Sources have confirmed that another Heilongjiang Province-based human rights defender, Yuan Xianchen has been arrested on charges of †inciting subversion of state power†more than a month ago.
From the Xinhua News Network:They came; they saw; and they planted seeds of hope for improving mutual understanding across the Taiwan Straits. More than 400 mainland tourists - part of the 750-member inaugural mainland tour group to Taiwan - ended
Written by Roger Bate, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from Far Eastern Economic Review:Beijing is taking Draconian measures to clean up for the Olympic Games which start next month. In the past week, 300,000 high-emission or yellow-labeled
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), has just issued new Olympic venue rules. From the Xinhua News Network:Banners, such as those saying "Go China," will not be allowed in Olympic venues. While such posters have been frequently
Editor's Note: Since March, a series of events including unrest in Lhasa and protests following the Olympic torch relay, have brought to the surface a clash between nationalist elements of the Chinese public and international critics of China. Because of
From the New York Times DealBook blog:While the volume of mergers and acquisitions around the world was down 30 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same time in 2007, transaction volumes were actually up 5
Police have arrested 18 people suspected of kidnapping children and women in southwest China and trafficking them across the country. From ABC News, Australia:Eight victims, including one child who was kidnapped and sold only seven days after being born, were
From Financial Times:China's foreign exchange reserves grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in June, prompting questions over whether the flow of speculative capital into China was slowing as a result of government efforts.The People's Bank of
From Time:On July 10, Hong Kong's legislative body passed the Chinese territory's first-ever law against racial discrimination. The bill was in the works for more than a decade, the product of tortured haggling over clauses and amendments and tireless campaigning
China Labor News Translations has translated the full text of "Migrant Workers Leaving Shenzen Queue All Night to Cash in Their Pensions" (Southern Metropolitan Daily, 15 January 2008). In addition, CNLT has excerpted a number of other articles covering the
Michael Pettis and Logan Wright reports in the Financial Times:In 2006 China shocked the world by adding $247bn to what was already the largest hoard of foreign currency reserves. In 2007, if correctly counted, China took in more than twice
