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 MoreFrom 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 MoreIn 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 More“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 MorePhilip 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 MoreUS 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 MoreParts 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 […]
Read MoreVia Washington Post, from the Reuters today: “Armed conflict may be unavoidable if Taiwan keeps provoking China and pushing for independence, one of Beijing’s top Taiwan policy-makers said on Monday, but he spelt out a condition for reopening dialogue. Wang Zaixi, vice minister of the mainland’s policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office, told Reuters in a rare […]
Read MoreFrom LA Times: “Surging Chinese demand, which has helped drive up oil prices to record levels in the last year, is expected to rise by double-digit growth rates annually for the next 15 years. Although crude prices have settled back in recent days to less than $50 a barrel, China’s rapid economic expansion is almost […]
Read MoreThomas Abraham, former editor of the South China Morning Post, has written a new book – Twenty-first Century Plague: The Story of SARS – criticizing the media’s role during the SARS crisis in 2003. In order to prevent future outbreaks, he argues, journalists need to do a better job of keeping the public informed: “‘When […]
Read MoreAs part of the Guardian’s weeklong special about China, Isabel Hilton writes that in order for China to reach global superpower status, it first has to “share the internal wealth and build a more equal, well-educated society.” She writes, “Only two big ideas now survive from Mao’s copious outpourings: one is a truculent nationalism that […]
Read MoreVia Yahoo News, AFP reported that “a Japanese trade minister has linked the recent intrusion of a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine into Japanese waters with China’s natural gas exploration near islands disputed by the two countries. ” The article is here.
Read MoreFrom China Daily: “China’s hunger for electricity will create more shortages through early 2005 in the country’s booming coastal areas — the main driver behind growth in the world’s seventh largest economy, CCTV said on Sunday. But despite predicted consumption growth of 13.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004 and 12.7 percent in the […]
Read MoreFrom the Big News Network: “The Chinese military has said it developed a radar surveillance aircraft and has been testing the first models for deployment in the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese airborne warning and control system, known as AWACS, uses advanced radar systems mounted on a Russian-made Il-76 transport aircraft, the Washington Post reported Saturday. […]
Read MoreVia indystar.com, the Los Angeles Times had an interesting article today about hip-hop music in China. “China, accomplishing what millions of disapproving American parents could not, has tamed hip-hop music. Instead of often obscene and violent inner-city tales, Wang and other leading rappers here are taking to the stage with lyrics that glorify national pride, […]
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