BEIJING, (AFP) – China is on the verge of agreeing with Islamabad to build a second nuclear plant in Pakistan for civilian use, underlining the close cooperation between the atomic neighbours, a report said. Read the whole...
Read MoreIn the China Daily: “Shanghai Municipality will spend a record 20 billion Yuan (US$2.41 billion) in building and upgrading power infrastructure this year. The city would see the completion and operation of 82 power transmission projects, which would add 10.7 million kVA to the city’s total power capacity this year, said Shuai Junqing, general manager […]
Read More“KT Corp, South Korea’s biggest telecommunications company, said on Monday that it has signed a contract with a Chinese Internet firm to supply network management equipment for the expansion of broadband Internet services in China. “After the export of its hardware is complete, KT then will install the equipment in the northern part of China […]
Read MoreThis is the Asian cover story of this issue of the Business Week: “China will soon be No. 1 in Web users. That will unleash a world of opportunity.” The full story is here.
Read MoreAsia Times Online reported on March 4: “China is cracking down on Internet news discussion websites in an effort to stifle dissent in the run up to the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC)… But the crackdown may not last very long, as Internet news discussion groups are very popular, though they have […]
Read MoreThe BBC reports today: “China is the world’s fastest-growing internet market, with 80 million online, more than the number of members of the country’s ruling Communist Party. Riding the boom is dangdang.com, the company hoping to become China’s version of the hugely popular amazon.com website in the West.” Read the full report here. See the […]
Read MoreMar 5th 2004 From The Economist Global Agenda “The prime minister of China seeks to reassure its hundreds of millions of poor peasants that they have not been forgotten in the country’s rush for wealth. What effect will this change of emphasis have on the economy? TURN your eyes from the dramatic skyline of Shanghai […]
Read More“BEIJING, March 7 ” The retired military physician [Jiang Yanyong] who last year helped expose China’s initial cover-up of the SARS outbreak is now calling on the Communist Party to confront one of its darkest periods and acknowledge that it was gravely wrong in violently cracking down on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989. […]
Read MoreIn protest of the widespread corruption amongst local rural officials, common people are increasingly taking their complaints to the central government in Beijing. “The number of petitioners writing or coming to Beijing jumped sharply last year, as more ordinary citizens are demanding good government. This is the high season for petitioners, who are eager to […]
Read More“Founded in the late 1990’s, the three Internet companies embraced e-commerce, online advertising and other revenue models but failed to turn a profit until 2002, when they began to provide Internet content, for a fee, to users of China’s nearly 200 million cellphones. On their phones, cellular subscribers can receive sports news, jokes or advice […]
Read More“China on Thursday banned new Internet bars near schools, saying “harmful cultural information” online was hurting children. New Internet services won’t be allowed within 200 meters of schools, the official China News Service reported. It didn’t say whether those already operating would be affected. Chinese leaders encourage Internet use for business and education, but have expressed […]
Read MoreRefuge in Shanghai: Film documents the story of European Jews who fled to China in the years before and during World War II By Dixie Reid — Bee Staff Writer “Manny Hirschel was 5 or 6 years old when his father took him to a parade in Berlin. He remembers the Nazi soldiers marching in […]
Read MoreAssociated Press March 4, 2004 SHANGHAI, China (AP) – Give my regards to … Drama Avenue? “Once the nightlife capital of Asia, Shanghai hopes to revive some of its former glamour with a downtown theater district, newspapers reported Tuesday. Called Drama Avenue, city officials are touting it as Shanghai’s answer to London’s West End and […]
Read MoreChina’s New Priority Is Farmers and Land By TED ANTHONY, Associated Press “BEIJING – After two decades of pushing progress in its cities and training a new generation of globalized capitalists, China’s leadership signaled a significant shift Friday, turning attention and resources to the hundreds of millions of citizens who work the land. For Communist […]
Read More“China’s government keeps watch over the Internet and blocks controversial websites. But some Chinese webusers won’t be deterred. They’re surfing past Beijing censors with help from the outside. The World’s technology correspondent Clark Boyd tells how some Chinese are hacking through the great firewall of China. ” Listen to the audio report here. Scroll down […]
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