Seminaire “La Chine face aux choix d’adaption”

February 8, 2008

24 January 2008
14:00to17:00

Trois mois après le XVIIème Congrès du Parti communiste : la Chine face aux choix d’adaptation

Conférence IFRI “L’expansion des investissements directs chinois en Europe”

February 8, 2008

30 January 2008
9:30to11:30

L’expansion des investissements directs chinois en Europe

30/01/2008 9:30-11:30, Ifri

Slideshow: China Hit by the Heaviest Snow Storm in 50 Years

January 31, 2008

The snowstorm which started in the middle of this month hit mainly southern China and caused an estimated USD 4 billion in direct economic losses, according to the National Ministry of Civil Affairs. Enormous pressures stemmed from the transportation, energy (electricity), and water supply shortage across the ...

No Room for Refugees

January 31, 2008

A small community of Ahmadiyya Muslims make their homes in China after fleeing religious persecution in their native Pakistan--but now, according to Radio Netherlands Worldwide, China wants them out. China may have signed up to international refugee agreements, but it still sticks to its own rule: China is not to ...

Murdoch Apologized to China, New Book Claims

January 31, 2008

Media baron Rupert Murdoch apologized to Jiang Zemin and Li Peng in a 1997 letter, years after claiming that communications technologies were a threat to totalitarian regimes, according to a forthcoming book by a former News Corp vice-president responsible for China. According to the Financial Times: Mr Murdoch infuriated ...

Singapore, China Hold First Meeting on Sino-Singapore Eco-city Project

January 31, 2008

Talks are underway between Chinese and Singaporean officials on the planned green city to be constructed in Tianjin. Groundbreaking is planned for July. According to Channel NewsAsia: Read more

China Olympics Sued For Copyright Abuse

January 31, 2008

From Financial Times: Organisers of the Beijing Olympics have been hit by a lawsuit from a city resident who claims they violated his intellectual property rights by failing to give him credit for the event’s official ­slogan, “One World, One Dream”. Read more

“Backwardness Always Loses”

January 31, 2008

Overseas Chinese political commentator Liang Jing wrote following essay, translated by David Kelly: Last week, the US once again became ground zero for turmoil on global stock markets. It was triggered by much worse than originally estimated financial crisis due to the revealed risk of housing mortgage getting out of hand, ...

‘You Buy Our Cheap Goods. Don’t Blame Us’

January 31, 2008

In The Guardian, Jonathan Watts asks Beijingers-on-the-street what role environmental protection plays in their daily lives. A magazine editor tells him: Read more

BHP Signs Iron Ore Supply Deal With China’s Baosteel

January 31, 2008

Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. will increase its iron ore shipments to China's Baosteel Group Corp. by 94 million metric tons in the next decade, according to Bloomberg. China's iron imports--necessary for steel production--are expected to double in the next six years according to rival mining corporation Rio Tinto. China ...

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