From the International Herald Tribune: Despite concern that the fast growth of China could cast an economic pall across the rest of Asia, regional leaders appear to be emphasizing the positive impact that an emergent investment and consumer powerhouse could have on their countries. . Malaysia, for example, finds an economic windfall from Chinese tourists. […]
Read MoreChina’s peaceful rising, a concept originated from 2003, was acclaimed by both the central government and scholars. The core of “peaceful rising” is that China rises not only as a regional power but as a power that plays an increasingly important role throughout the globe without resorting to warfare or force. China’s GDP (Gross Domestic […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua-English: SARS and bird flu will be included as occupational diseases in Hong Kong following an amendment to Hong Kong’s Employees Compensation Ordinance. The move brings the total number of occupational diseases under the law to 48 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s Labor Department said on Monday that the amendment provides better protection to […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: Not only are most Chinese inclined to hide their wealth, they even insist they do not have money. The disinclination to show wealth has been ingrained in the Chinese culture since ancient times. People today are becoming even more private about their income. Psychologists believe this attitude derives from China’s thousands […]
Read MoreFrom the Weekend Standard: India and China. Two giants of the developing world. Two very different models of social, political and economic development. An endless source of comparisons. Few people are better placed to give a fresh version of the strengths and weaknesses of the two behemoths than 63-year-old Arun Shourie. Until the Bharatiya Janata […]
Read MoreFrom Timothy Karr’s MediaCitizen blog: Citizens of China and Vietnam are doing something heretofore unheard of. They’re hashing out territorial differences via a China People’s Daily web forum. The debate was sparked by the killing last month of nine Vietnamese fishermen (the Chinese call them “pirates”), who were shot by Chinese police in the Gulf […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online: Chinese premier Wen Jiabao highlighted Monday the task of building a harmonious society in his address to a gathering in celebration of the Lunar New Year. ……The premier vowed to build a harmonious society featuring democracy, the rule of law, equity, justice, sincerity, amity, and vitality, saying this strategic task reflects […]
Read MoreFrom China Information Center: Rinzin Wangyal a.k.a Rinwang, 59, died in prison at the end of 2004, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD). There has been no official confirmation of Rinzin Wangyal’s death. It has been reported that his body was not handed over his family. Rinzin was serving a life […]
Read MoreFrom China Information Center: After I published an article on the US-based Guancha (Observe China) E-magazine in memory of Zhao Ziyang, policemen of Nanjing started to interrogate me from time to time. On Jan 28, they even went to my wife and her mother’s house and harassed them with disturbing questions like “Does Fan Baihua […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: China’s commodity futures traders are sporting big smiles these days, following a 36 per cent rise in total trading volume last year. The futures boom reflects a continuing surge in demand for commodities, which has forced Chinese companies to increase their hedging activities. Such is their scale and importance that China’s […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The Chinese government has given U.S. officials a list of 51 political prisoners who have been granted sentence reductions or are being considered for early release, a gesture that comes as the Bush administration is weighing whether to sponsor a resolution criticizing China’s human rights record at a U.N. meeting next […]
Read MoreFrom St Petersburg Times: Ted Fishman, author of China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World, originally pitched his editor a book on globalization. But his focus quickly honed in on China and how it is changing the world. Fishman spoke recently with Times business writer Kris Hundley from […]
Read MoreCharls Cooper, the executive editor of commentary at CNET News wrote this article on CNET: Just when you thought politicians in Washington, D.C., could not be more out to lunch, here come House members Henry Hyde, Duncan Hunter and Don Manzullo to prove that stupidity should be reclassified as a contagious disease. Hyde, Hunter and […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: The powerlessness of Beijing’s estimated 65,000 taxi drivers goes to the heart of a complaint that has arisen repeatedly as China’s economy moves toward free-market liberalism while its one-party government retains a monopoly on power. In the disruptions brought about by economic change, millions of workers have been left defenseless by […]
Read MoreOn AsiaMedia, Willy Lam writes: Can Hu Jintao recover from the blow that the so-called ‘Zhao Ziyang fiasco’ has dealt to his already shaky reputation? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s shabby treatment of the recently deceased former party chief has cast doubt not only on Hu’s commitment to reform but also his integrity as a […]
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