China Economic ReviewNewsflash: Chinese prefer their word for it, March 25: A survey, initiated by the China Youth Daily in association with the website sina.com.cn, found that over 80% of Chinese people are opposed to translating China’s capital city as “Peking,” favoring instead “Beijing.” Fair enough, I suppose, though this would seem a non-issue. Aside from names […]
China’s hopes for a smooth Olympic torch relay were snuffed out after disruptions in London and Paris. The protests centered on Beijing’s heavy-handed response to anti-China riots that broke out in Tibet and surrounding areas in mid-March. Things started badly in Olympia, Greece, on March 24. A speech by Beijing Olympic committee chief Liu Qi […]
Thirty people have received jail sentences ranging from three years to life for their participation in the anti-China riots that flared up in Tibet in mid-March, state media reported (click here for Reuters report). Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court announced the verdicts in a public session on Tuesday. The life sentences were handed down to a […]
President Hu Jintao will visit Japan from May 6 to 10, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to state media, it will be the first visit to Japan by a Chinese president in a decade. Hu is expected to meet with Japan’s Emperor Akihito and hold talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. The […]
The West should stop harrassing China over human rights abuses in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, said Olympic committee chief Jacques Rogge, the Financial Times reported. Rogge called harsh criticism of China a "big mistake" for those who wish to see progress in China, pointing out that Western countries only gradually evolved a concept […]