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: July 9
Deaths, rescues at mines in Hunan province Rescuers on Sunday pulled to safety four of about a dozen miners trapped underground for more than three days in a flooded coal mine pit in central China, while seven workers in another mine were killed by an outburst of gas. Read more Anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam as [...]
Current Events in China: July 7
China reacts calmly to US after WTO auto complaint China on Friday urged the United States to ensure trade disputes did not harm overall economic ties, after Washington filed a WTO complaint over Chinese duties on imported American cars. Read more In U.S.-China Car Clash, Obama Should Drive Harder President Obama is right to blast [...]
China Current Events: June 26
Husband of Chinese woman forced to have abortion ‘disappears’ A father whose seven month-old unborn daughter was forcibly aborted by Chinese officials has gone into hiding after his family were branded as “national traitors” for speaking to the foreign media. Read more China has forced refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone Chinese authorities have forced [...]
China Current Events: June 22
Beijing strongly protests Hanoi’s claim over islands China said it summoned Vietnam’s ambassador Thursday and strongly protested a law adopted by the Vietnamese parliament that places the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands under Hanoi’s sovereignty. Read more Two Tibetans immolate themselves holding flags in Qinghai, west China Two young Tibetans, a herder and a migrant [...]
Current Events in China: June 21
China denies military drill with Russia, Syria, Iran China on Wednesday said there was no truth to an Iranian media report about a joint military drill involving China, Russia, Syria and Iran. Read more Russia jails two men for giving China nuke secrets Russia has jailed two university professors for passing top secret information on [...]
China Current Events: June 1
‘China detains hundreds in Tibet over self-immolation protests’ Hundreds of people have been detained in Lhasa after two men set themselves on fire in the Tibetan regional capital on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule, a US-based broadcaster reported. Read more Air Pollution Fuels Hospital Visits in Hong Kong Deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong [...]
China Current Events: May 29
China to become world’s largest consumer market in 2015: Commerce Minister China’s Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Monday that China is expected to become the world’s largest consumer market in 2015. Read more Two Tibetans set selves on fire outside temple in Lhasa Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is [...]
China Current Events: May 24
Human Rights Watch condemns mainland’s ‘X-Men’ para-police Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned a Chinese “para-police” force nicknamed “X-Men” by the local media, accusing it of rampant brutality and illegal detentions for even minor offences. Read more Technology Reaches Remote Tibetan Corners, Fanning Unrest The young Buddhist monk, his voice hushed and nervous, was discussing [...]
China Current Events: April 20
Two Tibetans ‘set themselves on fire in China’ Two more Tibetans have set themselves on fire in a restive southwestern region of China, a rights group said, the latest in a wave of such protests against Beijing’s rule. Read more Cities get a sinking feeling: report A diminishing water table, combined with a growing number [...]
China Current Events
- Australia to Boost Farm Exports 45% by 2025 to Help Feed China - Bloomberg May 25, 2013Australia to Boost Farm Exports 45% by 2025 to Help Feed ChinaBloombergAustralia will boost the value of agriculture and food-related exports 45 percent by 2025 to meet demand from China, the government said in a plan released today. “The rise of Asia is transforming the world,” Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said. “By ...and more » […]
- China Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear Talks - New York Times May 25, 2013CBS NewsChina Bluntly Tells North Korea to Enter Nuclear TalksNew York TimesPublished: May 24, 2013. BEIJING — The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, bluntly told a North Korean envoy on Friday that his country should return to diplomatic talks intended to rid it of its nuclear weapons, according to a state-run Chinese news agency.Report: China calls on North Korea […]
- China's Consumers Fight Back, Explore Options - Wall Street Journal May 24, 2013Wall Street JournalChina's Consumers Fight Back, Explore OptionsWall Street JournalChinese households are signaling impatience with government controls that cut against their interests. They have started to win important victories, not just finding ways around artificially low fare levels that reduce the number of taxis on Beijing's ...and more » […]
- Asia's Week: China Still on (Economic) Flu Watch - Forbes May 24, 2013Asia's Week: China Still on (Economic) Flu WatchForbesWhile Asia basked another week in generally favorable economic winds–minus that little 7% stock squall in Japan in Thursday, whatever that was about–there remained an undercurrent of worry about China. A contraction in factory work there in May, at ... […]
- China seals first free-trade deal with Switzerland - BBC News May 24, 2013The AtlanticChina seals first free-trade deal with SwitzerlandBBC NewsChina has signed the framework of a free-trade agreement with Switzerland, which could become Beijing's first such deal with a major Western economy. The signing ceremony took place during an official visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Switzerland.How Well Do China and India Know […]
- US audit regulator reaches deal with China on document access - Reuters May 24, 2013BloombergUS audit regulator reaches deal with China on document accessReutersIt applies only to enforcement cases against auditors, not against China-based companies suspected of accounting fraud. And it does not allow U.S. regulators to do on-the-ground inspections of auditors in China - a key part of efforts to combat fraud.Expending some goodwillThe Econo […]
- China Considers Luxury Tax - Forbes May 24, 2013The AtlanticChina Considers Luxury TaxForbesThe Chinese government might make Prada Prada shoes and Ferraris more expensive, but that's unlikely to stop spendthrifts from buying them. Luxury products have become an important niche in the booming China consumer story. And as part of the ...Urbanization Is Making China Wealthy— But Is It Sustainable?The A […]
- China Sentiment Indicator Flops - Forbes May 24, 2013BloombergChina Sentiment Indicator FlopsForbesChina continues to disappoint. Following HSBC Flash PMI going below 50, and below consensus, on Friday one of the big business surveys on China says sentiment in the C-suite is souring. The MNI China flash business sentiment indicator fell to 57.1 in ...China factory activity contracts in MayCNNMoneyChina factory […]
- The US-China Showdown Over Cyber Attacks Heats Up - Businessweek May 24, 2013New York TimesThe US-China Showdown Over Cyber Attacks Heats UpBusinessweekCyber espionage has become an even more fractious issue following the May 6 release of a Pentagon report to Congress that for the first time officially links the Chinese government to widespread hacking directed at the U.S. “China is using its computer ...Hackers Find China Is Land of […]
- North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi - Los Angeles Times May 24, 2013North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's XiLos Angeles TimesThe meeting is likely to disappoint the White House. Xi is scheduled to meet with President Obama next month in California, and there had been hopes that China and the United States could jointly come up with a more decisive strategy to rein in North ... […]