From The Boston Globe: Since the government has only recently withdrawn from many spheres of public life, Chinese society has not learned how to manage competing social interests, the analysts say. Hence the grass-roots mechanisms that open societies rely on to sort out similar ethnic or social tensions must be given time and support to […]
Read MoreCatherine Armitage published this article on The Weekend Australian: “Who knows what might happen? said one of China’s most famous dissidents, tucking into a plate of preserved green eggs at a suburban Beijing restaurant last week. As evening commuters scurried past outside with heads bowed to the cold, we were discussing the political climate in […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: “The state-run Xinhua news agency says the rules are designed to keep up with ‘rapid socio-economic development’. This transformation has sparked a flurry of religious activity, which human rights groups have accused the Chinese authorities of repressing. But analysts say the wording of the new rules suggest no change in policy in […]
Read MoreFrom TomPain.com: “Been to Wal-Mart or Target for some Christmas shopping? Paying too much for gas to go shopping? Lose your manufacturing job? China. Robert Reich just got back from Australia where he heard Aussie CEOs say Beijing is more potent than America. What should be Bush’s priority #1 is not. ” Robert B. Reich […]
Read MoreYe Guozhu has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after he publicly protested forced evictions in Beijing as the city prepares for the 2008 Olympics, according to the BBC. Ye’s family’s house was destroyed in 2003 to make way for new construction.
Read MorePhilip Pan has written a very good piece in the Washington Post about Liu Di’s search for the man who she fears may be a government informer who turned her into police two years ago: “Liu was bewildered by the conflicting information. Over a quiet dinner one night, her father proposed a theory: Li might […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: “The rapid growth of large emerging economies, particularly China, is shifting the global balance of economic activity. China is already the world’s second largest economy on one economic measure and, by 2015, could account for around 20 per cent of world output in real terms. It is therefore vital to the UK’s […]
Read MoreChing-Ching Ni from the Los Angeles Times wrote: “China recently shut down newspapers and detained academics, sparking a debate here on whether the government has launched a new era of repression or merely is sending a message to the country’s burgeoning media that they need to practice more self-censorship. Authorities last week shut down the […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: “Immigration officials on Saturday barred a maverick Hong Kong lawmaker from entering Macau, blocking his plans to launch pro-democracy demonstrations during a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao. In televised remarks, Leung Kwok-hung, popularly known as ‘Longhair,’ said immigration officials denied him entry at Hong Kong’s ferry pier and […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: “Taiwan condemned China’s proposed anti-secession law on Saturday, calling it a move to establish a legal basis to attack the island. Chinese state media said on Friday that Beijing planned to send the draft law for deliberation during a parliament session on Dec. 25-29. It was seen as a move to head off […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: “The World Bank President said at an ongoing meeting in Beijing that the bank will continue to work with the Chinese Government to eradicate poverty. ‘Although China has made extraordinary progress reducing poverty over the last 25 years, we are all aware that there are still 30 million poor people in the […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: “China’s biggest ever online survey on returned and overseas students is starting to answer some important questions. Findings have so far identified what the most popular study destinations are and, more importantly, why so many students come back home AND what employment prospects they face. An online survey on returned and overseas Chinese […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet: “The central economic conference attended by Chinese leaders earlier this month made it clear that the country will ‘put people first, to foster a socialist harmonious society and to give top priority to resolving urgent problems facing up with the overwhelming majority of the people.’ Never before has ‘fostering a harmonious society’ been […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: “China is set to complete the transition from aid recipient to international donor in the next year, the head of the world’s biggest humanitarian agency said yesterday as he announced plans to phase out food support for Beijing and introduce a new period of cooperation to help poor countries in Asia and […]
Read MoreReuters, via the Washington Post: “Outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said on Friday China would emerge a leader in nuclear energy and called for further cooperation between the two countries in developing alternative sources of power. But he made no mention of Washington’s decision on the first-ever sale of powerful U.S.-made nuclear reactors to […]
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