China Economic ReviewWith official figures of 107 dead and direct economic losses of about US$15.4 billion, the worst snow storms in China in at least 50 years left the country reeling. Coming around Chinese New Year, when transportation networks are traditionally strained by tens of millions of travelers returning home, the weather exposed weaknesses in the country’s […]
Thirty years after villagers defied Beijing and introduced land reforms, protesters are pushing for the next step – rural privatization
The Taiwan presidential election this month could deliver a crucial breakthrough in cross-strait relations
China is considering altering its "one-child policy" and gradually raising limits on the number of children a couple can have, the Financial Times reported, citing comments from a senior official from the National Population and Family Planning Commission. Zhao Baige, family planning vice minister, said policy makers wanted to raise the birth limit "incrementally" and […]
China’s foreign minister dismissed criticism of the country’s human rights record amid what activists have described as a crackdown on dissent in the run up to the Beijing Olympics, the Financial Times reported. Yang Jiechi said it was "impossible" that anyone would be arrested for valuing human rights above the Olympics and suggested that police […]