New York Times today had a front page article entitled “Across Asia: Beijing’s Star is in Ascendance” It certainly raised many important questions about China’s increasing influence over the Asia-Pacific region. The New York Times article also generated interesting online exchanges about China’s “soft power” among some China observers. Daniel Lynch from the School of […]
Read More“China’s parliament on Saturday passed a law legalizing electronic signatures in an effort to boost its small but growing online commerce industry.” I got this news on Hindustan Times, using AP’s article which mainly quoted Xinhua’s original report. Also in the article: “China already has some 4,000 Web sites that carry on e-commerce, … their […]
Read MorePhilip Pan has been following the Southern Metropolis Daily case closely. He wrote on today’s Post: “China Frees Pioneering Journalist” “Cheng Yizhong, 39, the former executive editor of the Southern Metropolis Daily in the coastal city of Guangzhou, returned home at about 10 p.m. and appeared to be in good health, according to a source […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: “China has for the first time introduced laws specifically targeting the spread of Aids and outlawing discrimination against victims of infectious diseases. The laws passed by parliament guarantee funding from central government to local authorities to tackle the fast-spreading disease, state media said. ” The full article is here.
Read MoreThis short report is from the South China Morning Post today: “A former top editor of a reformist newspaper arrested for embezzlement this year has been released from jail, journalists said yesterday. Cheng Yizhong , former editor-in-chief of the Southern Metropolitan Daily, was arrested in March in Guangzhou on charges of embezzlement of state-owned assets. […]
Read MoreWe were recently sent this document “A Case Study of the Southern Metropolis News case,” which is based on notes of a meeting in March attended by the newspapers’ defense lawyers . The notes were taken by Xu Zhiying, one of the lawyers for the editors there who have been imprisoned on spurious “corruption” charges. […]
Read MoreThis news is from Xinhuanet: “-With the rapid growth of the national economy, the gap between supply and demand of petroleum and natural gas keeps widening in China. Owning limited exploitable petroleum and gas reserves, the country, still inefficient in energy consumption, has become aware the importance of economical use of resources. China’s demand for […]
Read MoreDoctor Jiang Yanyong is not being allowed to travel to the Philippines to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, Asia’s highest honor. According to a VOA report in Chinese, Dr. Jiang was visited by a military official who told him that, as a military employee, he is not allowed to collect foreign awards. The VOA report […]
Read More“China is no longer self-sufficient in food, the country today increasingly has to buy abroad, raising global prices. ” This Guardian article raised a critical important issue. According to the article, “China’s leaders have raised the alarm about their country’s ability to feed itself as rapid development sucks land, water and people from the food-producing […]
Read MoreChinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (aka the “Iron Lady”) has been named the second most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine, following only Condaleezza Rice. The full report is here: “Proud, elegant, intelligent, Wu Yi impressed her party’s leaders when she deftly helped hammer out five trade agreements with Russia in 1999 and […]
Read MoreThis is a research report from Deloitte Research. “Everyone recognizes China as a low-cost manufacturer and a huge potential market. But most do not realize China is emerging as a key player in shaping global technology standards. This new Deloitte Research study looks at how China’s growing influence on standards could define global competition in […]
Read More“China, the world’s largest cellular phone market with more than 305 million subscribers, is fast emerging as a leading center for mobile phone design as well. ” Read the Cox News Service article here.
Read MoreThe wife of an anti-corruption crusader was severely injured in a bomb attack on their home last week. According to an AP report, “The attack Aug. 19 on the home of Li Haisheng, head of the city’s anti-corruption bureau, highlights the perils faced by officials and ordinary Chinese who try to fight the rampant corruption […]
Read MoreFrom ChinaTechNews: “Skype, a free peer-to-peer voice software which can be downloaded from the Internet, has recently launched a new function called SkypeOut, a radically new kind of IP service. The communication signals of SkypeOut are transmitted via the Internet, instead of through normal telecommunications networks. According to published reports in China, Skype’s launch in […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has cancelled 4800 development zones. The China Daily reports that, “According to incomplete statistics from Ministry of Land and Resources, among 6,866 development zones across the country, 70 per cent were found to have illegally acquired land or were left unused. ” The full article is on Asia News Net.
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