Sohu has an English site now. It is co-established with official China Daily, and will offer “news, economic news and information on sports, life and entertainment in English.” See the China Daily report here.
Read MoreThe Register site reported that “Symantec is to stop classifying a software utility that enables Chinese surfers to view blocked websites as a Trojan horse. The reassessment follows stories earlier this week questioning the designation of the widely-used Freegate programas malicious code. Freegate has 200,000 users, Dynamic Internet Technology ( DIT ), its developer, estimates. […]
Read MoreThe China Elections and Governance website has translated an article from Southern Weekend about changes in the focus of peasants’ activism in rural China: “Relying mainly on a recent Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) study, this article describes how the focus of peasant activism has moved from tax disputes to property rights, particularly in […]
Read MoreAccording to reports in the NY Times and Washington Post, Donald Keyser, a former high-ranking State Department official who worked on China, has been arrested on suspicion of providing documents to Taiwan and for concealing a trip to Taiwan. The Post story is here. The New York Times story is here.
Read MoreFrom Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia: “China’s ruling communist party has begun a four-day leadership meeting behind closed doors. Its top brass is expected to discuss ways to improve party governance amid worries that rampant corruption and official abuses are undermining public acceptance of communist rule. ” The full article is here. There are more reports about […]
Read MoreSteven Pearlstein wrote this commentary piece on the Washington Post today. (Sub required.) “To the first-time visitor, China is a country of fascinating and, at times, maddening contrasts and contradictions. There is, of course, the stark contrast between the mean life of the countryside and industrial cities and the genuinely cosmopolitan prosperity of cities such […]
Read MoreAccording to an AP report: “Toyota Motor Corp. will begin making its ecologically friendly hybrid model in China by the end of 2005, the first overseas assembly for the company’s Prius vehicle. ”
Read MoreChinese government policy has forced the country’s Muslims to exist in isolation from Muslims around the world, according to a report by the BBC. The lack of religious freedom clearly limits the ways Chinese Muslims are able to practice their faith, but the enforced isolation has an unexpected benefit, especially for women believers: “Beijing’s tight […]
Read MoreChina’s President Hu wants to consolidate power, but his predecessor Jiang Zemin has not yet faded away. This Time/Asia magazine article is about the power relationship between Hu and Jiang.
Read MoreFinancial Times via Openflows: “A computer program designed to help Chinese internet users view websites blocked by the government has been designated a harmful “Trojan horse” virus by software sold by Symantec, the world’s largest computer security company, The move makes it more difficult to download and use the widely-used Freegate program and highlights concern […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “China’s President Hu Jintao has made an important speech opposing Western-style political reform for the country. Speaking ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, he said China would be led into a “blind alley” by copying Western political systems. Mr Hu, in power since 2002, wants to ensure the Party’s […]
Read MoreDavid J. Lynch wrote this on USA TODAY: “……the continuing siege in this village of 600 people illustrates that beneath a veneer of authoritarian rule, economic strength and Olympic success, popular discontent is bubbling in China. Last year, there were 58,000 “mass incidents” across China, according to government statistics cited in the Chinese magazine Outlook. […]
Read MoreThis interesting article is from an Indian newspaper, The Economic Time Online. “With the increased use of computers, an overwhelming majority of Chinese people are forgetting how to write without a keyboard, emphasising the need that the Chinese language needed more protection, an on-line survey has revealed. In a survey, conducted by the Beijing-based China […]
Read MoreAfter Google’s launch of a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language news service, several local media organizations have threatened to sue the California company over copyright infringement. The full South China Morning Post story is here.
Read MoreChristopher Bodeen from Chicago Sun-Times wrote today: “The indications are obscure, the friction all but imperceptible. Yet as China’s communist leaders meet this week, observers and party members note a subtle uptick in tensions between President Hu Jintao and his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, who remains chief of the armed forces. No major announcements are expected […]
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