Is China a threat to Japan, how would Japan respond to an attack from China, and does preparation do more harm than good? Serious questions are raised as Japanese defense documents naming China as a threat are leaked to the press.
If the Chinese media is known for anything, it is its habit of censorship; For this reason, most Chinese are probably unaware that a serious security breach occurred during President Hu Jintoa’s visit to New York.
The CSA has this week has announced an urgent consumer alert in Canada; warning shoppers to return or destroy Chinese manufactured power outlet strips from a batch that has been determined to be potentially dangerous.
‘Torture is common, being accused of a crime is all but a guarantee of being convicted for it, and confessions can be extracted by any means necessary, even if the fact that a crime occurred at all is in doubt.’
In January 2004, Chinese electronics giant Legend (Now Lenovo) called off a 2 year, $US50 Million, joint Internet venture with US media group AOL-Time Warner citing market changes. The split was open, amicable, and forced by the Chinese Government.
In a move that is being seen as a step forward in the strengthening of Taiwanese-Japanese ties, and an act of defiance against the authority Beijing, Japan has announced the permanent relaxation of visa regulations for Taiwanese nationals.
I don’t think that there is a China watcher in the world who doesn’t recognize this building or who doesn’t know what goes on inside it. It’s a shame about the subject, but I still think that this is a rather a nice picture.
Introducing Part 2 of Reverse Culture Shock: The comical experience of leaving China after an extended period and discovering exactly how hard it can be to reintegrate into your own culture.
In the west The words “We will not go quietly into the night” have long been a staple of the fight against oppression, and they were words that were shouted loudly to Chinese President Hu Jintao last week during his state visit to Canada.
As anybody who reads the papers will know, stories of Chinese acquiring fake identities and posing as Vietnamese, Koreans and even Japanese, are nothing new. However the old stories took on a new twist earlier this month.
Introducing Reverse Culture Shock: The experience of leaving China after an extended period and discovering exactly how hard it can be to reintegrate into your own culture.
Calling your friends and family in one corner of China has just become a lot more expensive. In a shock move, the Guangdong division of China Telecom has announced that it has banned the use of Voice over IP telephony services provided by Skype.
Angry Chinese Bloggers ‘Quote of the week’
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坚决不发任何和中央政策不一致的任何言论.
Resolutely never express any opinions that are not consistent with the central (Government’s) opini
For anybody interested, this is my ‘friendly neighborhood Mongol’. He has own weapons and armor, does a nice line in pillaging, plundering and sacking Han villages, and is currently interested in joining any nearby horde looking for a horse-arche
For readers with an interest in the case of jailed journalist Shi Tao, the full text of the verdict against him is now available online in both Chinese and English.
In a move that is likely to cause concern to ‘interested parties’ China and Russia have this week announced that they have sealed an agreement under-which Russia is to supply China with military supply aircraft’s worth an estimated $US1.5 billi
Below is a Chinese copy of a document that has been declared to be a 'State Secret’ by the Chinese Government. The journalist 师涛 (Shi Tao) received 10 years imprisonment for transmitting this document to a foreign website.
In a move that was not entirely unexpected, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs have confirmed this week that it will not be joining a controversial non-proliferation agreement that many see as being illegal and unequal.
With the event of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the so called 'Tibetan autonomous region', campaigners from the free Tibet movements have issued an open statement calling on Britain to put pressure on China over Tibet.
Introducing Reverse Culture Shock: The experience of leaving China after an extended period and discovering exactly how hard it can be to reintegrate into your own culture.