From this issue of Business Week: “Its status as global powerhouse is no longer in doubt. Now, the world anxiously eyes the Asian giant’s policy maneuvers and data reports China has come of economic age, and the world is starting to take notice. Case in point: global reaction to two late-October events. A report that […]
Read More“Residents of Sichuan province’s Hanyuan county, the scene of violent clashes over a hydroelectric dam, said they would stop holding protests unless construction of the project resumed. A villager from Dashu township yesterday said local television reported that the central government had ordered a halt to the Pubugou project, after riots last week left two […]
Read More“Twenty-five years ago, faced with a dizzying population crisis, China banned its citizens from having more than one baby. The policy was a huge success – but what of the children who grew up without siblings? And what are the implications for society of millions of young people who never learned to share? Beginning the […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian today: “It is supposed to be a communist state, but inequality in China is growing at a remarkable rate – and it is the rural population that is bearing the strain. Jon Watts meets Zhang Wanwei, one of the millions of workers who have migrated from the country to the city in […]
Read MoreSouthern Weekend has published a survey of “petitioners” in China, as the government debates whether or not to reform the system. From IPS today: “As China considers doing away with one of its unique communist vestiges, the ‘shangfang’ – or the system of petitioning the government – there are fears that scrapping the only channel […]
Read MoreRiot police in Guangzhou clashed with a group of Uighurs, according to a Reuters report: “RTHK radio said on its Web site that several people had been injured in the incident, which was sparked by security guards stopping a Uighur illegally selling fried mutton from his stall in the Baiyun district of the city. The […]
Read MoreFrom This is London website: “China’s booming economy – the dynamo of Asia – will turn in another strong performance next year, even as officials apply the brakes to curb local overheating and growth elsewhere cools, the World Bank said today. Such forecasts will bolster the confidence of many Western businessmen who have invested billions […]
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post has published a profile of former New York Times Shanghai bureau chief Seth Faison, who has recently published a book about his experiences in China, South of the Clouds: Exploring the Hidden Realms of China: “Unlike many of his peers, Faison, 45, relates those events by focusing on ordinary people […]
Read MoreThe government is devoting a huge amount of money and resources to developing a high-tech Olympic games in 2008, according to a Xinhua report: “A top-level consulting team of 400-odd senior scientists and engineers will focus on 449 projects aimed at making the Beijing Games a festival of high-technology. Du Zhanyuan, planning official with the […]
Read MoreHuang Jingao, Communist Party chief of Lianjiang County in Fujian Province, is now under surveillance and has been “rendered ineffective” at his post, after blowing the whistle on corrupt officials: “‘Lianjiang county officials have been told to make a clear break from Huang Jin’gao and march in step with Fuzhou,’ said the source, who spoke […]
Read MoreCaijing magazine reports on the failures of the new land management law to protect farmers’ interests during the commercial development of farmland. Some reports say that 200 million farmers have been displaced as local governments sell farmland for private development. Despite the new legal requirements that farmers be compensated for repossessed land, in practice the […]
Read MoreAuthor Zhang Yihe recently won the Chinese PEN award for her book “The Past is Not like Smoke” (往事并不如烟), which tells the story of her father and other intellectuals who were purged during Mao’s anti-rightist campaign. A Reuters profile is here. Zhang’s acceptance speech is here (in Chinese, with an abstract in English). UPDATE: Thanks […]
Read MoreThe Globe and Mail has published a profile of AIDS doctor and activist Gao Yaojie, whose work is finally being welcomed by authorities after years of harassment: “In a vast country of 1.3 billion people ruled by a powerful Communist dictatorship, how could one old lady possibly make a difference? Meet Dr. Gao Yaojie, 77… […]
Read More“For months the world’s attention has been focused on the White House race but, while we weren’t watching, a quiet revolution has been gathering pace – transforming the earth’s most populous nation from stunted giant into aspiring superpower. In an attempt to capture a snapshot of this dizzying change, 15 Guardian journalists will be reporting […]
Read MoreUS officials have concluded that some of the 22 Uighurs detained at Guantanamo, most captured in Afghanistan, are eligible for release, but the prisoners said they do not want to be returned to China for fear of being tortured or killed as terrorists. To read more, click
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
