The Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games has stated that the amount of internet censorship in China may be reduced in China for the 2008 Olympic Games , which are due to take place in Beijing. They say that
Shi Peijun is of Xi Shi descent, she is the fifty-fivth Xi Shi's life. Xi Shi is one of the four great beauties in the ancient China. The four beauties renowned for their beauty.The four beauties lived in four different
Another article about the ways in which Chinese netizens use the Internet to express themselves, despite the government controls. The Guardian report includes a short video which features an interview with CDT's Xiao Qiang: With 200,000 new netizens every day,
Another concern from Olympians heading to Beijing in a few months. From the New York Times: When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken
From The New York Times: At the mouth of the Tashan mine, one of the largest coal mines in China, men in hard hats waited to begin another shift a quarter mile underground. Lunch break was over. Their faces were
From PTI: Amidst warming of ties, China has taken exception to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh and his assertion that the state belongs to India, evoking a strong reaction from New Delhi. Almost a week after Singh
From Xinhua: A special ordinance on the bankruptcy of banking and financial institutions is being devised so as to establish a market-oriented bail-out mechanism, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC). The legal instrument would provide a supplement to
From AP: The editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has been released early from prison after serving four years on corruption charges, a colleague at his newspaper and a journalists' group said Saturday. Yu Huafeng left
A total of 17.3 million hectares of forests, about one-tenth of China's forest resources, have been damaged by the unprecedented snow wreckage in at least five decades, with forests, bamboo and seedlings in some parts of the country serious ...
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Saturday that a Russian air force bomber briefly intruded into Japan's airspace in the morning and Japan filed a strong protest over the intrusion, Kyodo News said. According to the report, a Tupol ...
In the Atlantic, James Fallows writes about the Great Firewall and its limitations: Depending on how you look at it, the Chinese government's attempt to rein in the Internet is crude and slapdash or ingenious and well crafted. When American
Asia Sentinel looks at reforms at the China Development Bank: Approval should come soon for the 14-year-old bank to list on the stock market in the first half of this year, and it should quickly become both a major lender
You know that new massive Bape Harajuku Store that opened up last month in the back of Omotesando Hills? It's only the other day, while walking around Harajuku, that I realized that it marked the closing of the Bape Busy
My good friend Micke, better known as PMKFA, is looking for an assistant/intern. Here are the details:You need to be based in Tokyo, speak english (bilingual english/japanese is a plus). You need to have good skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
The Chinese government has urged localities to be on the alert for possible animal epidemics as the snow disaster may have so weakened livestock that they may be vulnerable to epidemics like avian influenza and blue-ear pig disease. ...
The heaviest and longest snow on record has caused tremendous difficulties in people's lives, but it may help the forestation on the southern edge of Takla Makan Desert, China's largest desert. The snow since mid-January has covered ...
