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January 2005



Written out of history but not forgotten: China bids farewell to Zhao Ziyang

Sunday, 30 January 2005 12:50 P GMT+09
After much speculation, and increasing tension, China has laid former party head Zhao Yihang to rest. Though questions still remain over the governments handling of the affair, which was far more subdued than the grandiose affairs thrown for other fo
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Noise Pollution

Sunday, 30 January 2005 9:06 A GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole: Noise Pollution     Making loud noises appears to be a national past-time in China. Here is a brief introduct
Category: Off Topic News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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Beijing battens down the hatches and bangs heads, in preparation for the funeral of Zhao Yihang.

Saturday, 29 January 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
As the time for the funeral of Zhao Yihang, China’s former party head, approaches, there has been an increasing number of reports of violent incidents involving mourners and security forces, and numerous accounts of the suppression of protests, par
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Denied Recognition; Beijing refuses state funeral for Zhao Ziyang

Friday, 28 January 2005 12:19 P GMT+09
It has been announced that the funeral of former Chinese party head Zhao Ziyang is to be held this Saturday, and that it will not be the official state affair that many feel that he is entitled to.China’s ruling cabinet, the state council, also ann
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Even in death, Beijing denies Zhao Zi yang recognition

Wednesday, 26 January 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
Supporters of ousted Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang (Ziyang) have been angered by a refusal, by hard line elements within the Chinese government, to grant him a state funeral.
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Chinese population to soar by over half a billion in next two months; expectant parents proud, unidentified, mathematicians confused.

Wednesday, 26 January 2005 6:20 P GMT+09
Those familiar with China, particularly with Chinese government statistics, will not be surprised to know that official estimates for the number of Spring Festival travelers do not quite tally with conventional mathematics, or with China’s current
Category: Off Topic News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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The Rabbit hole: Paranoia Revisited

Monday, 24 January 2005 10:03 A GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole: Paranoia Revisited     Angry Chinese Blogger wishes to make a correction to an earlier article that may
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Tourism and trade bloom while governments bicker

Monday, 24 January 2005 9:52 A GMT+09
2004 saw Japan launch an entirely different kind of invasion against China, one where its soldiers were everyday people bearing digital cameras and dollars, instead of uniformed troops bearing bombs and bullets, and one that has been welcomed by the
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives
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All Asians look alike, until you try to strip search them

Sunday, 23 January 2005 12:16 P GMT+09
It has been revealed this week that a male Chinese fugitive, identified as Mei Xia Dong, who was wanted by US authorities after an uncorroborated ‘tip off’ issued last Wednesday that linked him to subversive activities, has been in detention sinc
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-American News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Paranoia

Sunday, 23 January 2005 11:55 A GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole:Paranoia     If you’re not paranoid when you arrive in China, you’re going to be by the time you leave.
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China ups the ante on overseas gambling

Saturday, 22 January 2005 2:19 P GMT+09
Gambling has long been a popular pastime in China, but despite tight restrictions placed on organized gambling by the government, which include a prohibition on casinos and sports betting, gambling remains a problem in China.Every day, vast sums of m
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News in Brief: One country. Two advertising regulators

Wednesday, 19 January 2005 12:49 P GMT+09
Despite the recent banning of a Nike sportswear advertisement, which was deemed offensive by the Chinese Government, because it showed an American basketball player hitting a Chinese Kung-Fu master in the face with a basketball, the advertisement is
Category: News and Politics Off Topic Sino-American News and Perspectives
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The Rabbit Hole: English Names

Monday, 17 January 2005 4:25 P GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole: English Names     For a lot of foreigners one of the many amusing things about coming to China is the
Category: Off Topic China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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National Shame: Chinese cyber attacks target Japanese war graves

Friday, 7 January 2005 11:59 P GMT+09
In a sign of the continuing rift between China and Japan, and strength of feeling among many young Chinese nationalist
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
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The Rabbit Hole: Triads

Tuesday, 4 January 2005 4:58 P GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole: Triads     There are all sorts of horror stories about the Triads, most of them are true. Now pay me $US50 or “we s
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Aiming high in 2005: China Looks towards the final frontier

Monday, 3 January 2005 12:30 P GMT+09
2005 looks set to be a key year for China’s space industry, with ambitions plans, new facilities, and the admission by NASA that the US can no longer discount China’s space program, what began as a new front of the cold war looks like another sig
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The Rabbit Hole: Stomach Flu

Sunday, 2 January 2005 11:10 A GMT+09
Down The Rabbit Hole: Stomach Flu     Despite what is said in the news, China is actually quite a safe country to visit. Its per
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Turing the knife: Lee Tung Hui dangerously politicizes visit to Japan

Saturday, 1 January 2005 2:43 P GMT+09
Former Taiwanese President Lee Tung Hui’s visit to Japan has drawn further controversy after he made remarks suggesting that more emphasis should be given to ‘positive’ contributions made by Japan during its fifty year occupation of Chinese Tai
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese
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Turing the knife: Lee Tung Hui dangerously politicizes visit to Japan

Saturday, 1 January 2005 2:39 P GMT+09
Former Taiwanese President Lee Tung Hui’s visit to Japan has drawn further controversy after he made remarks suggesting that more emphasis should be given to ‘positive’ contributions made by Japan during its fifty year occupation of Chinese Tai
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese Sino-Taiwanese News and Perspectives