From BBC: “China’s President Hu Jintao has made an important speech opposing Western-style political reform for the country. Speaking ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, he said China would be led into a “blind alley” by copying Western political systems. Mr Hu, in power since 2002, wants to ensure the Party’s […]
Read MoreDavid J. Lynch wrote this on USA TODAY: “……the continuing siege in this village of 600 people illustrates that beneath a veneer of authoritarian rule, economic strength and Olympic success, popular discontent is bubbling in China. Last year, there were 58,000 “mass incidents” across China, according to government statistics cited in the Chinese magazine Outlook. […]
Read MoreThis interesting article is from an Indian newspaper, The Economic Time Online. “With the increased use of computers, an overwhelming majority of Chinese people are forgetting how to write without a keyboard, emphasising the need that the Chinese language needed more protection, an on-line survey has revealed. In a survey, conducted by the Beijing-based China […]
Read MoreAfter Google’s launch of a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language news service, several local media organizations have threatened to sue the California company over copyright infringement. The full South China Morning Post story is here.
Read MoreChristopher Bodeen from Chicago Sun-Times wrote today: “The indications are obscure, the friction all but imperceptible. Yet as China’s communist leaders meet this week, observers and party members note a subtle uptick in tensions between President Hu Jintao and his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, who remains chief of the armed forces. No major announcements are expected […]
Read MoreReuters via Yahoo! News: “International Business Machines Corp. is reaping the rewards of a decade-long push into China’s business computer market and is eyeing upward of a 50 percent share, China General Manager Henry Chow said. Citing industry figures, the world’s largest computer company boasts a 43.6 percent share of China’s market for business computers […]
Read MoreVia CNN, Reuters reported that “China has succeeded in curbing investment and credit growth, and the priority now is to free up interest rates, a central banker said in remarks that may signal long-awaited capital market reforms are drawing nearer. ” Read the whole article here.
Read MorePhilip P. Pan just had a story of a Chinese AIDS activist Li Dan on the Washington Post today. “The rise and fall of Li and the Dongzhen School for AIDS Orphans illustrates a broader struggle that has begun to reshape the world’s largest authoritarian political system: a battle by a wide assortment of citizen […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: “The country’s ISPs are working with U.S. outfits to halt the deluge of junk e-mail pouring out of the Middle Kingdom It has been clear for some time now that China is a major new battleground in the war against junk e-mail.” The full article is here.
Read MoreFrom New York Times: “Anyone who has visited China’s ballooning, chaotic cities cannot help but notice the construction cranes. It is not unheard of to count 50 cranes, maybe more, rising between new concrete...
Read MoreIn an article published today, the Shanghai Star shed light on the adverse affects of China’s new healthcare system. Parents who have sick children often can’t afford to pay their medical bills and may be encouraged to abandon the child, like farmer Zeng Shaotang from the south of China. Zeng has spent all his money […]
Read MoreChina Daily had an article today on the new language, commonly used in online Chinese-language chat rooms. These are the words you often see in Chinese cyberspace, but probably have no idea what do they mean. “The language is becoming more and more popular among the country’s more than 87 million Internet users, especially young […]
Read MoreAccording to the Washington Post, the outcome of yesterday’s Hong Kong legislative election, which gave the Democrats additional seats but not a majority, “represented a setback for the campaign to persuade Beijing to allow universal suffrage here. ” The Straits Times, meanwhile, reports that, “Hong Kong media criticised Beijing yesterday for meddling in this weekend’s […]
Read MoreSome 500 international business and political leaders, academics and journalists are converging on the Grand Hyatt hotel in Beijing today. This is the World Economic Forum’s China Business Summit 2004. This conference is blogged both on the The World Economic Forum Weblog and also on Fons’ China Herald.
Read MoreThe Press Trust of India reports that the Chinese government is holding anti-terrorism exercises in Tibet, ahead of a scheduled visit by envoys of the Dalai Lama. “The holding of the counter-terrorism exercise in Tibet was significant in the sense that China views the supporters of the exiled Tibetan religious leader, the Dalai Lama, as […]
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