From China Herald: “Single Planet was the first to discover that his ‘typepad’ weblog was no longer blocked by the internet censor. The censor has been systematically blocking the IP-addresses of the larger foreign weblog hosts, while domestic hosts had to rely on policing their servers.”
Read MoreBy Daisy Sindelar, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, from TruthNews: “China has gone to extreme lengths to stem population growth with its “one-child” policy. But the government is now facing new, longer-term problems: a shortage of marriage-age women, and an abundance of elderly. The one-child policy has increased the use of selective abortion to allow families […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: “To understand today’s China, it is necessary to look beyond the unfathomable ebb and flow of 1.3 billion people. It is only by studying the few that it is possible to grasp what is happening to the overwhelming many – like Yu Jikui, a porter whose slight by a passer-by […]
Read MoreAccording to a report in the South China Morning Post (sub required), Wang Tongzhi, an official from Shanxi committed suicide while attending a meeting of party officials in Beijing: “Although it was not immediately clear what drove Mr Wang to claim his own life, sources said speculation had centred on a possible connection with corruption […]
Read MoreAccording to AFP: “The Beijing city government plans to restrict the fast-paced development of the capital’s real estate market in 2005 to stave off concerns the sector will overheat.”
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Siddharth Srivastava writes about the regional power struggles behind the giving of aid to tsunami victims by governments: “Tragedy notwithstanding, the tsunami strike has witnessed nations flexing their presence to provide relief to the victims, but behind it all a power game is also being played over who calls the shots and […]
Read MoreFrom the Taipei Times: “Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (ȶ¨Ë㱉πù) was denied a visa by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Ma, a superstar in the pan-blue camp, is considered a strong contender for the presidential election in 2008. Born in Hong Kong and the most popular Taiwanese politician there, Ma’s setback gave […]
Read MoreFrom Pinr Power and Interest Report: It is common knowledge that China is the most important ascending world power, and one that has only begun to realize its economic and military potential. Before the World Trade Center bombings on September 11, 2001, neoconservative strategists in Washington identified China as the most significant future threat to […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via TurkishPress: “The United States and China have agreed to a reciprocal visa arrangement with both sides offering 12-month multiple-entry business and tourist visas.”
Read More“China wants to build world-class companies. Can it succeed?” Read this article from the Economist.com: “The floor of the darkened room is strewn with mattresses and scattered shoes. Sleeping bodies stir under duvets. Nearby, others nap at their desks, heads on arms. It is a Friday afternoon at the headquarters of Huawei”one of China’s most […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times.com: “CNOOC, China’s third biggest oil and gas group, is considering a bid of more than $13bn (¬£6.9bn) for its US rival Unocal, in a deal that would mark the largest and most significant overseas acquisition by a Chinese company. People close to the situation said the state-controlled group was interested in Unocal’s […]
Read MoreBlogger Jeremy* (Danwei) wrote: “The China Daily has published a rather boring article on blogs in China. Much of it is about bloggers’ responses to the tsunami. The article includes this pearl of wisdom: [T]here is an East-West difference. In places like the US, those blogs that offer journalistic information tend to attract the largest […]
Read MoreDanwei introduced this link: “There are a whole pageload of new blogs over at sinosplice China blog list, but only in only one is there insanity and genius in such monstrous proportions. In the footsteps of joseph rock is the journey of Sydney blogger Michael, following the footsteps of ‘bad-tempered and imperious’ Joseph Rock, who […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: “China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female fetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since the one-child policy was introduced more than 20 years ago. Government figures show 119 boys are born in the world’s most populous country for every 100 […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: “Citing “willful and deliberate misconduct” by prosecutors, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed the charges against a Chinese-American informant accused of taking classified papers from her FBI agent lover. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper threw out the case against Katrina Leung, saying that prosecutors had barred Leung’s onetime lover and co-defendant, […]
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