The Big News Network reported: China to try to solve Taiwan ‘peacefully’ Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday China will strive to resolve the Taiwan issue peacefully, reported China’s government-run news agency, Xinhua. But we absolutely cannot allow anyone or any force to separate Taiwan from China by any means, Hu said at a Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom Canadian Press: “China’s president touted his country’s economic progress in a televised year-end speech Friday, calling for continued fast growth in 2005 and a larger role for Beijing in world affairs. Hu Jintao also promised more trade with Hong Kong and Macau, former European colonies that returned to Chinese rule in the late 1990s, […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: “Women in China’s booming cities are enjoying unprecedented economic security and social mobility. But beyond the city limits women still face a daunting environment full of abuse and grinding poverty. Hunched over a small sink 24-year-old Hai Hong washes dishes for a living. She moved to Beijing more than a year ago, […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: “The tale of China’s biggest exporter of televisions to the United States – a company that disclosed huge losses earlier this week – seemed to take a new turn on Friday with the abrupt dismissal of the Communist Party boss of the company’s hometown.”
Read MoreVia China National News, from Kyoto News: “About 50 people demonstrated Thursday outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing against a visit to Japan by former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui, burning Lee’s picture and waving Chinese flags and banners with slogans.” Update on Jan.1, 2005, from Japan Today: “Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday he will […]
Read MoreThe inaugural issue of the revamped Far Eastern Economic Review features a translation of a section of an Investigation into China’s Peasantry, by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, who are now being tried for libel. The site is accessible by subscription only, but excerpts are below.
Read MoreAs the world mourns the victims of Asia’s tsunami disaster, China has announced that they will contribute 60.5 million in relief funds. According to AFP: “China added 60.5 million dollars to the half billion dollars pledged by the world’s rich nations. China’s politically significant donation was the third biggest so far from any national government […]
Read MoreAccording to the AP: “The Bush administration is being temporarily barred from imposing new limits on imported clothing and textile products flowing into the United States from China.”
Read MoreDespite recent promises that government offices would be made more accessible to the media, the South China Morning Post has found that in practice it is still as difficult as ever to talk to officials in China. After calling a list of spokespeople provided to media by the State Council Information Office, almost none of […]
Read MoreFrom MSNBC: “If Clinton agrees to represent out product, then money is no problem at all,” said Li Chunhong, spokeswoman for a Chinese privately-owned clothing company. But, “we are still negotiating.” Li was referring to the extraordinary effort of the Fapai Xifu Company to induce the former president of the United States to represent and […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times, via International Herald Tribune, Joseph Kahn wrote: “China does not have a Polish-style Solidarity movement. Protests may be so numerous in part because they are small, localized expressions of discontent over layoffs, land seizures, use of natural resources, ethnic tensions, misspent state funds, forced immigration, unpaid wages or police killings. […]
Read MoreFrom The Epoch Times, Tracey Zhu reports about “How the Chinese Communist Party Controls the Media in the Information Age.” In this era of high technology and globalization, can the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) still control the flow of information within its borders? According to one professor, the answer is yes. Not only does it […]
Read MoreRussian officials announced that Chinese National Petroleum Company could take a 20% stake in a key subsidiary of Russia’s embattled Yukos oil company. Yuganskneftegas was recently purchased by the state-owned Rosneft, which is planned to merge with Gazprom. Yukos’ chief, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was arrested on corruption charges last year. See reports in the New York […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: “Anti-Japanese fury is rising among internet users – a trend the state is keen to encourage.” “This partly reflects an easing of restrictions in many areas of Chinese public life. But many observers believe the Communist party is channelling public frustration into anti-Japanese xenophobia. “The ideological rationale of the Communist party has […]
Read MoreFrom VOA News: “An international media rights group says China jailed 11 people for using the Internet to post stories of alleged prison torture and abuse of members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement. China says the stories are pure fabrication. Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based rights group, says Chinese authorities have arrested 11 members […]
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