From India’s The Financial Express: As India’s Union Budget- approaches, staggering quantities of newsprint are being devoured by an equally staggering number of pundits and journalists. In March, Beijing’s Parliamentary building, the Great Hall of the People , will witness the Budget presentation by the Chinese finance minister, during the annual meeting of the National […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Russia Journal Daily State-owned oil firm Rosneft raised $9.35 billion for newly-acquired YUKOS production unit Yuganskneftegaz, some from a consortium of Russian banks, Rosneft president Sergei Bogdanchikov announced, the Associated Press reported.
Read MoreFrom a paper by Benjamin Liebman just published in the Columbia Law Review: Over the past decade, the Chinese media have emerged as among the most influential actors in the Chinese legal system. As media commercialization and increased editorial discretion have combined with growing attention to social and legal problems, the media have gained incentives […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Japan on Wednesday took over a lighthouse built by a right-wing political group on a disputed island also claimed by China and Taiwan in a move that could be seen as an attempt by Tokyo to strengthen its claim to the area. Cabinet Office official Hiroshi Inomata said the move was not politically […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: At 14, Zhang Ye furtively learned her ABCs while herding sheep in frigid Inner Mongolia during China’s Cultural Revolution, a humble start on her path to a masters degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Now 50, Zhang is country director for the Asia Foundation in China, where her suffering under communism run amok […]
Read MoreAn interesting and creative theory -or at least outlook-on China’s global role and responsibilities appears to have been set aside this year, in part as a result of leadership disagreements, according to this article by Robert Suettinger (PDF file).
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: The discovery of a large Tibetan religious site in Shiqu County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province was announced recently. Located at the source of the Yalong River in remote southern Sichuan, the site was well protected since the area is not easy toget to, said Shi Shuo, a professor on Tibet […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: This week’s Chinese New Year celebrations honored the Year of the Rooster, an auspicious time signifying achievement and new hopes. But while one of China’s achievements, its economic success, is well known, another transformation has received far less attention: a revolution in legal rights that has a groundswell of popular […]
Read MoreFrom The Times of India: Davos and top-secret debriefings, drawing rooms and dining-tables…, wherever you go, everyone’s talking about India versus China. But while all the attention is on the competition between the two, dramatic strides in cooperation have gone largely unnoticed. ALso on Asia Times: China, India move closer in trade.
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: China should keep up its strong economic expansion over the next five years, with annual growth of 8 percent driven by abundant labor and a big domestic market, the government said Thursday. The projected growth is below the 9.5 percent reported for 2004 – the country’s fastest expansion in […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: Cross-racial adoptions aren’t a new phenomenon. But the sheer number of Americans — most of them white — adopting Chinese babies in a short period of time is changing cultural and racial assumptions. About 40,000 Chinese adoptees have arrived in the United States since China’s government began easing restrictions on foreign adoptions […]
Read MoreThis page on People’s Daily Online has official statistics of China’s economy.
Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: Managing the social effects of uneven economic development will test President Hu Jintao as he consolidates his power in 2005, but political stability is not under immediate threat. China’s integration into the international political community will continue as it becomes more enmeshed with the global economy. Such interdependence will limit the scope of […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: After years of trying to find middle ground between the United States and North Korea, China now finds itself in a difficult diplomatic position with Pyongyang’s announcement that it has manufactured nuclear weapons and is suspending nuclear negotiations, Chinese foreign policy experts said today. Chinese leaders have consistently urged the […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: As many as 22 major dams and power stations under construction in China, including a key power facility at the controversial Three Gorges Dam, have slowed or stopped work pending an environmental review. In the first instance of its kind, top Chinese leaders appear to be throwing their clout behind […]
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