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The Guardian newspaper published an article on Wednesday entitled 'Down with the Dalai Lama.'...
Why do western commentators idolise a celebrity monk who hangs out with Sharon Stone and once guest-edited French Vogue?
The Guardian article (online here) was published at the end of May but has been circulating by email amongst Chinese journalists in Beijing over the last few days.
If the 21st Century belongs to China, as many believe, what will it mean for Britain's relationship with this emerging superpower?
In a series of four essays, cultural writer Patrick Wright looks at China's historical relationship with the UK. He starts by looking at Britain's patronising view in the 19th Century.
Shenzhen has recently announced a program outlining 19 points of future reform initiatives. [China Elections & Governance Website offers] a detailed translation of the first 8 points that focus on political, governmental and administrative reforms, and a brief translation of the remaining 11 points which mainly deal with economy, society, education, health, and culture.
A large group of artists landed in Beijing in June with a collection of robots, light installations, interactive mobile plant pots, and various other pieces squeezed into a show under the broad banner of promoting the new media genre to the Chinese public...A bemused local media explored the meandering exhibition through the austere Namoc building, only slightly intimidated by being chased by plant pots on wheels and sensory disorientating installations.
Days of heavy rain have driven up the water level of last week's major flood, threatening thousands in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region...
...As of Tuesday, about 7,000 people had been evacuated without casualties in Longtou Village, Yizhou City and Guangxi...
...In neighboring Guangdong Province, the water levels in the swollen rivers of Xijiang and Beijiang were reducing slowly, while experts predicted the water levels would not reduce to below danger lines until Thursday.
The Guangdong headquarters of flood control on Tuesday said 5.67 million people had been affected since June 11 with economic losses totaling 4.01 billion yuan (581 million U.S. dollars).
Rainstorms and floods had ravaged the provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Yunnan and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since June 6.
Rainstorms kill at least 57, force relocation of 1.27 mln in S China
At least 57 people have been killed and 1.27 million people relocated as rainstorms and floods ravaged nine provinces and region in south China, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Guangdong Province on Sunday.
The online application forms requested only first and last names. But when foreigners showed up to claim their tickets, using passports for identification, bank staff refused to hand over tickets to people whose passports also included a middle name. (It's a non-issue for most Chinese, who use family names and given names but not separate "middle" names.)
Makepolo is a search engine designed to help small businesses quickly find specific supplies and stock items from online retailers. By focusing on the online needs of a narrow group of users, Su is counting on the fact that just a sliver of the Chinese market can mean serious business--30 million small businesses in China alone, he says.
China sets aside $64b for airport shuffle
China drafted a long-term plan for development of air cargo, which will require the building of 97 new airports, consolidation of smaller airports and upgrading of certain key airports by the year 2020. The entire project will cost the government a massive investment of $64 billion.
Global politics usually don't change as quickly as we would like, but they do change. One year ago I was one of many people who thought that the biggest political threat to the Beijing Olympic Games was the movement toward independence in Taiwan. Now it appears that the Taiwan situation is comparatively stable. But the symbols associated with Taiwan - including words - remain one of the most politically sensitive areas of the Olympic Games.