From the asahi.com: China’s demand for PET bottles could cause the demise of Japan’s recycling industry. `There is the strong possibility that the recycling system in Japan will be completely destroyed in a year or two.’TAKEHIKO MATSUMOTO Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association For municipalities, it makes financial and environmental sense. Shipping used polyethylene terephthalate […]
Read MoreThis is not “news”, but a set of images from China’s recent history. It is “A Collection of Newspaper Masthead Clip Art”: This is an outstanding collection of Cultural-Revolution era imagery and propaganda, made available with thanks to Webster University (for use of their scanning station) and Flickr. Translations will be added over time.
Read MoreFrom Morgan Stanley’s Global Economic Forum: Chinese currency policy has now become a cause c√©l√®bre in world financial markets. To peg or not to peg — and against what and when — are choices only China can and should make. But given China’s increasingly important role in the world economy, there are important global consequences […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: December 2004 will be remembered as a time when a faceless Chinese company, Lenovo, suddenly took the global stage. The bluest of blue-chip multinationals, IBM, got out of its personal computer business by selling out to Lenovo, making the faceless company the third-biggest global PC player. So are there other Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s willingness to resume military contacts with China comes at a time of what appears to be increasing tension between the two countries. China recently issued a report expressing concern about the US military presence in the Pacific Ocean, and it described as “grim” the security situation […]
Read MoreFrom New Kerala: A bar featuring ‘sex culture’ will be open in an eastern Chinese city to promote education in the taboo subject, the state media reported today. The ‘Sex Culture Bar’ will be open in April alongside the Sex Articles Distribution Centre in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province.
Read MoreFrom New Kerala: To refurbish its image as one of China’s engines of growth, the southern city of Guangzhou today said it plans to set up no-begging zones in the downtown areas and districts where governmental and Communist Party organisations are located. The growing presence of beggars, especially professional beggars, poses a threat to social […]
Read MoreFrom inadaily.com: Three images shape the perception of China abroad: China as the world’s factory, as the world’s biggest market and as a huge risk. It may be time to add a fourth: China as an idea factory, as a prime location for research and development. In the 1990s, the Chinese were feared copy artists. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: China’s newly rich are increasingly vulnerable to abduction The Chinese government has warned its wealthy citizens about the danger of being kidnapped for ransom. The Ministry for Public Security said nearly 4,000 people had been kidnapped in the country in the past year. The numbers are similar to 2003. But the ministry […]
Read MoreFrom MarketWatch: Energy-hungry China boosted its oil reserves by at least 25 percent last year, according to a report published by Chinese state media. Xinhua news agency reported intensified exploration efforts helped the two biggest oil companies to locate nearly 850 million metric tons (623 billion barrels) of oil reserves in 2004, AFX-Asia reported Friday. […]
Read MoreFrom Townsville Bulletin: Talks aimed at defusing the North Korean nuclear weapons crisis could be revived despite Pyongyang’s walkout, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday. Mr Downer called North Korean ambassador Chon Jae-hong after Pyongyang’s declaration on Thursday that it had nuclear weapons and would quit the six-party talks because it feared attack by the […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via iafrica.com: China is digging deeper in search of oil, boosting its reserves by at least 25 percent over the past year as part of a strategy to locate new energy sources at home and abroad, state media said on Friday. Intensified exploration efforts helped the two biggest oil companies to locate nearly […]
Read MoreFrom Agence France-Presse, via The Manila Times: China will not be overly alarmed by North Korea’s decision to abandon talks on its nuclear program and will use quiet diplomacy to push the Stalinist state back to the negotiating table, analysts said. China is North Korea’s oldest and closest ally, and the decision Thursday by Pyongyang […]
Read MoreFrom the Mercury News: Move over French and Spanish. Chinese is emerging as a popular high school course offering. And if you want to know what’s driving the demand, ask Jason Lee, a Korean-American sophomore at Cupertino’s Monta Vista High School. “Later on, China will have a good business potential — it will help me […]
Read MoreFrom South Korea’s Digital Chosunilbo: Starting from around mid-1980s, Chinese intellectuals started to enjoy an exceptionally free and stimulating atmosphere. They dared out to speak on how to reform the nation, not only on the economic, social and cultural arena, but also on the political institutions and political culture. I remember that during the period […]
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