India, China to hold boundary talks
From Kaumudi online: “India and China will hold the fourth round of talks to resolve the vexed boundary issue this week, official sources said on Tuesday.”
Read MoreChina economy settles at sustainable pace
From UPI, via the World Peace Herald: “The economic data China reported in October pointed to an economy settling to a sustainable pace. Inflation has been easing, even though it is still too early to say the inflation cycle in China has peaked.”
Read MoreNew policies to ease pain of land loss
From the South China Morning Post, again via China Study Group: “Beijing has issued new compensation policies to appease farmers who have borne the brunt of a wave of land expropriation, state media reports. Local governments should provide subsidies to farmers who were unable to maintain their living standards because of the lax enforcement of […]
Read MorePay wages on time or else, bosses warned
From the South China Morning Post, via China Study Group: “The mainland is cracking down on bosses who withhold wages by ruling they must pay an extra 50 to 100 per cent of the amount owed to workers if they miss a payment deadline set by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The rule […]
Read MoreChina’s energy diplomacy harvests rather little
From the China Economic Net: “Since 2003, China has become the second largest oil import and consumption country, only next to the United States. In that year, China’s oil consumption reached 250 million tons, with 91.12 million tons imported; and China’s dependence on oil import has amounted to 35 percent. What’s more, the number of […]
Read MoreAgainst the grain
Via China Study Group, the South China Morning Post reported that “scientists say the rushed introduction of genetically engineered rice on the mainland, as early as 2006, could ruin the nation’s staple food.”
Read MorePolice on hunt for instigators of huge riot in Guangdong
The recent riots in Jieyang, Guangdong are now getting some attention in the English media. The South China Morning Post (via: China Study Group) reported today that, “The riot broke out at about 9pm last Wednesday after a local woman quarrelled with toll collectors, claiming she had been overcharged. Some witnesses said the woman was […]
Read MoreThe new Chinese counterfeit game
The IHT has reported on a scheme by Chinese businesses to not only avoid but profit from intellectual property rights laws by copying international products and then patenting them under local laws: “Businesses in the United States, Europe and Japan lose $50 billion a year to counterfeiting in China, the U.S. Commerce Department estimates. But […]
Read MoreMedia Reports On Chinese Sub Incursion Into Japanese Waters
From Associated Press (via the Miami Herald): “China acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that one of its submarines had accidentally crossed into Japanese waters last week and expressed regret over the incursion, Japan’s foreign minister said. But China refused to confirm Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura’s remarks, leaving the two sides publicly at odds […]
Read MoreChina covets African oil and trade
From Jane’s Intelligence Review: “Beijing is substantially deepening its political and economic relations with Africa, largely in an effort to gain access to the continent’s oil reserves and markets.” (Interesting enough, here is also an article on People’s Daily entitled “United States Covets African Oil“)
Read MoreSocial unrest, new media, and recent riots in Jieyang
In Asia Times, Paul Mooney makes the point that the recent upsurge in unrest we have been reading about in China’s countryside may be due as much to improved communications as to an increase in incidents: “Making matters worse for the government, China’s ‘new media’ appear to be reaching a critical mass. While news of […]
Read MoreChina on Canadian radio stations
“The China Project is a week-long series on CBC Radio and Radio de Radio-Canada that explores China’s growth into an industrial giant and its ambitions to become the next superpower. ” Here is the schedule page.
Read MoreCabbies Can’t Find China’s Road to Justice
Philip Pan profiles Liu Yu, a taxi driver from Dazhou, who traveled to Beijing with her colleagues to protest against new permit requirements for cab drivers in her city: “‘We carried great hope in our hearts,” she said, recalling that day in December 2003. “We believed that the central government would help us, that the […]
Read MorePowell on US-China relations
US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who just announced his resignation, said in a TV interview over the weekend that he believes US-China relations are the best they have been in 30 years: “Mr. Powell praised China for taking a major role in six-party negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program during the past year. He […]
Read MoreChina to See More Energy Shortages – and Pollution
Parts of China will face an energy shortage this winter, according to a report in AP. Last month, China Daily reported that nine provinces may face power blackouts this winter. The privatization of housing has contributed to the country’s energy woes: “State employers used to supply winter heating to company-issued housing for free. But now […]
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