http://www.objectif-chine.com Gestion des besoins d'Information pour la Chine et cartographie de l'information Sat, 10 May 2008 02:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 fr Share This Share This http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/photo-school-children-gather-for-morning-assembly-in-shanghai/ Here is an assessment of the Tibet situation by Zhang Boshu (张博树) of the CASS Philosophy Institute in Beijing, translated for CDT by a reader who wishes to remain anonymous: Share This http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/zhang-boshu-the-way-to-resolve-the-tibet-issue/ Jayshree Bajoria interviewed Mitt Romney on the Council for Foreign Relations website: While China wanted to use the 2008 Beijing Olympics as its coming-out party, so far the event has been used by activists to protest China’s poor record over issues ranging from human rights to the environment. Republican Mitt Romney, ... http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/romney-says-olympic-sponsors-are-concerned-about-their-brand-images/ Howard W. French writes on the International Herald Tribune: In a meeting with the Japanese foreign minister, Masahiko Komakura, Yang countered with a warning over Tibet. "If you say anything further on this matter, it will consist of an infringement on our domestic affairs," The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. To this, ... http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/japans-criticism-on-chinas-tibet-crackdown-hits-close-to-home/ Monks are continuing to display images of the Dalai Lama after Chinese authorities remove them, reports an RFA journalist who went under cover with a video camera in April to visit the Kardze monasteries. From Radio Free Asia: Video shot secretly in the Kardze [in Chinese, Ganzi] Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture shows ... http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/video-tibetan-sichuan-undercover/ Tom Scocca writes in the Plenty Magazine: At this summer’s Beijing Olympics, China puts a 50-year experiment to the test: Officials are betting weather modification can keep the sun shining on the Games. Despite shaky science, the government is confident (not for the first time) that man can best nature. Whatever ... http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/the-peoples-weather/ The BBC introduces a program airing this weekend called Wild China, which introduces the country's diverse natural landscape and the threats it faces:Share This http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/wild-times-in-changing-china/ Writer Zhou Yuanzhi was arrested last Saturday, and this Monday, Chang Ping (whose real name is Zhang Ping), deputy editor-in-chief of Southern Metropolis Weekly was removed from his post. From The Wall Street Journal:Share This http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/chinese-writers-arrest-increases-scrutiny-of-rights/ Sightings of the controversial Chinese ship transporting weapons bound for Zimbabwe, which last month was reportedly heading home, have been reported all over Africa. First, Radio Africa (via China Rises) reported that the An Yue Jiang's cargo had finally made it to Zimbabwe after all:Share This http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/05/where-in-the-world-is-the-ship-of-shame/ The Shanghai Stock Exchange banned trading by a Sinopec Shanghai Oil Products Co, a subsidiary of energy giant Sinopec, for three months after the unit violated a recent share-sale rule, the Wall Street Journal reported. The exchange imposed the lock-up after Sinopec Shanghai Oil Products' retail arm sold 1.6% of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChinaEconomicReview/~3/286546771/Sinopec_unit_hit_with_three-month_trading_ban.html