Chris Buckley: China’s answer to Larry King?

From The International Herald Tribune: Talk show host sees wealth of opportunity in rising TV industry Jack Pan says he hopes one day to be “the Chinese Larry King,” as well known in China as CNN’s talk show host is in the United States. It is a grandiose ambition for a Chinese television host who […]

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Randeep Ramesh: Indian dream seduces Tibet’s exiled young

From Guardian Unlimited: Between the Grand Trunk Road and the banks of Delhi’s Yamuna river, a series of dimly lit shacks is all that remains of one of the city’s liquid landmarks: a sour barley beer called chhang. Chhang had been produced by Tibetan refugees who came to India more than 40 years ago. Cheap […]

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Goldman Sachs report on Beijing Media Corp

From Danwei blog: The Billsdue blog has made available for download a PDF of a detailed Goldman Sachs report on the recently listed Beijing Media Corp (BMC). Goldman Sachs sees the following as BMC’s strengths: (1) its focus on middle- to high-end consumers, which gives it pricing power; (2) its network with advertising customers, which […]

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China’s west: much happened, more to expect

From People’s Daily Online: On January 16, 2000, the State Council set up a task force to implement its strategic resolution on developing China’s west. Since then, the central government reiterated its commitment to the strategy for several times. Amazing changes have taken place in the land covering 6.85 million square kilometers with a pollution […]

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Indo-China trade touches $13.6 bn in ’04

From The Economic Times: India-China bilateral trade has set a new record with total trade touching $13.6 billion in 2004 and India enjoying a comfortable trade surplus of $1.75 billion, latest Chinese customs statistics indicate. India-China annual trade for 2004 touched an all-time high at $13.6 billion, up 79 per cent over the total trade […]

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James Brooke: Japan wary of emerging China

From The New York Times, via The Seattle Times: In the eyes of Shintaro Ishihara and others here, Japan used to be too meek and mild, allowing an overbearing United States to push it around. Ishihara was one of the authors of the best seller “The Japan That Can Say No,” a call for national […]

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U.S.’s Taylor Says China Is Committed to Ending Currency Peg

From Bloomberg.com: U.S. Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor said that China remains willing to end its decade-long currency peg. “The Chinese continue to emphasize their commitment to move to a flexible exchange rate, and we have seen steps that are consistent with a move in this direction,” Taylor told reporters after a meeting of finance ministers […]

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Pepe Escobar: The emperor’s new clothes

In this report in the Asian Times, Pepe Escobar wrote, since coming to office, “Hu has wholly asserted his authority over the third generation’s Jiang Zemin (former party chief, president and military commander) in the Politburo Standing Committee (although five of the nine men in dark suits are Jiang’s allies). Hu has ordered a crackdown […]

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Xinhua: Senior health official: meningitis cases in China normal

From Xinhua – English: The present meningitis cases in China are just “normal and sporadic” and Chinese people need not feel panic, China’s Executive Vice-Minister of Health Gao Qiang said here Saturday. Of the total 258 cases in 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of China in January, 49 were found in 21 counties and […]

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Sujan Dutta: Cautious Delhi waits & watches

From The Telegraph: The Indian military establishment is expecting a renewed offensive by the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) against Leftist rebels because the emergency imposed by King Gyanendra will release troops from guard duty of static installations. A total clampdown on communications has made it difficult for the Opposition and the rebels to organise and […]

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Ranjit Devraj: Out comes the China card

From Asia Times Online: Prithvi Narayan Shah, the 18th century founder of modern Nepal, famously described his fortified kingdom in the Himalayas as a yam between the two boulders of India and China. That perception never escaped his descendants, and certainly not the astute and ambitious King Gyanendra, who looks for support for his “royal […]

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Chen Yingci: Chinese Poverty Line Far Below International Standard

This is an article on Hong Kong based Chinese language publication Asia Times. The English translation is from The Epoch Times: In recent years, the Chinese government has taken actions to assist the poor, making it a top priority. However, the poverty line set by the Chinese government is approximately one-thirteenth the standard set by […]

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Chinese start world’s biggest human migration

From HindustanTimes.com: China’s annual holiday migration, considered the world’s biggest, has commenced in earnest as millions of migrant workers began their spring festival travels home to be with the family on New Year’s day. The country’s transport departments have estimated the total number of passengers for journeys should be 1.97 billion this year, a 3.4 […]

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