Current Events in China: August 11
Chinese police ‘admit’ Gu Kailai cover-up: official Four Chinese police officers on Friday admitted in court to covering up the killing of a British businessman to protect the wife of a senior politician charged with his murder, an official said. Read more China export growth slows to 1% China’s trade and domestic demand have weakened [...]
Current Events in China: August 8
200,000 evacuated as typhoon nears Shanghai China evacuated 200,000 people from Shanghai as the third typhoon in a week bore down on the east coast, state media said Tuesday, warning it could be the most powerful storm to hit since 2005. Read more Tibetan woman self-immolates in China: Group A 26-year-old woman immolated herself Tuesday [...]
China Current Events: Aug 3
China ropes off Scarborough Shoal To cut or not to cut? Chinese fishing vessels left Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) but they roped off the mouth of its lagoon to prevent other fishermen from getting in, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Thursday. Read more China Non-Manufacturing Index Fell [...]
Current Events in China: August 2
China official PMI shows factory sector barely growing China’s official factory purchasing managers’ index fell to an eight-month low of 50.1 in July, suggesting the sector is barely growing, while a rival HSBC survey indicated the more market-sensitive private sector is starting to recover. Read more China big city spenders confound global gloom: survey Consumer [...]
Current Events in China: July 28
Chinese man rides rickshaw to London for games It’s a tale of Olympian proportions: A man, a rickshaw, and a slow journey from a Chinese village to London through 16 countries. Read more China steps up stimulus spending at local level China is stepping up stimulus spending at the local level seeking to counter its [...]
China Current Events: July 25
Slowing economy sharply weakens China’s tax revenue growth The Chinese government collected much less tax in the first half of this year as the economy expanded at its slowest pace since the depth of the global financial crisis, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Tuesday. Read more China announces South [...]
Current Events in China: July 23
Ten die as record rainfall pounds Beijing The heaviest rain to hit Beijing in over 60 years left at least 10 people dead and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, state media said Sunday. Read more Island row escalates as China plans to set up military garrison China announced Sunday it will establish a military [...]
China Current Events: July 18
China’s GDP Hit Tells Story of Hubris Run Amok The lesson from recent economic data and policy moves in Asia (MXAP) is this: Hubris still has its costs. In recent years, Asia believed its own press a little too much. The way it steered around the financial crisis of 2008, the dizzying stock gains, the [...]
Current Events in China: July 14
China Data From Home to Investment Show Hope for Growth China’s weakest expansion in three years masked a surge in home sales and a jump in investment that show lower interest rates and banks’ reserve requirements may be starting to stabilize growth in the second-largest economy. Read more U.S. indicts Iranian, Chinese for nuclear export [...]
Current Events in China: July 12
Over 220,000 people evacuated as flood hits SW China county again More than 220,000 people in southwest China’s Sichuan Province have been evacuated from low-lying areas following a flood that struck the disaster-prone region on Wednesday, local authorities said. Read more China Slowdown Seen Forcing Wen’s Hand on Property Curbs China’s weakest growth in three [...]
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- China's Cadmium Problem May Be Boost for Rice Exporters - Wall Street Journal May 22, 2013CBS NewsChina's Cadmium Problem May Be Boost for Rice ExportersWall Street JournalThe Chinese government reported last weekend that nearly half the samples of rice taken in a survey of markets in Guangzhou bore cadmium above permissible levels. The contaminated rice was mainly from nearby Hunan, China's largest rice-producing ...Rice Tainted With C […]
- Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China - CBC.ca May 22, 2013CBC.caAi Weiwei uses music to mock state power in ChinaCBC.caFeaturing Mandarin lyrics, the video accompanying the visual artist's single Dumbass — released Wednesday but blocked online in mainland China — is meant to reconstruct his 81-day detention in 2011, which was part of an overall crackdown on dissent.China's Ai Weiwei launches musical caree […]
- China boosts US investment to all-time high; seeks more - NBCNews.com May 22, 2013China boosts US investment to all-time high; seeks moreNBCNews.comVideo: CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports on a Chinese company that plans to manufacture products in the United States and then sell them to Chinese consumers. And, Thilo Hanemann, Rhodium Group, discusses how the Chinese are making more ...Chinese Vitamin Firm Exports From US to Chin […]
- How the Great Firewall of China Shapes Chinese Surfing Habits - MIT Technology Review May 22, 2013How the Great Firewall of China Shapes Chinese Surfing HabitsMIT Technology ReviewHer remarks were widely interpreted as a criticism of Chinese censorship of the Internet, which prevents people in mainland China from accessing many sites abroad, such as Wikipedia, Facebook, YouTube, and many news sites. It also censors internal ... […]
- China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion - Fox News May 22, 2013CTV NewsChina's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billionFox NewsThe new bird flu virus is known to have infected 130 people in mainland China since emerging in March, including 36 who died, but no cases have been detected since early May, Health Minister Li Bin told a meeting of the World Health Organization.WHO: H7N9 bird flu in China appears under controlC […]
- North Korea sends special envoy to patch up relations with China - The Guardian May 22, 2013The GuardianNorth Korea sends special envoy to patch up relations with ChinaThe GuardianChina provides North Korea with the vast majority of its fuel and trade – reportedly accounting for almost nine-tenths of its imports and exports in 2011 – and its support has become even more important as Pyongyang's relations with Seoul have ... […]
- China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis - Reuters May 22, 2013Voice of AmericaChina's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisisReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a ...China's Premier Promise […]
- North Korean Leader Sends Envoy to China - New York Times May 22, 2013Christian Science MonitorNorth Korean Leader Sends Envoy to ChinaNew York TimesSEOUL, South Korea — The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, sent his first special envoy to China on Wednesday, amid signs that Mr. Kim's government was trying to mend strained ties with Beijing and was also seeking breaches in the tightening ring of ...North Korea sends […]
- North Korea Sends Leader's Special Envoy to China - ABC News May 22, 2013ABC NewsNorth Korea Sends Leader's Special Envoy to ChinaABC NewsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with ... […]
- Andy Warhol pops up in China ... again - CNN International May 22, 2013Andy Warhol pops up in China ... againCNN InternationalTwenty-six years after his death, Warhol, whose much-lauded prescience extended across visual and consumer culture, has popped up in China once again -- and he was right about the fast-food chain. "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal," the first major ...and more » […]