South China Morning Post (via China Study Group) reported that “About 3,000 workers protested outside an electronics factory in Shenzhen yesterday against low pay and harsh working conditions. The workers, employed by the Hong Kong-mainland joint-venture company Computime, rallied outside the factory early in the morning, blocking the entrance and part of a main road. […]
Read MoreThe Science and Technology Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games launched a new website to promote the theme “High Tech Olympics” (ÁßëÊäÄ••Ëøê). On one level, this is simply an effort to showcase China’s technological achievements. But the theme “High Tech Olympics” is also designed to address other concerns. Committee Vice-Chair Deng Nan (ÈÇìÊ•†, daughter of […]
Read MoreThe days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining before opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing are now displayed on a 46-foot tall countdown clock at Tiananmen Square. Officially unveiled on September 21, the clock stands near the entrance of the National Museum at the eastern edge of the Square. With this installation, there […]
Read More“French President Jacques Chirac, in an interview released Thursday, repeated calls for a speedy end to a European Union ban on arms sales to China. The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing which sparked the embargo was “another time”, he said in an interview with China’s state news agency Xinhua. ” The full article is […]
Read MoreFrom Times Online UK: “Yesterday became the latest multinational to identify China as a top priority, as the pharmaceutical company sought to reassure investors that it could continue to eke profits growth out of its ageing portfolio of drugs. The company said it would target about 60,000 Chinese doctors, out of a possible 1.2 million […]
Read MoreFrom BBC today: “Electronic Arts, the world’s biggest computer games firm, is setting up a development studio in China. The firm said it hopes to have 500 staff at the Chinese arm, which should help it capitalise on the massive demand in Asia for online gaming.” The full article is here.
Read MoreFrom UPI (via Washington Times) today: “Four major challenges faced by Chinese president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao were discussed in the article: getting back pay to internal migrant workers; increasing rural incomes; building a social security net for the unemployed; and efforts in combating HIV/AIDS.”
Read MoreFrom Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com): “Two years after the North Korean nuclear crisis erupted, China for the first time reportedly has said that it believes its communist neighbor had a uranium-enrichment program. The reported reversal, if confirmed, is important because Beijing is widely regarded as the country that wields the most clout with North Korea, […]
Read MoreAFP: “French companies are well positioned to benefit from China’s hugely ambitious drive to boost its nuclear energy capacity, but will face tough competition from US rivals. Currently, China has only nine nuclear reactors that fulfill less than two percent of the country’s energy needs. But policy makers in Beijing have vowed to increase that […]
Read MoreNew research commissioned by the government has led officials to reconsider China’s strict one-child policy, according to an article today. Fearing the one-child limitation may lead to social unrest and have adverse economic effects, the government is considering changing the policy to allow families to have two children. On average, Chinese women have fewer than […]
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post has written about the list of keywords filtered on the Chinese Internet. The full article is here, via Asia Media.
Read MoreThis personal profile, which appeared in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, is not to be missed. It reminds people that, while the Chinese online activism and internaitonal pressure won the release of the SARS doctor Jiang Yanyong last summer, rights defense at grassroots level is catching on, yet still very difficult. […]
Read MoreChina is building a new wind power plant outside Beijing in an effort to clean up the city’s air, and as part of a concerted effort to create new renewable energy sources, according to an article from Wired News: “The new wind power plant, located 60 miles outside Beijing in Guangting, will generate 400 megawatts […]
Read MoreEdward Cody of Washington Post wrote a very good article on “China’s Land Grabs Raise Specter of Popular Unrest“. If you have not registered on the Washington Post site, it certainly worth it in order to read this article and their other China related reports in the future. “A half-dozen policemen burst into Lin Zhengxu’s […]
Read MoreFrom Beijing, Mark Magnier of LA Times wrote: “China’s foreign policy as recently as last year was on a roll, earning kudos for helping to fight global terrorism and restrain North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. But a look around the neighborhood now finds Beijing’s relations with Washington, Tokyo, Seoul, Pyongyang, Taipei, Singapore and Moscow taking a […]
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