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The Chinese community in Canada is well known for its in-fighting and slagging of one another. Read about a Chinese Cdn wannabe politician crying like a baby & calling the PM a RACIST...because the immigrant schmuck got supplanted by an appointee...& m
During 2007, China changed a lot. There were new regulations, a strengthening RMB, consumers starting voicing their opinion, the Hu Wen Administration implemented numerous new LARGE regulations that affected everyone doing business in China… and I am pulling them together to see what is next.
Jonathan Pomfret argues: "For better or worse, it's safe to say that we're at the doorstep of a new era of China bashing in the West. The post-Tiananmen Square crackdown honeymoon where the zeitgeist was 'we can all get rich together' is over. It's been replaced by China = bad guy."
A recent TV series called 'The Rise of Great Nations' has caused a lot of debate over what China wants. After watching the series, the Sun Bin blog believes China wants to democratise.
The nine-member Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) is generally considered the pinnacle of power in the PRC. (One could argue, however, that the Central Military Commission, which controls the PLA, is nearly as important). So who are the current members of the Politburo Standing Committee?
The amusing history of the short-lived reign of a British pickle magnate who became king of Xinjiang in 1934. This is 100% true!
Nick Young shares the story of how his non-profit newsletter, China Development Brief, permanently ended his ability to enter China - after 12 years of living here and showing great respect and well-rounded attitude towards the country. Obviously it was time to kick him out.
Basketball fan Dan Harris compares the career of Yao Ming with the so-called rise of China. Harris believes Yao lacks desire and will never become a NBA great. Based on this, he cautions people who are rushing to proclaim China a great power.
A translation of a Global Times article regarding the apparent decline of China "demonization" in Western media. As China and the West's relationship tightens, the focus of the Western news' attention is also beginning to shift. Is naivity being replaced by conformity?
Essentially a 4 pegged stool, the above are what I call the pillars of stability. If one of the pillars is lost for a single person or a family member, then the risk of unrest increases.
On April 9, 2008 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, two high-profile student 'protests' for and against Tibetan independence took place. Grace Wang (Wang Qianyuan 王千源), a 21 year old girl from Qingdao, Shandong, joined in the protest on the campus. Wang is a student at Duke
Taiwanese bronze medal winner Liu You-chen displays Republic of China flag during award ceremony after winning bronze medal in Seattle's "Project Gotham Racing 3". According to Taiwan's ministry of foreign affairs, Chinese competitors struck at Taiwanese contestants and demanded "surrender of
via "A glimpse of the world", a strait times article about the alleged National Endowment for Democracy role in last month's protests in Tibet.
The intriguing part is that it was linked by Howard French (NY Times).
Why is China busy forgiving the debt of weak African countries when it should be helping out poor captive America?
“Stay out of Chinese internal affairs!” is the quickest way to losing the argument in today’s world. Simply put, globalization makes domestic affairs further entwined with every other nation around the globe.
At every official Chinese function, you are greeted with Chinese beauties ...and Chinese bimbos are present during business functions. So what gives? Are our hosts that horny or are they assuming that we, the visiting guest needs a distraction?
Back in the late 1980s, when mocking the few remaining Communist believers had become a popular indoor sport in the former Soviet Union, one of my favourite gambits was to point out that Russia would have done far better economically if the Communist revolution of 1917 had never happened at all. No matter how pessimistic your assumptions about the way that a non-Communist Russia would have developed, it simply couldn't have done as badly as the C...
BEIJING (AFP) - China's Communist Party on Sunday endorsed Hu Jintao's new economic model for the country, while opening the way for a top leadership reshuffle that will likely see the president consolidate his power.
Following the end of its five-yearly Congress, Hu, 64, is almost certain to
