From Reuters: “Chinese authorities briefly detained at least three liberal intellectuals, sources close to the three said on Tuesday, as part of an intensified crackdown on government critics. The Communist Party, which has monopolized politics in China since 1949, recently ordered newspapers and magazines not to give publicity to prolific author Yu Jie and five […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Yahoo News: “Climate change could cut China’s food production 10 percent by 2050, said an official report at a major UN conference here. Given current conditions, the damage would hit China between 2030 and 2050. ”
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via China Study Group: “By day, 29-year-old Lu Yunfei is a Beijing-based IT manager but in his spare time he is an anti-Japanese activist. Along with 100 friends, he operated the China Patriots’ Alliance website, an online forum recently closed down by authorities. He and others who share his […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Yahoo News: ” Chinese President Hu Jintao has reassigned allies to a series of top government posts in a move analysts see as another step in his consolidation of power weeks after he became China’s powerful military chief. ” Also, here is today’s Chinese Newspaper Highlights on Yahoo News, via China National […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: “Chinese Rights Defenders (CRD), a network of Chinese citizens who are committed to safeguarding rights and their international volunteer supporters, is assisting in a petition campaign that seeks to bring to justice those responsible,” the group said in a statement Tuesday. It also called on the international community to support the […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: ” Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) suffered a surprise upset on Saturday when it and its allies failed to win the majority of legislative seats that had been widely predicted. The DPP and its smaller ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), managed to win 101 of the total 225 seats up […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press: “China and Russia will hold their first joint military exercise next year, the Chinese government said Monday, as President Hu Jintao called for an expansion of the rapidly growing alliance between the former Cold War rivals. ”
Read MoreFrom Reuters: “Chinese authorities have detained liberal author Yu Jie, two sources close to him said on Monday, in what appeared to be part of a government crackdown on intellectuals. The Communist Party, which has monopolised politics in China since 1949, recently intensified its crackdown, ordering newspapers and magazines not to give publicity to Yu […]
Read MoreFrom The Standard: “Beijing Media Corp (BMC), the advertising sales unit of Beijing Youth Daily, the mainland’s second largest newspaper in terms of advertising revenue, has attracted the backing of South African media group Naspers, which will subscribe to about 40 per cent of BMC’s HK$905 million initial public offering (IPO).” Thanks to Danwei for […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “The UN World Food Programme is urging China to become a bigger donor instead of a recipient of its aid. The call comes as the United Nations organisation phases out its aid programmes to China next year. In the past quarter of a century the World Food Programme has helped feed 35 million […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: “The Chinese Communist party has reason to be satisfied with recent election results – not on the undemocratic mainland, of course, but in the outlying territories of Hong Kong and Taiwan. In Hong Kong’s legislative elections in September, democratic parties failed to make as much headway as they had hoped, thus […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: “Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Lenovo, the Chinese computer company, clearly recalls his early tentative dealings with International Business Machines, the mighty US technology group, in 1985. Mr Liu and a small group of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences had only the year before ‘plunged into the sea’ of business […]
Read MoreA news analysis from the NY Times: Analysists suggest that setbacks suffered by Taiwanese president Chen Shui-Bian and allies may be due to China’s threats of war. “If the conclusion of the leadership is that the hard-line stance it has taken against Chen Shui-bian had good results, then they will also conclude that the basic […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “Cross-Straits tensions may continue despite Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian’s pro-independence coalition’s surprise defeat in Saturday’s “legislative” elections. Leading mainland researchers described the losses for Chen’s coalition Sunday as a major setback rather than a decisive blow.” Also on China Daily, another article entitled: Separatist plan goes nowhere.
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “If you do not read the sport pages in China, you would not know that the “October Revolution” took place in the nation’s football business. A chain of events combined to create the high drama, which is still far from full-time. On October 2, Beijing Guo’an, one of the 12 teams in […]
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