurants and takeaways in Britain are “Hong Kong” and “China Garden”, and the chances are that you will be familiar with their menus: chop suey, chow mein, spring rolls, sweet and sour pork, egg fried rice. It’s a very British take on Chinese cuisine, created […]
Read MoreFrom Pacific Islands Report Pacific island countries have become the stepping stones for thousands of Chinese seeking to enter Australia through immigration scams organised by transnational crime syndicates. The syndicates are at the centre of burgeoning “polycrime” involving extortion, money laundering, illegal gambling, prostitution, and even the plundering of oceans and forests. Underscoring Canberra’s concerns, […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The Pentagon is preparing to ratchet up its assessment of the threat of China’s expanding military, in a signal that the Bush administration is increasingly concerned about China’s growing ambitions in the region. The 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review, the formal assessment of US military policy, will take a more pessimistic view […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Last week India and Iran signed a multibillion-dollar deal under which Iran will supply India with 7.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually for 25 years beginning 2009. The deal also envisages Indian participation in the development of the Yadavaran and Jufeyr oilfields in Iran. The warmth that the gas […]
Read MoreFrom the Telegraph: China is a country of excess. It has the world’s largest population (1.3 billion), the biggest army reserve (206 million), the longest wall (2,150 miles) and carries out more executions than anywhere else on earth (1,750 a year). Now its people – driven by their innate competitiveness, and the appointment of the […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Yahoo! News: Beijing expressed “serious concern” about a US and Japanese statement which described Taiwan as a common security issue amid China’s military build-up. The two allies declared Saturday that easing tensions in the Taiwan Strait was part of their “common strategic objectives”. Their joint statement was released in Washington after a […]
Read MoreFrom NPR : All Things Considered: Urban Chinese are embracing the Internet. One especially popular site is Ninth City, which provides an imaginary world. Men and women can plan weddings, invite guests, set up registries and tie the knot — multiple times. There are half-a-million bloggers now. But a digital divide remains between wired city […]
Read MoreFrom The Observer: Can the planet’s environment survive turbocharged economic growth from China? Last week, the might of the world’s most populous nation came into sharp focus. China officially overtook the United States as the world’s biggest consumer of agricultural and industrial goods. Meanwhile, its economy – on a steep upward curve for 20 years […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: For seven weeks, Cai Haowen was among China’s most wanted fugitives. Cai, a mid-level transport official in the northern part of the country, embezzled $332,000 and borrowed another $90,000 from companies under his supervision, police said, then gambled it away in 27 visits to a casino just across the border in […]
Read MoreFrom The Star Online: Chinese domestic helpers will soon have the chance to work overseas and earn bigger salaries. Chinese housekeepers, who are commonly called ayi in China, are in high demand in Canada because the Filipino maids are generally not suitable for Chinese families as they can’t understand Chinese dialects and don’t know the […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China is expected to become an “advanced developed country” in the second half of this century, according to a report published on Friday. The China Modernization Report 2005, released at a seminar organized by the China Centre for Modernization Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, concluded China will become a “moderately […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Mr. Elton is actually just one of many popular management gurus: experts say the country has a severe shortage of skilled business managers and a growing cadre of people who want to be the next Bill Gates. So Western management experts – teaching everything from how to reward employees to […]
Read MoreFrom UPI, via newkerala: The findings that the collapse of a Paris airport terminal was due to design and structure faults won’t impact the China National Grand Theater. The China Times said the theater’s safety would likely be re-examined because the theater and the Charles de Gaulle Airport terminal in Paris were designed by the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China’s surging energy demand is compounding the challenge of reducing horrific coal mine disasters, even as social pressures are bringing change, a senior U.S. mine safety official said on Friday. John Correll, a deputy assistant labor secretary, commiserated with Chinese counterparts to improve mine safety as they reeled from deadly blasts that make […]
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