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Migrant Workers Surround Boss’s BMW for Unpaid Wages

A group of migrant workers in Zhengzhou surrounded the construction project manager’s BMW to demand their wages, which they have not received for six months. ChinaHush translates an article from Zhengzhou Evening News:

Not paying salaries? Then …

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

China’s Shanghai index may drop to 2,500, ISI says

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China’s benchmark stock index may fall as much as 16 percent from Friday’s close, as the central bank begins raising interest rates to temper inflation, said Donald Straszheim, director of China research at International Strategy a…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

China’s Zeal For ‘Avatar’ Crowds Out ‘Confucius’

Due to popular demand, Avatar is now back in Chinese cinemas, after plans to pull the film to make way for a state-sanctioned bio-epic on Confucius, the New York Times reports:

Confronted with a clamor of ticket-buyers for “Avatar” and sparse aud…

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Orville Schell: In China vs Google, Google Resembles a Country

Thomas Crampton interviewed Orville Schell, Director of the Asia Society’s Center on US China Relations, at the World Economic Forum in Davos about Google in China:

One key issue in the confrontation, Schell said, is that Google has become more …

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

William A. Callahan: China: The Pessoptimist Nation

William A. Callahan is Professor of International Politics and China Studies at the University of Manchester, and Co-Director of the British Inter-University China Center at Oxford University. The following excerpt is from his new book: China: The Pess…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

China Sentences 4 More to Death Over Ethnic Riots

AP reports that four more people have been sentenced to death for their role in the Xinjiang riots over the summer:

The Intermediate People’s Court in Urumqi handed down death sentences Monday to four people for ”extremely serious crimes&#…

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
 

Two detained for scalping real-name train tickets

Railway police from south China’s Guangdong Province have detained two people for scalping real-name train tickets, the first such arrests since the launch of a scheme to sell tickets based on proven IDs, Yao Mai, director of Guangzhou Railway Police s…

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

China’s outbound tours to top 51 million in 2010

China’s outbound tours in 2010 were expected to top 51 million, up seven percent year on year, said Shao Qiwei, director of China’s National Tourism Administration (NTA), on Monday.

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Iconic mountain top renamed

A mountain peak in China’s Hunan province, which inspired Golden Globes Best Director winner James Cameron for his latest blockbuster, Avatar, was renamed today, xinhuanet.com reported.

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |

Chinese director: “Make film to reveal common feelings”

Twelve years after having made his first film, Jia Zhangke, a young Chinese director has found himself still in a mood of a special curiosity and confidence in making films in China.

[ More ] January 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in China |
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