From the New York Times: For farming families in the lush mountains of coastal Fujian Province, the famous crop is oolong tea and the favorite source of labor is sons. The leafy bushes of tea fill the hillsides the same way young boys fill the village streets. There is such a glut of boys here […]
Read MoreFrom AP Wire : China is promising farmers lower taxes and higher subsidies in its latest effort to raise rural incomes and ease burdens that have sparked violent protests. The new policy, announced this week by state media, aims to help spread prosperity to China’s countryside, most of whose 800 million people have been left […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via News.com.au: Chinese President Hu Jintao had a meeting today with a teenage boy picked by Beijing to become the second-highest spiritual figure in Tibet, telling him to be patriotic on the eve of his 15th birthday. Hu was shown on state television urging the 11th Panchen Lama, chosen by Beijing in defiance […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS : “China has published the world’s first gold newspaper, Xinhua news agency reported. The most expensive edition uses 500 grams of gold and costs 69,000 yuan ($8,100), while another uses 200 grams and costs 29,000 yuan ($3,500). The paper has been published by the China Economic Daily to celebrate the achievements of […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: Transportation networks in China are overloaded with travelers this time of year, as millions of people travel on planes, trains, cars and ferries to celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families. The staff at this Beijing travel agency has been working overtime for the past few weeks to deal with the […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: Since US president Richard M Nixon resumed relations with China three decades ago, the two countries’ relationship has been rife with complications and contradictions. On one hand, Washington has encouraged China’s efforts to establish a market economy, even championing its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). On the other, the […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: An investigation by the Ukrainian secret police has found that Iran and China bought long-range missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads from Ukraine, one of the country’s politicians said on Wednesday. Grigory Omelchenko, an ally of the country’s new leadership and a former head of the anti-mafia committee in the Ukrainian […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the New York Times: Russia and China took another step to bury the distrust of the Cold War on Wednesday and build on a blossoming military relationship by agreeing to set up a new body to consult more closely on security issues. Russian officials were generally reticent over the visit to Moscow […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: China dam imageChina’s primary environmental authority says it has secured the agreement of the country’s largest dam developer to modify the construction of part of the Three Gorges project and another large hydropower station following a dispute over the enforcement of environmental standards. The State Environmental Protection Administration in Beijing announced […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: The current meningitis outbreak in parts of China is of a reasonable size and controllable, officials said. No new infections or deaths were reported yesterday. Sixteen people have been confirmed dead from the disease since January.
Read MoreFrom the Asia Times Online: Is the end of the European Union weapons embargo imposed on China in 1989 after the Tiananmen Massacre really imminent? Well, not just yet. Contrary to what has been reported in the press over the past 10 days or so, the lifting of the 25-nation EU weapons embargo imposed on […]
Read MoreFrom the Asia Times Online: The seventh European Union-China Summit held in The Hague on December 8 again failed to resolve the issue of the EU arms ban on China, despite heavy pre-summit French and German lobbying. However, in a joint statement released at the end of the summit, “the EU side confirmed its political […]
Read MoreFrom the Russian Information Agency Novosti: “Russia is China’s main strategic partner,” member of the Chinese State Council Tan Zixiang told Russian President Vladimir Putin. Therefore, Russia is the first country with which China will hold regular interstate consultations in the security sphere, Mr. Tan Zixiang added. “We made this decision because we share common […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: Japan has raised the possibility of exploring for oil and gas around the Senkaku islands, where sovereignty is contested by Japan, China and Taiwan, in a move that appears aimed at raising the stakes in Tokyo’s dispute with Beijing over energy resources. ADVERTISEMENT Tokyo recently earmarked Y10bn (¬£51m) for construction of […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: China is a country on the move – this month especially. The nation’s trains, highways, and airplanes will handle an estimated 1.8 billion passenger trips over the next month as part of Spring Festival, a holiday of homecoming tied to the Chinese New Year. For hundreds of thousands of Chinese […]
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