The Editors suggest checking out the following links:
VII. The System of the Head of State – ” The National People’s Congress has the power to remove the President.”
AsiaMedia : Authorities launch a two-month campaign against fake journalism – “The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) also asked all media organizations to set up hotlines for the public to report on suspicious news activities.”
Asia Sentinel: The Tragedy of China’s Coal Industry – “China’s coal-mining accidents have their roots in greed and corruption.”
Asia Sentinel: Two Steps Forward for Vietnam, Two Steps Back – “Another liberalizing communist state’s human rights situation”
Asia Sentinel : The Mainland’s Trojan Horse – “but in the longer run it ensures integration with mainland markets and hence reduces Hong Kong to a secondary status compared with Shanghai”
Straits Times: Telling the Olympics story from Beijing eyes – “We usually have very polarised perspectives on China: either the Western one which is very critical and always seems to find something inherently wrong with China, or the dominant Chinese view, which offers little distance from the events.”
Businessweek: Mixed Reviews for Sony’s E-Waste Plan – “Sony and a dozen other tech manufacturers have successfully lobbied to have consumers pay what’s known as advanced recycling fees (ARFs).”
New Yorker: Beware Bailouts – “But there is something unseemly about watching the avatars of free-market capitalism rely on the government to pay for their bad bets.”
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