Hong Kong is preparing for a new march against the school reform imposed by the communist government, which obliges classes of “national education”. Civil society joins the battle first launched 10 years ago by the Catholic Church and say they… Read More ›
A government sparing no effort to round up human rights activists but lacking enthusiasm in saving kidnapped children sold as beggars will certainly be discarded by the people when they take actions on their own. Selfish officials, it is time… Read More ›
According to SCMP‘s report by Shi Jiangtao from Beijing today, entitled Next step this week in Bo’s fall from grace, “NPC Standing Committee may vote to remove fallen Chongqing party chief from legislature, a precursor to his expulsion from the party…. Read More ›
The current increase in anti-Japanese fervour in China is a worrying trend. Neither Japan nor China is free and clear in the escalation of tensions, with hawks from both sides seeking to take advantage of the situation for their own… Read More ›
As I prepare to renew my acquaintance with my home country, India, I have a niggling doubt that my reaction is veering towards Betty Mullard’s* sentiments of loss or sadness or rancour, as described by Paul Theroux in ‘Kowloon Tong’ …. Read More ›
Singtao Daily reports: The Philippine ambassador to China’s recent stroke provided Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario with the opportunity to make an informal visit to China and meet Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. It was his first visit… Read More ›
Ming Pao and Singtao Daily report: according to Asahi Shimbun, leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have decided at their Beidaihe meeting to expel Bo Xilai, former secretary of CCP Chongqing Municipal Committee, from the party. They both report:… Read More ›
According to Ming Pao’s exclusive report on August 22, in one of the newest pictures of China’s first aircraft carrier, a prototype of China’s new carrier-based aircraft J-15 is seen in a lifting test at Elevator No.1 on the starboard… Read More ›
A new generation of Chinese athletes arrived in London this week with hopes of dominating the Paralympics, but officials are downplaying chances the streamlined team can match its mammoth 2008 medal haul. China’s Paralympic team swept all aside in Beijing… Read More ›
One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday, just nine months after it opened, setting off a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in the country’s rapid expansion… Read More ›
There has been much talk about America’s decline in recent years, with the corollary that China will take its place. But, while the United States does indeed face problems that urgently need to be addressed, if China is to rise… Read More ›
Mainland state media have acknowledged for the first time that China is developing a state-of-the-art intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with multiple nuclear warheads that could defeat America’s anti-missile defences. On Wednesday, the Global Times, a newspaper under the party… Read More ›
A Canadian journalist says he quit working for China’s news agency because it wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama in Ottawa. But the Ottawa bureau chief of China’s Xinhua news agency dismissed that claim as “Cold War” ideology…. Read More ›
In his post on August 19, Patrick Chovanec included these thoughts on the immediate future of China and what the US Presidential candidates ought to be paying attention to in regards to China. 1) China’s economy is not just slowing,… Read More ›
To the long list of things that have become taboo in the case of Gu Kailai, the recently convicted murderer and wife of ousted Communist Party official Bo Xilai, you can now add the Chinese term for “body double.” Sina… Read More ›
China has increased its 2012 rare-earth export quota for the first time since 2005, amid growing international pressure on Beijing to loosen its hold on the key minerals. The country’s rare-earth export policies are closely watched as it controls 95%… Read More ›
Last week I went to buy a new portable hard drive. In one electronic shop that had a one-bite-absent-apple sign at their front door, I saw a Samsung 320 G at 500 RMB. That is about 85USD, which sounded like a proper price… Read More ›
On August 10, SCMP reported that the trial of Wang Lijun’s crime of treason would begin in the week from August 12 to 18, but as far as we know, the trial was not held in that week. Now another… Read More ›
All of East Asia is waiting to see how the U.S. will respond to China’s aggression. Since World War II, despite the costly flare-ups in Korea and Vietnam, the United States has proved to be the essential guarantor of stability… Read More ›
A Chinese court today sentenced Gu Kailai to a death sentence with a two-year reprieve after finding her guilty of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood, in a crime that triggered the divisive downfall of Gu’s ambitious politician husband, Bo Xilai,… Read More ›
Japan invaded China in 1894-95 and 1931-45 and brought humiliation and disasters to China. Those were events long ago and have nothing to do with current Japanese people and their government. However, hatred remains among quite a few Chinese people…. Read More ›
Originally posted on Craig Hill Media and Consulting:
On August 19th 1931, the Yangtze River in China was causing chaos, having peaked the previous day, during a horrible flood that killed 3.7 million people directly and indirectly over the next…
Reuters and SCMP hold in their reports that Hu Jintao’s and Wen Jiabao‘s meetings, with Kim Jong Un’s uncle Jang Song Thaek, underscores Beijing’s backing for Pyongyang’s plans to rebuild its economy. Indeed, Kim’s takeover of power, and his recent… Read More ›
Some mistakes are understandable. Others seem to defy explanation. Earlier this week, two leading Chinese car companies, Great Wall Motor and Chery Automobile, confirmed they are recalling 23,000 cars and trucks they’ve sold in Australia because asbestos was discovered in… Read More ›
Originally posted on Craig Hill Media and Consulting:
Genghis Khan Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign against the Chinese…
China’s investment prowess and construction know-how is widely on display in the long-congested Kenyan capital of Nairobi. A ring road and the nation’s first superhighway are being built and partly financed by Beijing. The international airport is undergoing a $208 million… Read More ›
According to PLA Daily, on July 29, five female pilots each completed flights alone of a J-10 fighter. They were all excellent in taking off, landing and various flying operations, by no means inferior to male pilots. In 2005, the… Read More ›
Unemployment of recent graduates is hovering at 50% in both China and the US. The lack of available employment for the best and the brightest is a symptom of what is wrong at a macro level with each of our… Read More ›
Japan has decided to deport Chinese activists who landed on a disputed isle at the heart of a territorial row, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, a move that could ease tension between Asia’s two biggest economies. The feud over… Read More ›
For a pretty scary look at what’s going on in North Korea, at least in some of the prison camps. As China‘s closest ally, what goes on in North Korea has special significance in this region. Escape from Camp 14, which is… Read More ›
Australia’s consumer protection agency said asbestos was found inside vehicles made by China’s Great Wall Motor Co. and Chery Automobile Co., prompting a safety investigation and the recall of about 23,000 units. Customs and border officers found the banned fibre… Read More ›
Just a few years after Chinese companies lined up to sell shares on Wall Street, a growing number are reversing course and pulling out of U.S. exchanges. This week, Focus Media Holding Ltd., announced its chairman and private equity firms… Read More ›
We heard a somewhat mystifying comment from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton last week warning of a “new colonialism” in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves. No culprits mentioned… Read More ›
After an eight-year manhunt across four provinces, involving tens of thousands of police officers, China’s most-wanted criminal died just nine miles from his mother’s home. Zhou Kehua, 42, was cornered in an alley behind a shoe shop in the central… Read More ›
According to Ming Pao, Chinese magazine “Yanhuang Chunqiu” published in its recent issue a letter by Bao Tong, former secretary of dismissed Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Bao recalls in the letter what he saw at a… Read More ›
In asserting its claims to the tiny islands, rocks and reefs in the South China Sea, China points to records of its ancient mariners. Today, those waters are far more important to China than in the age of the sail…. Read More ›
“Political reform and freedom of speech are imminent on the mainland, renowned playwright Sha Yexin has told the South China Morning Post. “Sha, 73, was in Hong Kong last month to promote a rerun of his play I am Chairman… Read More ›
Shenzhen ‘officer’ killed on duty initially portrayed as a hero – yet he was part of a triad extortion gang to which local cadres had outsourced ‘urban management.’ Zhao Xiaoqiang used to sell kebabs on Shenzhen’s streets at night, one… Read More ›
Deputy Sports Minister Cai Zhenhua has accused judges at the London Olympics of discriminating against Chinese athletes. A number of decisions have gone against Chinese athletes in cycling and gymnastics, and there was more anger yesterday when hammer thrower Zhang… Read More ›
A remarkable 3,400-word article on the trial of Gu Kailai for the murder of the British businessman Neil Heywood has been published by China’s official news agency, Xinhua. It breaks the near-total silence that state-run media had maintained on the… Read More ›
Signs that the Chinese economy is sputtering mounted Friday, in the form of dismally feeble trade data that fanned expectations that Beijing would soon step up its efforts to buttress growth before a key leadership transition this autumn. China’s giant… Read More ›
Gu Kailai, the wife of one of China’s most ambitious leaders, plotted with allies, including the local police chief, to protect her son from what she saw as the blackmail demands of the British business associate she confessed in court… Read More ›
Authorities on Friday released a woman sent to a labour camp for campaigning for harsher sentences for the seven men convicted of abducting, raping and prostituting her 11-year-old daughter, with officials apparently bowing to public pressure in the highly emotional… Read More ›
Radio Television Hong Kong reports: “China’s @weiquanwang website says that Hunan rights activist Zhu Chengzhi was arrested by Shaoyang police for the crime of ‘inciting subversion of state power’ on July 25 and is now detained at Shaoyang Detention Center.”… Read More ›
I refer to the Daily Telegraph UK 2011 article Material girls that appeared on the Malaysian paper, The Star, August 26th. I was completely shocked and appalled by the said piece. Though, said article was disgusting and truly sad, nonetheless… Read More ›
China‘s most politically sensitive trial in three decades was held behind closed doors on Thursday as police dragged two protesters away from the courthouse where the wife of ousted Politburo member Bo Xilai is expected to be convicted of murder…. Read More ›
When Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visited Iceland in April, a framework agreement was signed between China and Iceland on Arctic Cooperation. As ice is melting in the Arctic Ocean, exploitation of the rich resources there will soon be much easier…. Read More ›
I am writing once again to highlight to the international community and to the family of nations China’s aggressive imperialist design, to point out its continuous and hilarious invocation of its so-called historical right over the islands, shoals and islets… Read More ›
Singtao Daily’s integrated report: “Three staff members of Baidu, the well-known Chinese search engine, were placed under criminal detention by Beijing police for deleting unfavourable posts (articles published on the Internet by web users) after taking payments. They were suspected… Read More ›
The Olympics is the Celebration of the Human Spirit, not merely the pursuit of the gold medal Conrado de Quiros in an article which appeared on May 11, 2011 at the Philippine Daily Inquirer said that: “To this day, my… Read More ›
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