Beijing University recently notified Professor Jiao Guobiao, who earlier wrote a powerful essay against the Central Propaganda Department, that his course for this semester has been cancelled and that he can no longer advise masters research students. Although Professor Jiao told school officials he would not talk to the media about his situation, he gave […]
Read MoreRadio Free Asia has reported that police in Tibet shot and killed a monk who had demanded medical compensation after being beaten in custody in Machen County, Qinghai Province. “The shooting is said to have occurred at the Darlag (in Chinese, Dari) County police station after a group of monks including She Tse went there […]
Read MoreWashington Post had an article on China at G-7 meeting, and the U.S. approach on currency issues. “China made its debut last night in the club of the world’s leading economic powers, as international pressure mounts to change a decade-old currency peg that critics accuse of giving Chinese products an unfair competitive edge. ”
Read MoreChina said Thursday that it wanted Canada to return the 44 refugees who scaled the fence into the Canadian embassy in Bejing to Chinese soil. The Toronto Star reported that Chinese assistant foreign minister promised the North Korean refugees would be treated “in accordance with international and domestic laws and in the spirit of humanitarianism,” […]
Read MoreAsia Times has two articles about the slowdown in China’s automobile industry. The first, “China’s Auto Industry Slows Down” is here. The second, “Gentleman, Kill Your Engines,” explores the consequences for foreign auto makers who have invested billions of dollars in capturing the China market: “Despite figures showing rising incomes and increased consumer spending, car-sales […]
Read MoreTed Plafker wrote this OP-ED piece on the International Herald Tribune today: “For those who manage China’s economy, or for those who simply bet on it, understanding what is going on can be just as hard as figuring out what to do next. Over the past year, Chinese policy makers have focused on heading off […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: “China pledged to “push ahead firmly and steadily” toward a more flexible exchange rate, yet stopped short of providing a timetable for when it will shift from the decade-old currency peg that has drawn fire from the Group of Seven industrial nations. China has fixed the value of the yuan at about 8.3 […]
Read MoreAsia Wall Street Journal had a very good commentary article on Google’s Chinese dilemma. “Google’s decision to omit sources that the Chinese government doesn’t like from their new Google News China edition means that the U.S. company has agreed to play by Communist Party censorship rules. The question is, at what cost?” “It’s one thing […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “China’s domain name “.CN” had hit 402,291 by the end of August, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). The number of domain names in the world has reached a record 64.5 million, averaging one for every 100 persons. China’s state-level domain name .CN has grown the fastest in the […]
Read More“The economic boom in China is causing concern in the export-oriented economies of Southeast Asia. However, China is taking diplomatic steps to make its expanding economic might less threatening. For decades, Southeast Asian governments worried about only one Chinese export: communist ideology. They blamed China for fostering violent revolutionary parties around the region in the […]
Read MoreThe U.S. government has taken up the case of arrested journalist Zhao Yan, who worked as a researcher for the New York Times. Secretary of State Colin Powell says he raised the case with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing: “‘Yes, I raised the issue of the Chinese citizen who is working for the New York […]
Read MoreAll gas stations in Beijing are required to sell cleaner gasoline, in an effort to clean up the air in time for the 2008 Olympics, according to a Reuters article (via Business Day): “With 1,047 stations servicing 2.3 million vehicles, the highest among Chinese cities, Beijing will adopt Euro II fuel standards with 500 parts […]
Read MoreXinhua reports that the Beijing municipal government has ordered the closure of Tiananmen Square to the pubic on the October 1st National Day, due to concerns about terrorism. The article includes details about the “intense preparations” being made to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks during this holiday. No indication of an imminent threat is […]
Read MoreThe Epoch Times runs a story on how the newspaper is excluded from Google’s News service in Chinese, accusing Google of helping Chinese government censoring news information.
Read MoreRefugees seeking political asylum stormed the Canadian embassy in Beijing, BBC Asia reported today. A group of men, women and children disguised themselves as construction workers and used home-made laters to scale the 10-foot walls around the embassy compound. The group appeared to be North Koreans hoping to gain passage to South Korea via refugee […]
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