A Home on the Internet Shelters Beijing’s Homeless (Updated)

Commercial urban development in Beijing and the attendant demolition of old residential areas has produced huge numbers of homeless in China’s capital, many of them migrant workers from the countryside stranded by the faltering economy.   One Beijing blogger – Laohu Miao (Tiger Temple) to his fellow netizens, Journalist Zhang to …

Photo: Chai

A building slated for destruction is marked with the word 拆 or « chai, » via stephfer.

Xinhua’s Revision Notice on Xi Jinping’s Speech

From the Hong Kong-based Ming Pao, via the New Century News, translated by CDT:

On March 1st, the official Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who also serves as president of the Central School of the Chinese Communist Party, made a speech emphasizing that cadres must improve …

Lawyer Liu Must Not Leave – A Letter from the Homeless of Tiananmen

The Beijing-based Yitong law firm has been ordered to closed down for six months, because civil rights lawyer and noted blogger, Liu Xiaoyuan (刘晓原), had petitioned for direct elections of leaders in the Beijing Lawyers Association.

Another Beijing-based blogger, Laohumiao [aka Zhang Shihe] has worked in the past with …

Economy to Dominate Annual Chinese Gathering (Updated)

The New York Times has more from the annual NPC session now ongoing in Beijing:

In the nine-day session of the National People’s Congress, about the only suspense involves whether the government will propose to add still more stimulus spending to the $584 billion that China’s leaders already have pledged to …

China Announces Double-Digit Military Spending Boost

Tania Branigan from The Guardian reports that military spending will increase by 14.9% this year.

The spokesman for the National People’s Congress – China’s rubber-stamp parliament, which begins its annual session tomorrow – told reporters it was a « modest » increase which would increase capabilities and improve conditions for the 2.3 million …

In Crisis, China Vows Openness

In a report for the Washington Times, Ariana Eunjung Cha asks if gestures such as Wen Jiabao’s recent online chat are reflective of increased governmental openness.

China’s economic growth is slowing at an alarming pace and it is facing anti-government protests in some of its largest cities. Wen’s online comments reflect …

In China, Despair Mounting Among Migrant Workers

Ariana Eunjung Cha reports on unemployment and the challenges that lie ahead for Chinese government officials. From the Washington Post:

Six months into what economists and labor experts say is China’s worst job crisis since it began market reforms 30 years ago, many among the most vulnerable — an estimated 20 …

Brahma Chellaney: China Fuels Sri Lankan War

From the Japan Times:

Sri Lanka, the once self-trumpeted « island of paradise, » turned into the island of bloodshed more than a quarter-century ago. But even by its long, gory record, the bloodletting since last year is unprecedented. The United Nations estimates that some 1,200 noncombatants are getting killed each month in …

Economy to Dominate Annual Chinese Gathering

The New York Times has more from the annual NPC session now ongoing in Beijing:

In the nine-day session of the National People’s Congress, about the only suspense involves whether the government will propose to add still more stimulus spending to the $584 billion that China’s leaders already have pledged to …

A Home on the Internet Shelters Beijing’s Homeless

Commercial urban development in Beijing and the attendant demolition of old residential areas has produced huge numbers of homeless in China’s capital, many of them migrant workers from the countryside stranded by the faltering economy.   One Beijing blogger – Laohu Miao (Tiger Temple) to his fellow netizens, Journalist Zhang to …

Photo: Workers break for lunch, by fab to pix

Workers break for lunch, by fab to pix

For China, a Costly Lesson in Engaging its Netizens

From Singapore’s The Straits Times, via themalaysianinsider.com:

The Yunnan official who turned the national media spotlight onto the case with his unprecedented decision to involve bloggers, however, has kept a low profile since the real cause of Li’s death came to light.

When asked what was behind his move, Wu Hao, 39, …

China Urges Bosses to Help with Labor Stability (Updated)

The annual session of the National People’s Congress opened today in Beijing with unemployment and rising unrest at the top of the government’s agenda. From Reuters:

« We encourage people from the non-public sector … to shoulder their share of social responsibilities and work hard to ensure that no employees in their …

Documentary: Explore China

Explore.org made a documentary film on China two years ago to explore the issues of environment, human rights, public health, social changes, philosophy and education, via Link TV. Below is its introduction:

With a population of 1.4 billion, the People’s Republic of China is vitally important to the planet. China’s rapid …

Fighting For Victims Of Tiananmen

From Toronto Star:

His portrait hangs on the living room wall, where he is forever smiling, sturdy – and 17.

His ashes are kept in a wooden cabinet just below.

On it, his father has inscribed: « In these short 17 years, you lived like a real man. Your humanitarian nobility and integrity …

Labour-related Lawsuits Nearly Double In China: State Media

From AFP:

The number of labour-related law suits nearly doubled in China last year as layoffs spiked due to the global economic crisis, while a new employment law also kept the courts busy, state media reported Tuesday.

The number of lawsuits triggered by labour disputes across the country surged by 95 percent …

Macau Law A ‘Bad Example’ For HK

From BBC News:

A new state security law has taken effect in Macau to punish crimes of treason, secession or subversion against the Chinese government.

It also punishes what it calls « preparatory acts » of these crimes, and the theft of state secrets.

Rights watchdogs have criticised the ambiguous, catch-all language …

China Says Tibetan “Protest” Was Celebration

Following reports that monks in a Tibetan area of Sichuan staged a protest over the weekend, authorities are now saying the participants were in fact celebrating a new administrator at their monastery. From Reuters:

Shi Jun, Communist Party boss in an ethnically Tibetan part of western Sichuan province, said there is …

The New Conclusion In The “Elude The Cat” Incident

ESWN has translated a Southern Metropolis Daily report on the results of the investigation into the :eluding the cat » case:

At the press conference yesterday afternoon, the Yunnan provincial public security bureau and the Kunming city procuratorate stated: The detainee Li Qiaoming in the Jinning county detention centre had been beaten …

Communist Party Elders Criticize China’s Stimulus Plan

In the New York Times, Jonathan Ansfield reports on calls for more transparency in the implementation of the government’s economic stimulus package:

A cluster of liberal Communist Party elders recently wrote to President Hu Jintao and the rest of the party leadership, seizing on the economic troubles and the need for …

Will China’s New Food Safety Laws Work?

Time Magazine reports on China’s new food safety laws:

The new regulations, which were approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, will raise safety standards, increase punishments and implement a system of risk evaluation that includes monitoring 500,000 companies, the state-run Xinhua news service reported on Feb. 28. …

In Switch, China Courts Accept Tainted Milk Suits

China’s Supreme Court has decided to accept the cases filed by families who children were killed or harmed in the tainted milk scandal. From AP:

The move signals a change in the way Beijing is handling fallout from the scandal, which killed at least six babies and sickened nearly 300,000 with …

China Urges Bosses to Help with Labor Stability

The annual session of the National People’s Congress opened today in Beijing with unemployment and rising unrest at the top of the government’s agenda. From Reuters:

« We encourage people from the non-public sector … to shoulder their share of social responsibilities and work hard to ensure that no employees in their …

Persian Xiaozhao: My First “Tea” Experience (Part V) (With Comments)

Blogger Persian Xiaozhao wrote the following post after she was « invited to tea » by state security agents in Shanghai on Feb. 5, 2009 and questioned about her signing of Charter 08 and her interview with the Washington Post. The following excerpt has been translated by CDT’s Linjun Fan; this …

Page suivante »