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Just noticed this on Xu Zhiyong’s blog:
Quick translation:
On Aug. 21, 2010, in the afternoon, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau decided to dismiss the case of suspected tax evasion against Gongmeng Company [i.e., Xu's organization, known in English as the Open Constitution Initiative] on [...]
Why Xinhua, China’s state news agency, could be the future of journalism.
by Isaac Stone Fish and Tony Dokoupil, newsweek.com
It had all the trappings of a globally significant confab: big-deal appearances (by Google, BBC), a weighty theme (“the digital age”), and speechifying by international pooh-bahs. Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp., even delivered a peppery [...]
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation (http://www.thenation.com)
Sitting at a sidewalk coffee shop a block from the White House, Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, is reflecting on a series of visits he’s made since 2002 to China, where he has discussed organizing and collective bargaining with leaders of the All-China Federation of Trade [...]
By Kent Ewing, Asia Times Online
HONG KONG - When seven-foot, six-inch Yao Ming dunks a basketball, does the world smile on China? When pianist Lang Lang, the Chinese Liberace, sparkles in concert, does China’s political star glow a little brighter in the firmament of nations? And when Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, the richest person [...]
By Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
There’s little doubt China has a real estate bubble. The only question now is when taxpayers will have to foot the bill for it.
Everyone knows that financial or housing bubbles are bad for any society’s economic health. Yet such bubbles brew all the time and spare no societies, regardless of whether [...]
By David Bandurski | Posted on 2010-08-16
China’s Best Actor: Wen Jiabao, a new book by Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie (余杰) that hits bookshelves in Hong Kong today but will not (for the obvious reasons) be available in mainland China, has drawn a great deal of interest from international media.
The book has raised speculation [...]