Caijing 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“Will China’s economy retain its current growth trajectory for three more decades? The answer hinges on two factors: whether China can sustain a high private deposit amid structural changes with labour forces, and whether productivity can be improved to become the main driver of economic growth. ” Read the full analysis on China Economic Net […]
Read MoreA fire which broke out more than 100 years ago at a coal field in western China was finally extinguished: “In the last four years, firefighters have spent $12m in efforts to put out the flames at Liuhuanggou colliery, near Urumqi in Xinjiang province. The burning coal emitted 100,000 tons of harmful gases – including […]
Read MoreESWN has posted a number of documents about petitioners who travel to Beijing to air their grievances to the central government. One internal document, cited by Dajiyuan, said 3.1 million people petitioned in the month of September alone. While this number may not be accurate, it is clear that huge numbers of people feel this […]
Read MoreTeenagers are invited to attend a “sex festival” in Guangzhou which is intended to “promote sex education and enhance people’s sex health,” and educate people about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. “Knowledge of and access to products, such as condoms, can help minimise possible harm to teenagers who might have sex, as they might […]
Read MoreEnvironmental activists are protesting government plans to build a hydroelectric dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan Province, one of the highest gorges in the world. Wang Hui, of Qinghua University, says, “”The whole economic policy is very pro-development. In order to have high-speed economic development, they do not care about the environment.” The New […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters today: “China has deployed thousands of troops in a southwestern province where tens of thousands of farmers staged protests in the past week against dam project that would flood them from their homes, Hong Kong media said on Saturday. At least three people have died so far in the demonstrations, according to residents […]
Read MoreToday’s New York Times has a brief review of the Shanghai Biennale, now on exhibit at the Shanghai Museum: “Perhaps what is most shocking about this outlay of modern creations is how few of the museum’s Chinese visitors looked shocked, even at the mock mountain landscape created by a row of naked human bottoms. Only […]
Read More“China needs energy more than ever. Its quest to secure enough oil and gas to keep its economy humming will change the world” The full story is on BusinessWeek online here.
Read MoreFrom SCMP (via: China Study Group): “Hundreds of private colleges on the mainland are losing money, with many facing bankruptcy. More than 100 colleges in Beijing enrolled fewer than 40,000 students in total this year, 10,000 less than last year, according to the Beijing Star Daily. In 2002, they attracted 80,000 students in total. ”
Read MoreFrom Xinhua (via: China Daily): “The knowledge-based economy in China today, in addition to the central government’s strategy of constructing the country with science and technologies, has boosted the rapid development of higher education, which is the incubator of the middle class.”
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