Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig spoke about the “core blindness” on press freedom that exists in the United States. It is easy, he said, to see the core blindness in another culture, like China, with its well known attempts to monitor or limit access to the Internet. But it is harder to identify the blindness […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has announced a partnership with Bill Clinton’s foundation to provide treatment for AIDS patients in China. Clinton’s efforts to distribute cheap AIDS medicine in developing countries are a slap in the face to the Bush administration’s cozy relationship with big pharmaceutical companies. The China-Clinton cooperation comes two weeks after the Chinese government […]
Read MoreThe Economist has an article about the oil war between China and Japan. This issue was also debated in many Chinese BBSs last year.
Read MoreFrom CDN blogroll this post on The Internet in Asia came to my notice. It is interesting that the People’s Daily is now reporting China’s e-government project with the title: “Nation desperately needs more CIOs to develop e-government.” I do believe that more professional knowledge is needed in the e-government project. More importantly though, this […]
Read MoreThe Christian Science Monitor reports today that environmental degradation may pose the biggest threat to China’s economic development: “This century, watch China. That nation’s explosive development is reshaping the global economy… Before it joins the world’s biggest economies, however, China faces two huge internal challenges. And surprisingly, the biggest one may be neither economic nor […]
Read MoreResponding to what is becoming a campaign issue, President Bush may accept a labor rights petition that could result in sanctions against China. Trade experts point out that Bush could accept the petition, which is backed by Democratic rival John Kerry, without taking any further action against China. The full report is here.
Read More“Beijing is frightened by democracy and anything it cannot control, a former adviser to one-time party general secretary Zhao Ziyang told The Standard yesterday. That is why Beijing has finally revealed its intention to control the politics of Hong Kong, Wu Guoguang said.” The full report in Hong Kong’s The Standard is here.
Read MoreDespite China’s commendable efforts to create a legal system, politics still calls the shots, concludes Jerome Cohen in The Washington Post. Click here for full story.
Read MoreThe Chinese government has ordered state-controlled television networks to suspend prime-time airing of programs about crime and violence during the upcoming May Day holidays to provide a “healthy environment” for Chinese children. Click here for full story.
Read MoreTwenty-three Asian nations yesterday signed a treaty that would produce a modern version of the ancient Silk Road, envisioned as an 87,500-mile web of highways and ferry routes that would connect 32 Asian countries. Click here for full story.
Read More“China’s foreign minister responded angrily today to American and British criticisms of its latest restrictions on democracy here, accusing both countries of holding China to a double standard after ignoring the lack of democracy in Hong Kong during more than a century of British rule.” Click here for full story.
Read More“The Chinese town of Dandong is perched on the North Korean border, separated from the Hermit Kingdom by just a narrow strip of river… But, for the international press pack sent here to cover the aftermath of the blast, Dandong is little more than an information black hole. ” Read the full report.
Read More“China’s most powerful legislative committee ruled Monday that Hong Kong will not have direct elections for its next leader in 2007, crushing hopes in the Chinese territory for a quick move toward full democracy.” For full report click here. A Xinhua translation of the NPC Standing Committee’s decision is available here.
Read MoreAcoording to BBC today, the Chinese health ministry says it is investigating at least four new suspected cases of the potentially deadly SARS virus. Here is the full report.
Read More“The U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, an intergovernmental forum for addressing trade and commercial problems between the two countries, today announced several important, new initiatives that the government of China will undertake to address copyright piracy. Piracy of CDs and tapes has been, and continues to be, rampant in China. Internet piracy is […]
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