From Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia: “China’s ruling communist party has begun a four-day leadership meeting behind closed doors. Its top brass is expected to discuss ways to improve party governance amid worries that rampant corruption and official abuses are undermining public acceptance of communist rule. ” The full article is here. There are more reports about […]
Read MoreSteven Pearlstein wrote this commentary piece on the Washington Post today. (Sub required.) “To the first-time visitor, China is a country of fascinating and, at times, maddening contrasts and contradictions. There is, of course, the stark contrast between the mean life of the countryside and industrial cities and the genuinely cosmopolitan prosperity of cities such […]
Read MoreAccording to an AP report: “Toyota Motor Corp. will begin making its ecologically friendly hybrid model in China by the end of 2005, the first overseas assembly for the company’s Prius vehicle. ”
Read MoreChinese government policy has forced the country’s Muslims to exist in isolation from Muslims around the world, according to a report by the BBC. The lack of religious freedom clearly limits the ways Chinese Muslims are able to practice their faith, but the enforced isolation has an unexpected benefit, especially for women believers: “Beijing’s tight […]
Read MoreChina’s President Hu wants to consolidate power, but his predecessor Jiang Zemin has not yet faded away. This Time/Asia magazine article is about the power relationship between Hu and Jiang.
Read MoreFinancial Times via Openflows: “A computer program designed to help Chinese internet users view websites blocked by the government has been designated a harmful “Trojan horse” virus by software sold by Symantec, the world’s largest computer security company, The move makes it more difficult to download and use the widely-used Freegate program and highlights concern […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “China’s President Hu Jintao has made an important speech opposing Western-style political reform for the country. Speaking ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, he said China would be led into a “blind alley” by copying Western political systems. Mr Hu, in power since 2002, wants to ensure the Party’s […]
Read MoreDavid J. Lynch wrote this on USA TODAY: “……the continuing siege in this village of 600 people illustrates that beneath a veneer of authoritarian rule, economic strength and Olympic success, popular discontent is bubbling in China. Last year, there were 58,000 “mass incidents” across China, according to government statistics cited in the Chinese magazine Outlook. […]
Read MoreThis interesting article is from an Indian newspaper, The Economic Time Online. “With the increased use of computers, an overwhelming majority of Chinese people are forgetting how to write without a keyboard, emphasising the need that the Chinese language needed more protection, an on-line survey has revealed. In a survey, conducted by the Beijing-based China […]
Read MoreAfter Google’s launch of a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language news service, several local media organizations have threatened to sue the California company over copyright infringement. The full South China Morning Post story is here.
Read MoreChristopher Bodeen from Chicago Sun-Times wrote today: “The indications are obscure, the friction all but imperceptible. Yet as China’s communist leaders meet this week, observers and party members note a subtle uptick in tensions between President Hu Jintao and his predecessor, Jiang Zemin, who remains chief of the armed forces. No major announcements are expected […]
Read MoreReuters via Yahoo! News: “International Business Machines Corp. is reaping the rewards of a decade-long push into China’s business computer market and is eyeing upward of a 50 percent share, China General Manager Henry Chow said. Citing industry figures, the world’s largest computer company boasts a 43.6 percent share of China’s market for business computers […]
Read MoreVia CNN, Reuters reported that “China has succeeded in curbing investment and credit growth, and the priority now is to free up interest rates, a central banker said in remarks that may signal long-awaited capital market reforms are drawing nearer. ” Read the whole article here.
Read MorePhilip P. Pan just had a story of a Chinese AIDS activist Li Dan on the Washington Post today. “The rise and fall of Li and the Dongzhen School for AIDS Orphans illustrates a broader struggle that has begun to reshape the world’s largest authoritarian political system: a battle by a wide assortment of citizen […]
Read MoreFrom Business Week: “The country’s ISPs are working with U.S. outfits to halt the deluge of junk e-mail pouring out of the Middle Kingdom It has been clear for some time now that China is a major new battleground in the war against junk e-mail.” The full article is here.
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