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| A Reporter's Investigation Exposed a Scandal
Originally from Dayang Net. Partially translated by Wu Nan.
Last week China's State Council formed a special investigative team to examine a landslide accident in Loufan county of Shanxi Province. It was originally reported that "eleven people were killed and it was a natural ... A Reporter’s Investigation Exposed a Scandal |
| Kate Zhao is studying business journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. She writes in the New America Media:
As the financial crisis in the United States spreads around the world, investors are scrambling for a safe place to dock their money. They can ... Why China Won’t Have a Similar Financial Crisis |
| Inspired by the public outpouring of support during the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, President Hu Jintao held a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People to honor individuals and organizations that were involved in rescue and relief work. President Hu urged China "to carry on the spirit of unity, courage, ... President Hu Raises ‘Quake Relief Spirit’ Banner for Nation |
| From Wall Street Journal:
China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest five billion yuan, or about $725 million, in its Taobao.com online shopping site over the next five years, the latest sign of an intensifying battle with Chinese Internet-search giant Baidu.com Inc.
Alibaba Group's investment more than doubles an earlier plan ... Sites Battle for Chinese Web Users |
| From AFP:
Chinese dissident Zeng Jinyan said on Friday that she wanted to keep speaking out on human rights but was afraid due to intimidation of her and her jailed husband, who had been tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I think that I will not give up on further efforts," Zeng ... China Dissident Zeng Says She Wants To Speak Out Despite Fear |
| Chinese leaders have turned their attention to the social imbalances that face China's 730 million farmers. Land reform measures and rural property rights form the core of the discussion. Andrew Batson of Wall Street Journal reports:
Farmland is the core of the problem. The government owns all land in China; farmers ... In China, Leaders Turn Focus to Farmers’ Plight |
Photo: Yunnan Terraced Fields |
| Joel Martinsen of Danwei reports on Blog Weekly, a new magazine whose sources are entirely web-based.
Blog Weekly is not the first print publication to recognize the value of web content, but it might be the first legitimate effort. Earlier attempts to print the Internet, such as Net News Weekly ... Grass-roots Journalism Meets the Modern News Weekly |
| [caption id="" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Urumqi"][/caption]
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) released the "2007 Annual Nation-wide Urban Environmental Management and Regulation Report" (《2007年全國城市環境管理與綜合整治年度報告》), which blacklisted Xinjiang's Urumqi as the most polluted city. While the report cannot be accessible online currently, the MEP made the following official statement:
An annual urban environment assessment ... China Environmental Watchdog Blacklists Polluted Cities |
| Chinese bloggers are now making fun of Peter Mandelson, the British Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform, by making comparisons between two recent pieces of news.
Oct. 6 from the Telegraph,
The new Business Secretary underwent hospital tests after experiencing kidney pain, and the presence of a stone was ... Chinese Bloggers Mock Mandelson Amid Milk Crisis |
| In the Guardian, Alice Xin Liu writes about the universality of youth culture and says its existence in China should no longer have shock value for visitors:
Public displays of affection can be awkward. Snogging lesbian teenagers on the Beijing subway may be something one wants to take a photo of ... No Such Thing as ‘Made in China’ |
Photo: A model on a photo shoot at Lake Sailimu, Yili, Xinjiang, by Azalea Long |
| From AFP:
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday urged confidence in the economy and pledged to promote peace with China as the island marked its first national day under his government.
"We are facing an unprecedented global financial crisis and the government will actively handle the situation while promoting cross-strait peace and ... Taiwan President Vows To Improve Economy, China Ties |
| From Economic Observer Online:
In the post-Olympic era, a wave of price cuts for real estate appeared to have swept across major cities in China, which earlier this year was still a property hotspot.
Property developers in Shenzhen, southern Guangdong province, were among the first to slash prices to boost the sluggish ... Wind Knocked out of China’s Housing Prices |
| The University of Southern California U.S. China Institute has produced a documentary about the role of China in the U.S. presidential elections:
The U.S.-China relationship is complicated and is vital for both countries and the world. Where do Senators McCain and Obama stand on U.S.-China trade, security, environmental, and human rights ... Video: Election ‘08 and the Challenge of China |
| From The New York Times:
The Chinese government announced that it had banned the sale and use of one brand of a herbal medicine after three people injected with it died and three others fell seriously ill, revealing a new product safety issue even as the government is grappling with ... China Bans One Brand Of Herbal Drug After 3 Deaths |
| From Time
Acquiescence to substandard health care is changing in China, especially where rapid economic progress has improved the financial well-being of the country's growing zhong chan jie ji, or middle class. More and more Chinese are willing to pay for superior health-care services. Their presence, combined with an increased number ... China’s Medical Boom |
| From AFP:
Chinese authorities are investigating local officials who allegedly hid or downplayed two deadly mining accidents that killed at least 75 people, state media said Thursday.
Twenty-two officials are under investigation and one has been arrested on suspicion of covering up a mine explosion that killed more than 30 miners in ... China Probes Cover-ups in Mine Accidents: State Media |
| The Cambridge University Press offers a summary of Yasheng Huang's new book, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State. Huang, a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), argues that China's exceptional growth is more controlled by the state now than in the 1980s.
"This book presents a ... CDT Bookshelf: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State |
| Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, shares her thoughts on the intersection of democracy and global finance, with interesting nods to China:
Lee Hudson Teslik, Associate Editor of CFR.org, asks:
You've also, in the past, recommended the idea for a new institution, a concert ... Anne-Marie Slaughter on China and Global Finance |