From China Media Project: Over the last week in China two entertainment scandals have topped headlines and chatrooms. Today, in one of the first editorials approaching the scandals from a larger social perspective and pointing out blindness to more fundamental issues raised by the cases, such as sexual abuse and harassment, Southern Metropolis Daily criticized […]
Read MoreThanks to David Kelly for this translation: In the PRC, all who pay attention to the economic situation can see ever more clearly that Wen Jiabao’s macro adjustment has not achieved its anticipated effect. The speed of investment growth still shows no sign of dropping, while the proportion of expenditure by residents continues to fall. […]
Read MoreFrom China Media Project: Chinese writer Tie Ning (ÈìÅÂáù) was appointed chairman yesterday of the China Writer’s Association (CWA), an official organization that nominally represents the interests of professional writers but which some have said serves as a tool of ideological control. Following in the footsteps of writers Mao Dun and Ba Jin, Tie Ning […]
Read MoreWhen the government instituted an extensive new spokesperson system, in the wake of the SARS crisis, official media swooned. No one ever really expected a panacea of openness, of course. But people did expect ministerial spokespersons to forge more confusion than clarity. Some days, though, precisely the opposite has proven true. With ministry officials popping […]
Read MoreJiangxi province…is facing a difficult dilemma between economic development and environmental protection. In this dilemma, environmental regulators also face a problem – of which “buttock” to sit on. The Songhua River disaster, last November, pointed to the conflicts of interests that cripple environmental regulators at the grass-roots. Top domestic publications gave bird’s eye glimpses of […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: New Huangpu Real Estate Co (‰∏äʵ∑Êñ∞ȪÑÂüîÁΩƉ∏öËÇ°‰ªΩÊúâÈôêÂÖ¨Âè∏) said its Chairman Wang Zheng (ÁéãÊîø) has resigned, following a report in China’s state-run media of his detention as part of a pension fund probe. His predecessor quit in April, state media reported today. The resignation won’t affect the company’s operations, New Huangpu said in a […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The Chinese rolled out the red carpet for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr Rowan Williams – the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – arrived at churches, schools and seminaries, to be greeted with flowers, choirs and delegations of officials and church leaders. But among the ordinary people, municipal politicians, church leaders […]
Read More…I cannot imagine that in fifteen years, I could manage not to ever visit the adoptive mother who reared me from a young age. Or that after becoming the supreme leader of the country, that I would not go in person to sweep the graves of my own father and mother, and instead would have […]
Read MoreFrom CNET News.com: Chinese government official draws incredulous stares at U.N. summit when denying that the Great Firewall of China exists. While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship. Which is why it came as a surprise on Tuesday […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China is struggling to find a solution on how to treat the huge amount of floating debris which is clogging up the Three Gorges Reservoir. Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, said, “We are trying to find an efficient method to develop and […]
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