From Space.com, via Yahoo! News: China is ramping up for the launch this year of Chang’e 1, a lunar orbiter designed to set the stage for the nation’s future Moon-bound missions. Assembly of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Moon probe is complete, with tests underway of its rocket booster, according to several state media […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Only authorized dramas are allowed on Chinese prime-time television, customs inspectors are seizing books on Mao Zedong at China’s borders and newspapers are prohibited from running stories on the Communist Party’s misdeeds. In the midst of a sensitive political season, China’s machinery of state control is gearing up to make sure that nothing […]
Read MoreFrom the China Media Project: The head of China’s top print media regulating agency said yesterday that newly emerging media platforms like Weblogs have “already drawn attention from relevant government offices” and stressed they would soon be brought under their supervision with the help of new management regulations on Internet publishing, according to the Beijing […]
Read MoreChina analyst David Cowhig has provided the following translation of an article from the China Business Herald about Doctor Gao Yaojie and the AIDS epidemic in China. Below is a note from the translator followed by the translation: Translator’s note: Dr. Gao Yaojie will receive a Global Leadership Award from Vital Voices on March 14 […]
Read MoreFrom The Wall Street Journal: A landmark proposal to protect private property was formally introduced into China’s legislature amid continuing controversy, and in one possible sign of the legislation’s sensitivity, the latest issue of an influential Chinese business magazine that covered it was pulled earlier this week. It wasn’t immediately clear who blocked the issue […]
Read MoreSeveral newspapers and magazines have published reviews of James Mann’s new book, The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression. (Read also CDT’s interview with Mann about the book.) From the Washington Post: The China Fantasy raises an awkward and important question: What if there is a third alternative between the rise of […]
Read MoreFrom EuroNews: For the last four years, China’s rapid rate of growth has been dramatic. In 2006 GDP was running at an impressive 10,7% – but is the economy in danger of running out of control to the detriment of both human and natural resources? Two decades of change from a command to a more […]
Read More[Disclaimer: The following post is dedicated to politics junkies and members of China’s foreign press corps looking to justify their existence over the next ten days. General interest readers are kindly advised to ignore…] Call it a “show of democracy”, but the show just keeps on growing. Credit the mainland media for making the “two […]
Read MoreFrom statesman.com: Villagers in this hamlet of squat houses in southern China’s Guangdong province say red is the color of cancer. The local Laza River has been stained russet by waste from upstream mines in recent decades. The number of residents dying of various forms of cancer has spiked: Since 1998, 19 of 26 deaths […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China is to introduce steps to punish famous and wealthy violators of its one-child policy, senior officials say. The move came in response to complaints from ordinary people that the rich were having more children because they could afford the fines, officials said. Measures could include recording violators’ names and making them […]
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