From Xinhua today: “Officials in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province have confirmed 15 deaths in the coal mine blast that took place there Tuesday afternoon. The explosion occurred at 4:50 PM in the state-owned No. 1 coal mine of the Huangling Mining Co. as an estimated 85 miners were working under ground. Reports indicate that 65 […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “Nuclear power is planned to account for 4% China’s total installed power capacity by 2020 which is expected to hit 900 million to one billion kilowatts, said Kang Rixin, general manager of the China Nuclear Industry Group. This means the nuclear power capacity will be increased by more than three-fold, said Kang, […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: “Five days of pitched battles between thousands of Hui Muslims and Han Chinese villagers in Henan province left at least seven people dead, the latest in a series of large-scale confrontations that have come to light in recent weeks. Adding race and religion to an already explosive mixture of economic and social […]
Read MoreThis long article is from India Times today: “Internet has so far been dominated by the country of its origin, but now China is fast emerging as the second major power of the digital age. Internet is booming in China. Consider this: By 2006, it is expected to have more people on the Net and […]
Read MoreForbes Magazine released the list of China’s richest people today, People’s Daily reported. The list includes 35 people from Guangdong, 22 people from Shanghai, and another 22 from Beijing. Larry Rong Zhijian, chairman of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific, was named the mainland’s richest man with assets of 1.5 billion US dollars. The full report […]
Read MoreIn the Washington Post, Philip Pan has written a very good article about the spate of recent protests in China and the government’s response: “The string of disturbances, described by local journalists, witnesses and participants, highlights the daily challenge that civil unrest now poses to the ruling Communist Party. Despite historic economic growth that has […]
Read MoreAn interesting article on Guardian today. It is about “country’s most popular spectator sport rebels against bribe-taking and match-fixing.”
Read MoreAndy Mukherjee wrote a commentary on the International Herald Tribune: A new benchmark in the race between India and China. “China and India, the two Asian giants, are both trying to become rich, each in its own way. China is big in manufacturing, while India’s strength is in services. …… The top answer to the […]
Read MoreAnother article (along the same lines as the IHT piece blogged earlier today) from Asia Times details the US failure to keep up with the momentous changes in Asia, as it focuses almost exclusively on Iraq while India and China wield increasing influence throughout the region: “Potentially the West remains a useful counterweight, yet US […]
Read More“When it comes to China, Sidney Rittenberg simply can’t resist a revolution. In the 1940s, it was the Communists who had the best thing going. So he became the first U.S. citizen admitted to the Chinese Communist Party and served in the regime’s propaganda machine to promote the cause. Today, it’s the capitalists’ turn, and […]
Read MoreFrom the Australian: “Privately, senior Chinese officials were said to be hoping for a John Kerry victory, because the Democrats are seen as better disposed to China. Despite progress in the relationship during his presidency, Mr Bush has never quite been forgiven for changing China early in his first term to the status of ‘strategic […]
Read More“The world’s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , says it plans at least 10 new stores in China next year, joining other foreign retail giants in taking advantage of new rules letting them move into smaller cities. China’s $240-billion (U.S.) retail market, dominated by local firms such as Beijing Wangfujing Group and Wumart Stores, is […]
Read MoreFrom CNN: “China is closing fast on Japan and is likely to overtake it this year as the world’s No. 3 trading nation behind the United States and Germany, new figures show. China already imports more goods than Japan and almost certainly will surpass it in merchandise exports in 2004. ” The full story is […]
Read MoreFrom World Socialist Website: “A wave of militant urban protests has erupted in China over the past month against official corruption, social inequality and the destruction of jobs. ……The growing class tensions underscore the reasons for the transfer of control of the Chinese military from former president Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao at last month’s […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “It’s been a little more than a month since reformist Chinese President Hu Jintao grasped all the reins of power – state, Communist Party and military – and already signs are emerging of a new Hu era. While maintaining political control, the Hu regime appears to be kinder and gentler, more relaxed, […]
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