Jim Yardley just published this article on the New York Times: “For five months, Gao Lading and other angry farmers had occupied the walled compound of the Communist Party’s village office. They had pitched tents, eaten rice and sweet potatoes, and waited. It was a sit-in born of desperation. Officials from the nearby city of […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: “China’s largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK: Quote ,Profile ,Research ) , said on Wednesday it is buying control of IBM’s PC-making business for $1.25 billion, capping the U.S. tech giant’s gradual withdrawal from the business it helped pioneer in 1981. The agreement, which forms the world’s third largest PC business, […]
Read MoreRebecca MacKinnon wrote an excellent commentary on her RConversation blog: “Don’t expect the Chinese blogosphere to bring down the Chinese Communist Party any time soon. The Great Chinese Firewall and China’s internet police will see to that – and they have plenty of help from major U.S. tech companies , including Cisco. Shame on […]
Read MoreFrom UPI: “On the face it, relations between the European Union and China could not be rosier as the leaders of the two powers prepare to meet in The Hague Wednesday. Since the EU enlarged to take in 10 central and East European countries in May, the bloc has become China’s largest trading partner, importing […]
Read MoreFrom Townsville Bulletin: “Nine out of 10 Chinese calling into a suicide-prevention hotline in the capital, Beijing, are getting a busy tone, a newspaper has reported. The China Daily also said that nationwide four people were killing themselves every minute. ”
Read MoreFrom South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: “Beijing Media Corp, which sells advertising space for the mainland’s No3 newspaper Beijing Youth Daily , is poised to become a national player through a variety of media. The firm plans to expand into other media segments such as outdoor billboard advertising and television programme production, according […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: China is the economic equivalent of sex – it sells. If you want headlines and investors calling for prospectuses, stick the word “China” in the name of your company or product. It’s not unlike the rush to attach “.com” to the end of anything five years ago. China’s 9 percent […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: “Five of the six members of the advisory board for the influential liberal magazine Tong Zhou Gong Jin , including former Guangdong party boss Ren Zhongyi, have resigned in protest at the sacking of its editor-in-chief, Xiao Weibin, sources say. The other four to have quit […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “The New Jersey-based Accoona Corporation, an industry pioneer in artificial intelligence search technology, announced on Monday the launch of Accoona.com in New York City to provide the largest proprietary online database of information on companies worldwide. On the same occasion, Accoona.cn debuted in China in coordination with its Chinese partner, Chinadaily.com.cn. It will […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times online: “Top officials from China’s propaganda sector recently convened a high-level meeting in central China’s Henan province and concluded that some people are ‘exploiting the Internet’ to attack the government and ruling Communist Party, Asia Times Online has learned from an informed source in Beijing. China experts say this session may signal […]
Read MoreJapan may not be the only place where history is often twisted, accourding to this article in the New York Times.
Read MoreFrom the China Economic Net: “Microsoft so far has no immediate plans to tap the Internet service market in China, due to concerns over the market situation, and not speculation about policy restrictions, say senior company officials. “Our very focus in China is still offering free products… to help our consumers achieve a user experience […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press, via Washington Post: “China banned a Nike television commercial showing LeBron James battling a cartoon kung fu master, saying the ad insults national dignity. The commercial, titled ‘Chamber of Fear,’ was broadcast on local Chinese stations and on state television’s national sports channel before being pulled last month. It shows James, […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: “China is making a glaring exception to its policy of damping investment growth by approving the construction of three big steel mills which are expected to free the country from its dependence on imports in about three years. The next steel project expected to win Beijing’s approval is a proposed 10m […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via the China Study Group: “Besieged by increasingly violent protests and rapid social degeneration characterised by the reckless pursuit of money, the mainland leadership is considering a drive to underscore traditional Chinese culture and values, and lend more official support to mainstream Chinese religions. Another impetus for such a […]
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