From New York Times today: “The government uses China’s 800 million farmers to provide grain, labor and capital for urban development. State banks take deposits in rural areas but make loans almost exclusively to richer ones. The authorities pour resources into prestigious urban projects, like the $1.24 billion Shanghai spent to build a state-of-the-art Formula […]
Read MoreMicrosoft Program Manager Frank Yu argues that Beijing’s Haidian District (ʵ∑Ê∑ÄÂå∫), which includes the Zhongguancun (‰∏≠ÂÖ≥Êùë) technology zone, provides a glimpse of China’s high-tech future. According to Yu, innovations in Haidian demonstrate that China is “set to lead the world” in developing mobile devices and applications. One Zhongguancun company with aspirations to become a world […]
Read More1pai.com, an online auction site launched by Yahoo and Sina, is overtaking EBay in China, according to a report in Bloomberg: “EBay, the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, faces a threat to its No. 1 position in China, the biggest battleground after the U.S. in a global market for Internet-auctioned goods worth more than $30 billion. […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhuanet today:“According to a recent poll, about 47 percent households in Beijing have connected to the Internet till the first quarter of 2004, reported China Radio International on Monday. Two thirds of those families chose broadband connection services, while others prefer to use the dial-up access. ”
Read MoreBBC’s reporter Tim Luard sent this article from Chongqing: “Rural areas did well under the first phase of China’s economic reforms. But since then agriculture has been neglected. The abandonment of free public health and other welfare systems and the decision to let some parts of the country get rich before others have all contributed […]
Read More“It was a quiet political earthquake, though political aftershocks are still being felt and will continue to rumble through and quite possibly transform the political landscape. China’s “phantom regent” and very real military commander-in-chief Jiang Zemin finally stepped down last month, yielding to moderate reformer Hu Jintao (now president, party chief and military commander) and […]
Read MoreFrom AP: “Nearly 200 million Chinese are overweight, the Health Ministry said Tuesday in a report that reflected the swelling waistlines that have accompanied rising incomes. More than 160 million Chinese have high blood pressure and 20 million suffer from diabetes, while rates of those and other obesity-related ills are rising, the ministry said.” the […]
Read MoreFrench-Chinese business ties are not enough to convince all of the EU. According to this article on Deutsche Welle. ” While a flurry of EU delegations pay tribute to Beijing’s growing economic prowess, many still harbor reservations about China’s human rights record as evidenced by Brussels’ recent decision to continue the arms embargo.”
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Read MoreHuman rights advocacy groups from all over the world start to press the Chinese government to improve its record on human rights, reported LA Times. Activists say their bid to train a spotlight on human rights at the Beijing Olympics is based on a central premise: China as host should uphold the same standards and […]
Read MoreZhongguancun (‰∏≠ÂÖ≥Êùë), the so-called “Silicon Valley of China” located in northwest Beijing, is slated to become a “world center of R&D” within ten years. This new goal was announced at the 7th annual Zhongguancun Computer Festival (ÁîµËÑëËäÇ). At the same time, however, new questions are being raised about the viability of the Zhongguancun model. In […]
Read MoreAn article in the People’s Daily English edition contrasts contemporary nightlife in Beijing with night-time activities in Chinese history. The article concludes: “However, the quality of Chinese nightlife is questionable. A recent Internet survey on Beijing summer nightlife showed that people spend 60 percent of their leisure expenses on drink. The same survey showed that […]
Read MoreVillage, county, township, and provincial level government in Fuzhou is seizing land from peasants. The farmland is being developed into factories. Although the peasants were promised between $4000 and $5000 for their plots, the largest sum that has been paid is $150. Xiao Xiangjin, a peasant and local correspondent for China Reform magazine, petitioned on […]
Read MoreChinese government has been announcing the effort of removing corrupt ranking officials in Heilongjiang province. AFP reported that “A corruption-plagued province of China has sacked five top leaders including its highest judge and top prosecutor after a corruption scandal, state press said on Monday. The legislature of the north-eastern Heilongjiang also removed a vice-governor, a […]
Read MoreAccording to a report by AFP: “The southern province of Guangdong is offering free HIV tests to homosexual men as part of its fight against the spread of the virus which causes AIDS. ” A China Daily report is here.
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