“Beijing can’t wait for the Olympics, if for no other reason than that by the time the Games roll around, this city will have gone through yet another gargantuan makeover. The new order: Freshest is best, newness is commanded, and the old must be swept out of sight.” Mark Kreidler wrote about “almost anything and […]
Read MoreA team led by Dr. David Ho will distribute an cocktail therapy for HIV/Aids in Henan Province, according to a report in the South China Morning Post (reg required): “Taking a small step on a long journey, a group headed by world-renowned Aids researcher David Ho Dai-i will soon reach out to the infamous Aids […]
Read MoreFan Gang wrote on Taipei Times today: “With China’s rapid growth increasingly affecting a wide range of issues worldwide, it has become expedient for US presidential candidates to blame China for some domestic problems in the US. But in this year’s US presidential election campaign, China-bashing has been virtually non-existent. There are good reasons for […]
Read MoreFrom Boston Globe today: “More US furniture companies look overseas for high-quality work, and they’re finding it. They’re also saving a lot of money.” The full article is here.
Read MoreFrom China Daily today: “The nation’s constitutional pledge to protect private property will be translated into concrete legal terms if a draft law on real right goes through next year. The law, a basic legislation on the protection of properties, will enhance protection on the interests of every individual and corporation, according to Jiang Ping, […]
Read MoreThe Globe and Mail has published a special edition that focuses almost entirely on China and includes articles about modern Shanghai, migrant workers, the environment, China’s spiritual vacuum, sex, drugs, and...
Read MoreChina and other Asian countries are buying up environmentally friendly technology from Australian companies: “Australian environmental technology firms are reaping a huge bonanza from Asia’s industrial revolution and...
Read MoreIn the Toronto Star, Martin Regg Cohn writes about the soullessness of Shanghai, despite (or because of) the government’s efforts to build it into a world class metropolis: “For all the boasts that Shanghai is China’s hottest, hippest city, the reality for long-time residents is of a city searching for its soul. ‘Shanghai can kill […]
Read MoreIn Newsweek, another article about how China (and the rest of Asia) is being ignored in the U.S. presidential election campaigns. Fareed Zakaria writes: “The US presidential debates are lauded for having been substantive and revealing. In particular, people have noted how rare it is to have a serious discussion about foreign policy these days. […]
Read More“The game software industry has become one of the most important entertainment industries worldwide. At present, the global online game industry has showed huge value and become a new point of economic growth. China has become the fastest-growing market with the largest potential in the global online game industry. In the first half of 2004, […]
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Qiu Xin wrote: “As China and Russia draw closer economically, especially in energy cooperation, Chinese economists are studying the two nations’ sweeping, but very different economic reform models. ”
Read MoreFrom Financial Times today: “China’s economy, the chief source of new demand in world energy and metal markets, expanded by 9.1 per cent in the quarter to the end of September, marking the third consecutive quarter of slowing growth as Beijing reaffirmed its resolve to guard against any economic rebound. ……Beijing implemented a series of […]
Read MoreThere are two newly translated articles at the China Elections and Governance website. One article is a detailed interpreattion of the amended Zhejiang village election regulations and another article tells a story of a village chair stabbing a tax resistance villager to death in Jiangxi province. According to Dr. Yawei Liu: “The two articles seem […]
Read MoreIn Asia Times, Florence Chan writes about the propensity for local Chinese officials to exaggerate economic statistics in order to enhance their careers: “In China, one’s political career is always pegged to his or her performance, which is mostly assessed by the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) within the person’s jurisdiction. To win promotion, […]
Read MoreReuters reported today that “China’s economy expanded by 9.1 percent in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, marking the third consecutive quarter of slower growth as Beijing reins in breakneck investment and lending. Economists said a slew of data on Friday mostly showed evidence of a measured slowdown in growth in the world’s […]
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