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 | (BEIJING) China defended its controls on exports of rare earth after Japanese officials raised concerns about supplies of the raw materials used in the manufacture of products from cell phones to radar. (Business Times, 2010-08-29 22:30:00) |
Since May, a number of factories in China have been hit by strikes and other forms of labor disputes, and an end seems to be nowhere in sight. Most of the plants targeted by the strikers are subsidiaries of overseas corporations. Especially hard hit have been the subsidiaries of Japanese companies, including two automakers — Toyota and Honda. Law enforcement authorities are no longer suppressing the strikers as they did in the past at the request of management. Instead, they are taking a... (Japan Times, 2010-08-29 22:18:00) | |
 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may have left Harbin, northeastern China, on his special train sometime between Sunday night and early Monday for border cities such as Yanji or Tumen, apparently on his way home, informed sources said. Traffic restrictions on a major road near Harbin Station were lifted Sunday night, one source said. Another source said Kim will cross the border to North Korea by Monday noon. (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 21:10:07) |
 | Thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered in the city's Victoria Park Sunday to take part in an afternoon rally and march to honor the eight victims killed in a bus hostage crisis last week while vacationing in Manila. (Wall Street Journal, 2010-08-29 20:23:21) |
 | Tens of thousands of people marched in honor of eight people killed in a bus hijacking, accusing the Philippine government of botching the rescue operation. (New York Times, 2010-08-29 19:40:51) |
 | Tens of thousands of people marched in honor of eight people killed in a bus hijacking, accusing the Philippine government of botching the rescue operation. (International Herald Tribune, 2010-08-29 19:31:35) |
 | About 80,000 people take to Hong Kong streets in honour of eight people killed in Manila bus hijacking An estimated 80,000 Hong Kongers marched today in honour of eight people killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, attacking the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice for the dead. Former police officer Rolando Mendoza commandeered a Philippine tourist bus last week, hoping to reverse his recent dismissal from the force, on what he said were bogus robbery... (Guardian Unlimited, 2010-08-29 19:20:03) |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is expected to leave Harbin, northeastern China, on his special train early Monday for border cities such as Yanji or Tumen, apparently on his way home, informed sources said late Sunday. Some major roads around Harbin Station were blocked Sunday night. In Yanji and Tumen in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province near the border with North Korea, police began tightening security along railways, and some hotels asked guests to check out early... (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 19:10:05) |
 | A wounded soldier lies motionless on the ground awaiting rescue, his head swathed in blood-stained bandages, while all around him the air is filled with a great hue and cry. (telegraph.co.uk, 2010-08-29 19:00:05) |
 | Premier Wen Jiabao told a visiting Japanese delegation Sunday that Japanese companies operating in China should address workers' unhappiness over low wages that he says… (Japan Today, 2010-08-29 17:15:00) |
| About 80,000 people marched Sunday to demand for justice in the killing of eight Hong Kong citizens in last week's deadly Manila bus hijacking, according to organizers. Dressed in black, the protesters marched in silence while holding banners calling for a thorough investigation of the incident and offering condolences to the victims. (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 17:10:06) |
 | AT least 12 people had been injured and more than 300 houses damaged in an earthquake that jolted Ningnan county, southwestern Sichuan Province, and neighboring Qiaojia county of Yunnan Province, local authorities... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 16:51:14) |
 | A guide book had been published to help Chinese officials fully grasp a speech by Chinese President Hu Jintao that lists the key tasks to reform China's cultural sector, said the book's publisher Sunday.
The book, titled "Further Push Forward the Reform of the Cultural System to Boost the Great Development and Prosperity of Socialist Culture" was recently published by the official People's Publishing House.
With a total of seven chapters, the book explains and interprets Hu's speech... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 15:59:52) |
| Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met with his Thai counterpart Prawit Wongsuwan in Beijing on Sunday, during which both sides agreed to boost military exchanges.
Hailing sound military-to-military cooperation, Liang said China stood ready to promote bilateral military ties and strategic cooperation generally.
China appreciated the Thai government's long-term understanding and support on issues concerning China's core interests, Liang told Prawit.
Liang said as friendly... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 15:48:42) |
| Trade and economic ties between China and Japan had endured the global financial crisis and were back on positive track, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.
China's imports from Japan and investment in the neighboring country were growing, Wen told a group of Japanese ministers who were here for a high-level economic dialogue.
New growth areas may also emerge in the cyclic and green economy, energy-saving and environmental-friendly sectors, Wen told the Japanese delegation headed... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 15:47:59) |
 | I cannot believe it. In three days, Yifan will officially start his kindergarten life. This will be a great milestone for him. The kindergarten starts from Sept 1, 2010 - the official school date for almost all schools, and kindergartens in China. I attended the first parents' meeting yesterday. Don't get confused with Yifan's current kindergarten. Yifan was in another kindergarten for two months: Yifan Started His Kindergarten Life Yifan's Second Day in Kindergarten That was... (Wangjianshuo's Blog, 2010-08-29 15:32:35) |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained in China on Sunday instead of heading home by train as earlier anticipated, and visited the northeastern city of Harbin, according to informed sources. Kim's special train, which brought him to China early Thursday, left Changchun, capital of Jilin Province, on Saturday evening in what was believed to be a departure for North Korea. (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 15:10:06) |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained in northeast China on Sunday instead of heading home by train as earlier anticipated, and visited the city of Harbin, according to informed sources. Kim's special train, which brought him to China early Thursday, left Changchun, capital of Jilin Province which neighbors North Korea, on Saturday evening in what was then believed to be his departure for home. (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 15:10:06) |
| Tokyo's Ryota Norimatsu celebrates after scoring a run against Kaohsiung, Taiwan, during the first inning of the Little League World Series international final baseball game… (Japan Today, 2010-08-29 14:40:00) |
| Tibet's Insurance Regulatory Commission was inaugurated in Lhasa Saturday amid rapid development of the insurance industry in the southwestern Chinese plateau region.
The commission, as the Tibetan arm of China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), would play an important role in maintaining financial stability and promoting economic growth in Tibet, said Wei Yingning, vice chairman of CIRC.
Wei was in Lhasa for the inauguration.
The new body will map out plans for the insurance... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 14:37:08) |
| Growth and investments were key topics of discussion during a seminar held to promote China-Africa trade and economic cooperation.
Over 100 experts, scholars, businesspersons and officials from France, China and Africa on Friday attended the seminar with the theme of "Africa's view on China."
The participants discussed ways to boost trade and economic ties between China, the world's largest developing country, and the African continent.
Leonce Nikumana, director of the African... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 14:32:19) |
 | Thousands of demonstrators voice their anger over Philippine government's handling of siege Monday that took the lives of eight locals (Voice of America, 2010-08-29 14:28:38) |
 | Tens of thousands of people are marching through Hong Kong to show their anger at the handling of a hostage siege in the Philippines in which eight Hong Kong tourists were shot dead. (ABC News, 2010-08-29 14:18:00) |
 | Thousands rally in Hong Kong to express their anger at the Philippines' handling of a coach hijacking in which eight Hong Kong tourists died. (BBC NEWS, 2010-08-29 12:14:17) |
| The Beihai Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will conduct a live-ammunition drill in the Yellow Sea from Sept. 1 to 4, China's Ministry of National Defense announced Sunday.
The exercises will be held in the fleet's routine training sea area off the southeast coast of Qingdao city, where the Fleet is headquartered, said the ministry in a statement.
This is an annual routine training, mainly involving the shooting of shipboard artillery, said the statement.
... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 11:16:49) |
| The new Beijing subway Fangshan Line began test operations Saturday and will open to traffic by the end of this year, adding another line to Beijing's sprawling subway network.
The 25-kilometer light rail line will link Beijing's central districts with Fangshan District, its southwestern suburb, according to the Beijing Subway Construction and Administration Corporation.
The newly built line is expected to help ease ground traffic and traffic jams in the Chinese capital.
Two parking... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:47:39) |
| China will complete building 5,000 kilometers of high-speed railways in the mainland's southern region by 2012 to accelerate its economic integration with the business vibrant Hong Kong and Macao, a senior industry official said Saturday.
The rail tracks, to be laid in the sprawling pan-Pearl Delta region which includes eight provinces and an ethnic autonomous region of the mainland, will account for nearly 40 percent of the country' total in the coming three years.
Another 5,000... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:47:19) |
| The sixth research and study program for overseas Chinese-language media opened on Saturday.
Officials and representatives of 40 overseas Chinese-language media organizations from 23 countries, such as the London Global Times in Britain, the Nouvelles d'europe in France and United Daily News in Thailand, attended the program.
The program is jointly held by the State Council's Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the Renmin University of China.
The theme for this year's program is the... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:44:12) |
| Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun called for the acceleration of reform and innovation in China's cultural system on Saturday.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, made the remarks at a working conference on the cultural reform.
Li urged that the building of the country's public cultural service system be promoted and to speed the development of the cultural industry.
Efforts should be made to build a vibrant,... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:36:11) |
| &$&$File picture shows the restored appearance of the ceratopsid dinosaur whose fossil was found in Zhucheng, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)
Chinese scientists have identified a new genus of dinosaur in a mountainous city of the eastern Shandong Province, a type of ceratops never found before, experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Saturday.
... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:28:11) |
Think Again: Asia\'s Rise (FOREIGN POLICY) Don\'t believe the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. It will be many decades before China, India, and the rest of the region take over the world, if they ever do.
Is China Really an \'East Asian success story\'? (Policy ) State-controlled investment in China provides poor financial returns, explains John Lee
Chinese chukkas (BBC NEWS) How polo enthrals Shanghai's moneyed class
Business › Many Chinese seek Japanese celebrity names as trademarks for business (Japan Today) The names of Japanese celebrities, such as pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, have been registered as trademarks in China by businesspeople trying to take advantage of…
China's Dictators at Work: The Secret Story (The New York Review of Books) “If the Mafia boss thinks you might betray him, he will just kill you or throw you into prison.” That is not how the government of China should behave...
We're Not Selfish, They Are (Daai Tou Laam Diary) We're willing to pour billions and billions of our and their dollars in overruns to build transit links to ensure our commutes from pricey south island is fast and efficient. We've even cut the taxi fares for our weekend trips out to Sai Kung to eat seafood or travel home to Sai Kung/Clearwater Bay after those late nights in Lan Kwai Fong/Wan Chai. We've raised their transit fees twice in the last three years and dragged our feet since the last Central reclamation on spending...
Desertification worsening in Tibet: Report (Phayul) Desertification is worsening in Tibet, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. According to the report, authorities in Tibet aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and
Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable to Intrusion (New York Times) The program would let outsiders monitor a computer’s Internet activity, steal personal data or plant viruses, according to those who have examined it.
The Day China's Heart Froze (newmatilda.com) Twenty years ago today, thousands were being killed in the streets around Tiananmen Square. Dan Edwards in Beijing speaks to survivors about a wound that hasn't healed
Founding fathers (BBC NEWS) The French town with an unlikely Chinese past
China: A Threat to or Threatened by Democracy? (Dissent Magazine) How can one know whether China will or will not democratize? In general, as Karl Popper showed in The Poverty of Historicism, political futures in even the middle distance are unknowable because of the inherently uncertain and contingent dynamics of politics. Therefore, an analyst should focus on the multiple factors that make different futures more or less likely.
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