From Sify.com: “Propelled by robust economic growth, India and China will rise as ‘new major global players’ this century and transform the geopolitical landscape, a US Intelligence report said here. Likening it in significance to the emergence of a united Germany in 19C and a powerful United States in the early 20C, the report prepared […]
Read MoreFrom The Washingtonpost: “Taiwan and China agreed Saturday to temporarily lift Taiwan’s five-decade ban on direct flights between the two rivals – a deal that could reduce tension in one of Asia’s most dangerous flash points. The agreement – the biggest breakthrough between Taiwan and China in years – will let passengers travel during next […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via TurkishPress: “Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese leader who was ousted after sympathising with Tiananmen protests, is in a “deep coma” in a Beijing hospital and may be close to death, a relative revealed. ‘Zhao Ziyang fell into a coma last night around 7:00pm (1100 GMT), he was rescued. But up until 6:30pm […]
Read MoreFrom Telegraph: “America is waging an intense behind-the-scenes battle to stop the European Union lifting its 15-year-old arms embargo against China, warning Britain that it will not tolerate the prospect of European military technology being used to threaten its soldiers in the Far East.”
Read MoreFrom China National News: “Russian defense officials hope to sell China its strategic bomber aircraft, the Moscow Times reported Thursday. If they have the money, let them buy, said Air Force Cmdr. Gen. Vladimir Mikhailov.”
Read MoreFrom Newsweek International, via MSNBC: In the suburbs of Vladivostok, they say darkly, you can’t hear the frogs on a summer evening anymore. Why? Chinese immigrants ate them all. On the Russian side of the Amur River, people talk about the preponderance of boys among Chinese infants”and suggest that 35 million Chinese men will soon […]
Read MoreFrom The Star Online: “South Korea’s opposition party called yesterday for Beijing to be stripped of the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, accusing China of sabotaging freedom of speech. The Grand National Party (GNP) said China used force to block South Korean lawmakers belonging to the party from holding a news conference on […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: “The view from this remote point by the sea, with lines of misty mountains stretching into the distance, is worthy of a classical Chinese painting. In the foreground, though, sits a less obvious attraction: one of China’s first nuclear power reactors, and just behind it, another being rushed toward completion. […]
Read MoreVia The Himalayan Times, from Associated Press: “China remains ‘highly repressive,’ with routine violations of basic rights and widespread corruption despite promises of legal and political reform, the US-based group Human Rights Watch said today. The one-party communist government has taken steps to improve its legal system but still prohibits independent labour unions and religious […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Yahoo! News: “Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin demanded answers from China, after Beijing sparked a human rights row by revoking the visas of two Toronto-based Chinese reporters due to cover his visit to Asia. ‘This is a very serious issue, in this country, we believe fully in freedom of the press,’ Martin […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: “A thousand policemen are to be deployed every morning on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to escort visitors to the flag-raising ceremony. The new rules may be designed to prevent any dawn protests on the square, scene of a bloody pro-democracy crackdown in 1989. The move comes amid worries over the health of ex-leader […]
Read MoreFrom Pacific Epoch: “China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) announced on Friday that it will publish the 15th Internet Survey report next week, Sina reports. According to CNNIC’s estimate, the number of Chinese Internet users is above 100 million. CNNIC’s 14th Internet Survey said that by the end of June 2004, China had 87 million […]
Read MoreFrom The LA Times: “China’s presence in the global effort to aid tsunami victims is hard to miss here. The country’s large, red tents are pitched in the middle of the town’s air force base, the center of regional relief operations. Its team, which includes 16 emergency doctors, is larger than that of any other […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via Yahoo News: “Chinese border guards have killed eight Vietnamese fishermen who strayed into Chinese waters, a Vietnamese official said. The guards opened fire on two fishing vessels during the night of January 9, he said. ‘Chinese officials informed us that eight Vietnamese fishermen were killed and we are trying to verify the […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Lured by the world’s largest oil reserves and some markets considered too risky by Western companies, China is quickly becoming a major economic player in the Persian Gulf, making deals in transportation and technology, showcasing its consumer goods and shoring up agreements to meet its enormous energy needs. “The current […]
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