In what is perhaps a backhanded compliment to the growing power of the investigative media in Chinese society, illegal organizations are hiring people to pose as journalists and extort money from people involved in corruption or other illegal trades, according to a report in the Straits Times: “Oriental Outlook said that these illegal media groups […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has suspended the hydroelectric dam project in Hanyuan County, Sichuan, following large-scale, violent protests in which two people were reportedly killed. A village party secretary was removed from his post this month, though no official reason was given: “The central government has sent down a work group and it is now dealing […]
Read MoreChen Shui-bian acknowledged that Taiwan had provided intelligence information to Japan and the US about a Chinese nuclear submarine which was found inside Japanese waters last week. It’s not clear what specific information Taiwan provided, but Chen told an official at Japan’s embassy on Taiwan: “‘It’s our pleasure to contribute firsthand information to Japan and […]
Read MoreFrom Chicago Tribune, via The State: “In China, it is survival of the fittest. It is a striking fact never addressed by the communist leadership that some of the biggest social problems facing China today–the big gap between rich and poor, the exploitation of peasants–are the same type of woes that led to the revolution […]
Read MoreAnother story on new rules governing foreign ownership of TV stations, from the Malaysia Star today: Beginning Nov. 28, foreign companies will be allowed to own up to 49% of Chinese TV firms, provided they use “China themes” in two-thirds of their programming. The worlds largest television audience will welcome overseas giants like Viacom, Disney […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “China may have lost the latest skirmish with the European Union to get the latter to lift its arms ban, but Beijing is still able to buy what it needs – solid, serviceable hardware and technology - from Russia, former Soviet-bloc nations and Israel. And the embargo gives China greater incentive to develop its own […]
Read MoreFrom Washington Post: “A major new alliance is emerging between Iran and China that threatens to undermine U.S. ability to pressure Tehran on its nuclear program, support for extremist groups and refusal to back Arab-Israeli peace efforts. The relationship has grown out of China’s soaring energy needs — crude oil imports surged nearly 40 percent […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “The row over the intrusion into Japanese waters of one of China’s nuclear submarines is the latest in a long series of awkward moments in the fraught relationship between Asia’s two most powerful nations.”
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “Chinese president and party chief Hu Jintao has long called for greater discipline within the Communist Party; more accountability, transparency, democracy – and an all-out war on corruption. It won’t happen overnight, and there’s a lot of resistance from vested interests. An amendment to the party constitution would be required in order […]
Read MoreVia China Study Group, Beijing Review had an interesting article by Tang Yuankai. The article talked about “many enterprises in China face the hurdle of how to break out of the ‘family system’ and establish a modern corporate system.”
Read MoreFrom SCMP (via:China Study Group): “Almost 800,000 Shanghai residents will have to move from downtown to the suburbs to make way for new development. It is expected that by 2010—when Shanghai is scheduled to host the World Expo—some 760,000 residents will have moved from the city’s outer ring-road. ”
Read MoreThis article from China Daily gave more information about the new rules regarding foreign investment in Chinese media: “Warner (China) also revealed that the joint venture will make two to three movies and one TV series every year for the next five years. The production company will mainly produce Chinese language movies and TV series. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “China has sacked at least one Communist Party official and suspended work on a controversial dam after one of the largest rural protests in recent years. Tens of thousands of farmers staged violent protests over the Pubugou dam project, in Sichuan province. ”
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: “A recent newsletter from the management consultancy firm McKinsey presents three points of view on one of the hottest topics of debate: “China and India: The Race to Growth.” . The contributors – a Harvard University professor and two McKinsey consultants – appear to agree on very little except that the […]
Read MoreFollowing the incident involving a Chinese submarine’s intrusion into Japanese waters, the Asahi Shimbun has written an editorial calling on Prime Minister Koizumi to meet with President Hu during the APEC meetings in Santiago, Chile: “If Japan is to expand its economic relationship with China in a stable manner, exchanges of views at summit talks […]
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