The Beijing Olympic organizing committee, BOCOG, announced that the Olympic torch relay would be cut back after an outcry from internet users over the continuation of the relay as planned following the earthquake in Sichuan on Monday, AFP reported. On one online forum, a commenter called it "inhuman" that the relay was to go on […]
Category: Politics & Society
As a former resident of Chengdu*, the sustained coverage of my ex-home in English-language media (which I suspect has only just begun) has caught my attention. For those looking for good on-the-ground coverage of what is going on in Chengdu, Dujiangyan, Wenchuan and the surrounding area, might I suggest the following links: This report and […]
The Dalai Lama said on Monday that he expects his representatives to hold talks with officials from Beijing in the next month, the Wall Street Journal reported. The proposal for further talks, which the Dalai Lama said was made by the Tibetan side, comes after a one-day meeting earlier in May, which took place in […]
First views on the quake from economists and analysts we follow regularly. Here’s Deutsche Bank’s Jun Ma, greater China chief economist, and Moody’s Economy.com’s Sherman Chan, an economist who covers China for the research firm: Macro view Deutsche Bank: “At the macroeconomic level, our current view is that the impact is limited … The equity […]
Quick updates on the quake’s economic and financial impact from the news so far: 66 companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen were suspended from trading today, says financial wire XFN Asia. 45 of the companies are listed in Shanghai and the rest in Shenzhen. The Shanghai exchange said it could not contact the suspended companies […]
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