From The New York Times: China plans to abolish legal distinctions between urban residents and peasants in 11 provinces as the government tries to slow the country’s surging wealth gap and reduce social unrest, state media said Wednesday. Under an experimental program, local governments in those provinces will allow peasants to register as urban residents […]
Read MoreFrom The South China Morning Post, via AsiaMedia: Mainland officials say they learned lesson not to hide information after Sars outbreak. The mainland has learned the lessons of the Sars outbreak and pledged complete openness as it fights bird flu in its multi-billion domestic poultry flock, a top Chinese official said, while Pacific rim experts […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China is to blacklist cities that fail to reach national air quality standards and penalise them by warning off investors, state media quoted environment officials as saying on Monday. The State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) will also control construction projects that could worsen air pollution in the worst-offending cities. More on this topic, […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg, via the International Herald Tribune: The world’s largest standing army is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to bring back Chinese art treasures such as those now in the homes of collectors including Ronald Lauder, chairman of Estee Lauder International; Tsui Tsin-tong, honorary chairman of the Hong Kong manufacturing and property company CNT […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Foreign investments into Chinese commercial banks, which began just a few years ago, have accelerated to a frantic pace in recent months, with record-shattering deals being announced seemingly almost weekly. Three of the four big state-owned commercial banks (SOCBs) that acquired foreign funding – Bank of China (BOC), China Construction Bank (CCB), […]
Read MoreThanks to Professor Rudolph Wagner of the University of Heidelberg for the following information: Yannan.cn, a Beijing-based website that over the last year had emerged as the foremost forum for intellectual discussion and cutting-edge thinking in China, has closed down effective Oct. 1. A note says: “Effective today, Yannan.cn has closed for cleansing up and […]
Read MoreThe Asian Wall Street Journal published my commentary on the recent Internet Regulations: Almost overnight, the Internet has emerged as the single most important forum the Chinese people have to criticize government policies and...
Read MoreFrom The Boston Globe: China urged local security agencies yesterday to “prepare for danger” and remain vigilant against terrorists in the predominantly Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang. The call by Luo Gan, the top security official on the governing Politburo Standing Committee, came just ahead of the 50th anniversary tomorrow of the Communist control over […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken new measures aimed at controlling citizens’ access to information through the Internet by slapping controls on bloggers. The question remains: can the authorities maintain a one-party dictatorship and at the same time give proper attention to the information needs of a vibrant economy?
Read MoreFrom the San Jose Mercury News (registration required): China is not a democracy and China’s government remains firmly committed to controlling what information reaches its citizens, a reality reinforced earlier this week by a new crackdown on freedom of speech online. That’s a growing problem for Silicon Valley companies, which desperately want to be a […]
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