Reuters had a story on “Business jets size up China’s rich” (Via CNN) “China’s growing billionaire club is attracting makers of champagne-and caviar-stocked private jets, but regulations and other barriers to entry are keeping the potentially lucrative business grounded. Lack of airport infrastructure, high landing fees set by the government, restrictive military control of much […]
Read MoreAsian Business had a commentary article subtitled “The torch has smoothly passed to a man less inclined to favor the iron fist” “Brutal struggles have always been part and parcel of transferring power from one Chinese Communist Party leadership to the next. So what was truly remarkable about the Sept. 19 news that President Hu […]
Read MoreEdward Cody of Washington Post wrote this article on “Communist ideal lost to trappings of wealth, status.” “If any doubts remained that China has turned its back on socialist equality for the masses, they faded in exhaust fumes as Rubens Barrichello’s flaming red Ferrari F1 shrieked past the checkered flag before thousands of fans at […]
Read MoreEswn has translated a number of articles about the arrest of journalist Zhao Yan. While Zhao’s arrest has been linked to his work for the NY Times, several commentators link it to his previous reporting on peasants for the magazine China Reform.
Read MoreIn an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune today, Philip Bowring writes that despite its glitzy facade, Shanghai is representative of the endemic problems plaguing the Communist Party: “As well as the most shiny example of China’s new ‘socialist’ construction, Shanghai is also an example of vast waste of public funds and the locus of […]
Read MoreAccording to Chinese statistics, pollution levels last year increased by about 12 percent from 2002. The World Bank ( news -web sites ) estimates 400,000 people in China die each year from air pollution-related illnesses. “This is a very outstanding challenge, especially for a country like China,” said United Nations Environment Programme director Klaus Toepfer. […]
Read MoreAccording to an AP report: “Canadian telecom giant Nortel Networks said Tuesday it had landed a contract with China Telecom to expand data networks across southern and eastern China.
Read MoreYesterday Google issued a formal response to accusations that the company has censored news sources on their new Chinese language news service. The statement, posted on the Google blog, is here.
Read MoreAP via Toronto Star: “China’s economy should grow at an annual rate of between 8 per cent and 9 per cent this year, state media reported today, citing a top statistics official. Earlier this year, Beijing set an official growth target of 7 per cent for this year. Officials have ordered banks to curb lending […]
Read MoreFrom China Elections and Governance: “China is going to revise its Election Law due to new dynamics of the direct elections of people’s congress deputies at the county and township levels. A revision draft was presented to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in August 2004. Recently, the NPC has dispatched several […]
Read MoreAP via VOA: “The dramatically increasing demand for oil in two emerging giants in Asia, China and India, has contributed to rising oil prices worldwide. Petroleum industry experts believe rapid growth in China, in particular, could increase competition for scarce energy resources and undermine global peace. Within the past decade, China has gone from being […]
Read MoreFrom AP via ABC news: China’s Communist Party called on its members Sunday to improve their ability to run an increasingly complex nation, complaining in an unusually self-critical statement that some of its own leaders lack integrity and warning that the “life and death of the party” could hang in the balance. The appeal came […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times today: “China’s investment in real estate development has slowed down month by month this year owing to the government’s macro-economics control measures. But that’s good news for foreign investors: From January to July, Sino-foreign joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and Sino-foreign cooperative ventures reported growth of 87.4%, 60.3% and 60.% respectively – […]
Read MoreFrom NPR: “The environmental consequences of China’s manufacturing boom are staggering. The worsening air and water pollution are causing serious health problems. NPR’s Renee Montagne talks with Elizabeth Economy, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.” Click here to listen to the program. Thanks to Kevin Wen for the link.
Read MoreA new monitoring program will be implemented by the government within months, read a story from Xinhuanet today. The Chinese government will track power usage by internet cafes and cut off their electricity between 12 am and 8...
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