China Notebook

China Notebook: 8-24-09

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:17:53 +0800

Mother and Song, Rough and Tough Village, Tibetan Hinterlands - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news:   *New York Times: Without explanation, China releases 3 activists   *Bloomberg: China’s 2 percent inflation estimate puzzles economists as prices fall  *Wall Street Journal: China invests in Latin America’s raw materials *Straits Times: Tensions natural in Tibet *Caijing: Former mayor sentenced to death with reprieve   *Brookings: China’s new think tanks  *New York Daily News: Chinese crime connection found for Aquaduct casino bidder (New Jersey)  *People’s Daily: Why India is pursuing military strength  *The Australian: Investments canned as tin crushed (and winner of headline of the day)  *Foreign Policy: Interview with Wei Jingsheng  *Wall Street Journal: Risks mount in China as stimulus pace wanes  *eTaiwanNews: Taiwan cannot accept Chinese strings on aid  *Sydney Morning Herald: Shock and ore (a close second)  *Reuters: China to keep policy loose as economy faces new woes  *Wall Street Journal: Beijing moves to end tradition of petitions *Caijing: China-Australia Relations: Warm, tepid, cool? *AFP: China arrests 15,000 drink drivers in a week *Reuters: China says climate talks stymied by political interests  From the blogs:   *AsiaBizBlog: Federal court enforces Chinese judgement against American company  *Paper Republic: Wolf Totem: The film adaptation

China Notebook: 8-22-09

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:11:31 +0800

Calligraphy Girl, Lanting Garden, Zhejiang - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news: *AFP: Obama to visit Beijing in November   *Associated Press: Taiwan begins 3-day mourning period after typhoon  *Reuters: How is Typhoon Morakot affecting Taiwan’s economy?  *Shanghai Daily: Mainland technicians fly to Taiwan to help install prefabricated houses *Taipei Times: Morakot’s first scalp was a true scapegoat  *Al Jazeera: Two held in China lead poison case  *Shanghai Daily: China sees rising risk of H1N1 this winter  *Associated Press: Police investigated in China gang bust *People’s Daily: No vacancies on horizon for 12 million job seekers in China  *New York Times: Tension increases as China and Australia grow closer  *Bloomberg: China Construction Bank profit beats forecast   *Reuters: Pakistan leader backs China over Xinjiang   *UN in China: WHO encourages China to provide H1N1 vaccine for developing nations  *Traffic: China’s fisheries must adapt to meet EU regulations   *Wellesley: Serve the People: Images of Daily Life in China During the Cultural Revolution  *On Earth Magazine: Renewing our dependence   From the blogs:  *China Sports Today: World’s largest recreational bicycle race to stop in Yunnan next month   *Time China Blog: Less carbon, more lead   *ChinaHush: Hello! Comrade! Gay China   *China Law Prof Blog: Documents in the Tan Zuoren case

China Notebook: 8-20-09

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:05:20 +0800

Ya 'Er Hutong, Beijing - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news: *The Guardian: Crusading Chinese police chief takes fight to Chongqing mafia   *AFP: Lead poisoning scare spreads to central China  *Reuters: Deaths, lung damage linked to nanoparticles in China  *BBC: Australia-China tie ‘challenging’  *Caijing: Reality check for prophets of protectionism   *Bloomberg: Taiwan officials quit amid criticism of typhoon effort  *Al Jazeera: China launches military website  *Wall Street Journal: U.S. commitments under Taiwan Relations Act should be fulfilled  *Globe and Mail: Hidden toll on China’s economic backbone  *Global Times: Chinese web post causes ire in India  *Shanghai Daily: Shanghai’s manufacturers face tough task  *Yachting World: First Chinese sails solo around the world  *Caijing: Audit of state bank loans to begin soon   From the blogs:   *ChinaNewsWrap: Three more Chinese companies implicated in U.S. bribery case  *Fifty 5: Dildo calligraphy   *Cleantech Group: China’s top utility breaks ground on Jiuquan wind farm  *China Digital Times: Wang Changjiang: The source of discontent in ordinary people toward cadres   *Zhongnanhai: Battling fake pills in China  *2Point6Billion: Calcutta and Shenzhen, two secondary stock markets *China Media Project: China and the ‘crisis’ of public opinion

China Notebook: 8-18-09

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:19:18 +0800

CHINT Electrical Switch Production, Zhejiang - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news:   *Xinhua: Angry villagers stage lead poisoning protest  *New York Times: Bowing to protests, China halts privatization of steel mill  *CBC: Beijing art show excludes earthquake pieces   *Yale Environment 360: The great paradox of China: Green energy and black skies  *Shanghai Daily: China to appeal WTO ruling on books, a/v products  *NPR: For Chinese seniors, love blooms in Beijing park  *New York Times: Patrick Radden Keefe’s ‘Snakehead’ - Wave of immigrants smuggled from China (books)  *Reuters: China stocks drop most in 9 months; HK shares join slide  *The Australian: Askar Grey Wolf: Songs from the old Silk Road   *East Asia Forum: One party, two coalitions in China’s politics  *Fox News: Giant Panda could be extinct in two or three generations *Financial Times: Ecuador-China $1 billion oil deal   From the blogs:  *Managing the Dragon: China takes a different road  *Huffington Post: Xu Zhiyong and what his detention means for rule of law in China  *Forgotten Archipelagoes: Reminder: Law on administrative coercive measures  *Time China Blog: Morakot in Taiwan and Sichuan quake donations  *China Law & Policy: Trash in China: A pollution problem that could choke the world *Black and White Cat: Rape and beatings in a Beijing ‘black jail’ hotel *China Digital Times: The tale of eight thousand Hunan maidens going up Tian mountain (part 2)

China Notebook: 8-16-09

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:22:45 +0800

Gracious Greeting - Forests of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news:   *Taipei Times: Truth to power  *Straits Times: Consumer credit firms allowed  *Associated Press: Hundreds of China steel workers trap official during 4-day protest of plant purchase  *China Daily: Chinese experts say emissions cuts won’t meet goals for climate change  *New York Times: Shanghai is sprucing up its image  *Shanghai Daily: Taiwan in new call for aid   *Forbes: Should you look for work in China?  *Hindustan Times: Chinese city cracks 14 gangs  *Asia News Net: Mixed reaction to WTO ruling on China  *BBC: China to improve access for media  *Bay Area Independent Media: China sentences eight Tibetans to varying prison terms in Tibet  *Xinhua: Efforts against construction industry corruption  *Investment Executive: Mission to China a success, says Canada’s Flaherty   *Bangkok Post: China-Asean fund proposed   *Newsweek: Want to learn Chinese? Stay home *The Standard: Police seize 50,000 guns in crackdown  From the blogs:   *Danwei: The Rio Tinto case in the Chinese media  *RGE Monitor: China rising, rent-seeking version  *Huffington Post: President Hu, tear down this firewall  *China Digital Times: Tweets of the week ... Tan Zuoren, Xu Zhiyong, and Green Dam

China Notebook: 8-13-09

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:43:32 +0800

Hazard - Migrant Worker, Beijing - From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news:   *New York Times: Taiwan president is target of anger after typhoon   *BBC: China scales back Green Dam screening plan  *China Post: More torrential rain forecast for Taiwan  *People’s Daily: China regrets WTO ruling on publications import *China Daily: DPRK nuke row: China urges diplomacy  *San Francisco Chronicle: Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet service   *MarketWatch: Slowing loan growth positive for China banks  *Epoch Times: Australia needs to stand up for Stern Hu  *Reporters Without Borders: A month without word of detained blogger Ilham Tohti   *Chatham House: Asian companies thirst for African oil  *Channel News Asia: China steel makers urged to stop future projects  *China Daily: Girl with the ‘fire plough’ *Xinhua: China deserves stronger voice at IMF: Canadian finance minister  *The National: China opens tourist floodgates to UAE  *China Human Rights Defenders: Chengdu police and court flaunt law in ‘truly disgraceful’ trial of Tan Zuoren  *China Daily: Big bad breasts not a good surprise for boyfriend  From the blogs:   *China Law Prof Blog: He Weifang vs. China’s legal establishment on the ‘Three Supremes’   *Go Kunming: India says no to Stilwell Road  *Seeking Alpha: China’s exports recovery - We don’t buy it  *China Digital Times: Chinese Tweets: ‘Send your feelings’ to Xu Zhiyong today!

China Notebook: 8-12-09

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:06:22 +0800

Kung Fu Girl, Dalian -From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com In the news: *The Telegraph: Rio Tinto four escape charge of stealing state secrets  *Reuters AlertNet: Hundreds still missing from Taiwan mudslide  *The National: China takes lead in green race  *RTHK: Mainland police rescue abducted children  *Straits Times: China warns of arms race  *Shanghai Daily: When red turbans were a familiar sight  *Financial Times: Europe needs to screen Chinese investment *EU-China CDM: Technology Transfer in CDM Projects in China (pdf report)  *New York Times: Recovery in Asia begins to gather steam  *Economic Observer: What’s behind the surge in Beijing’s property prices?  *China CSR: American company admits to bribery case in China  *China Human Rights Defenders: China human rights briefing, Aug 3-9  *Xinhua: Taiwan launches first newspaper specializing in mainland reporting *Global Post: The China syndrome   From the blogs:  *BusinessWeek Reporter’s Notebook: Returnee entrepreneurs in China, part 1  *Asia Health Care Blog: Traditional Chinese medicine and China’s health reform  *RGE Monitor: What should have been discussed at the S&ED Meetings, part 1  *Index on Censorship Blog: Founder of Chinese political party on trial *The New Republic Blog: Is China’s climate position softening? *Twitter/Ran Yunfei: Twitter coverage of Tan Zuoren’s trial in Chengdu today