Quelle: NYT/Reuters.

Time to end currency impasse “… At this month’s IMF meeting in Singapore, the Chinese leadership will be under scrutiny. If China widens the narrow band in which the yuan is allowed to trade - a possibility recently suggested by Premier Wen Jiabao - it can use the Singapore meeting to brandish its credentials as a responsible international citizen. Alternatively, China can adopt a belligerently nationalistic stance and accentuate the international financial system’s premature midlife crisis.” Von Andy Mukherjee. Quelle: The Standard/ Bloomberg.

“While China still welcomes all forms of foreign investment it will open up its arms wider to investors who have advanced technologies to offer, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi assured representatives of multinationals …” Quelle: Xinhuanet.

Pollution caused losses of 511.8 billion yuan (64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2004, which was 3.05 percent of the 16 trillion yuan (2 trillion U.S. dollars) gross domestic product (GDP) that year …the figures mark “only the beginning of our efforts in calculating Green GDP,” said Pan Yue, vice-minister of SEPA … Quelle: Xinhuanet.

Hamburg erhält Teehaus und Konfuzius-Institut Quelle: Die Welt.

From Red Guard to blue chip: the making of a merchant banker Ying Fang’s career spans revolution to Evolution Terry Macalister and Luc Torres (The Guardian). “… Ms Fang’s innovative, if not revolutionary, duties now involve trying to help Chinese companies raise money in the west … Ms Fang believes there are business lessons to be learned from the way Mao built his cult leadership ‘brand’, which is almost as omnipresent in China’s present mixed economy as it was under doctrinaire communism …”

… “If China wants to develop an export-driven economy, coastal cities have the advantage,'’ said Liang Yali, vice director of the provincial branch of the Development Research Center, a think-tank linked to the country’s State Council, or cabinet. “But if the country wants to develop an economy dependent on domestic demand, Wuhan is in the better position,'’ she said in an interview at the provincial government’s gleaming headquarters … Quelle: NYT/Reuters. 

VW verteidigt Marktführerschaft in China “… Im Luxusbereich legten die Chinesen Wert auf Leder, Holz und Hintersitzkomfort … Generell müssten Autos in China ‘maskulin’ und als Statussymbol mit viel Chrom erscheinen,  fasste Vahland die Bedürfnisse zusammen.” (Netzeitung)

Mit Marschmusik zum Morgenappell Der Hamburger Nils Klages verbrachte ein Jahr als Austauschschüler in China. Von Christine Dohler (Die Welt). 

Das Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe zeigt bildende Beiträge zur “China Time Hamburg” - Fotos [von Horst und Daniel Zielske] aus “Megalopolis Shanghai” und aktuelles Plakatdesign. Von Julika Pohle. Quelle: Die Welt.

Hundreds of people in northwestern China have been hospitalized with lead poisoning that was likely caused by pollution from a nearby smelter … Quelle: NYT/ AP.

China nennt EU-Schuhzölle «unangemessen» Quelle: Netzeitung.

“… China has no shortage of capital. Deposits are increasing faster than loans … China should not lack human capital. However, if university graduates are a measure of human capital, then there is a major problem. The lack of employment opportunities for college students has become a social problem. Statistics show that 31.7 percent of unemployed young people are this year’s college graduates … China’s economy is probably not overheated, but there are some structural problems, such as over-investment in real estate … The author Yin Xiangshuo is economics professor at Fudan University.” Quelle: People’s Daily Online. 

Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears “… city officials arranged for $1.2 billion of municipal pension funds to be lent to an obscure private holding company for investment in a toll expressway between Shanghai and the nearby city of Hangzhou … the highway deal may in the end prove to be a modest piece of a much larger web of corruption linking city officials, banks and developers … money from the city’s Social Security Bureau was funneled into private real estate projects as long ago as the early 1990’s …” Von Howard W. French (NYT). Dazu AP-Bericht Shanghai Pension Scandal Could Spread.

Viola Keeve über eine Reise mit dem Sonderzug “Jadekaiser”. Quelle: Welt am Sonntag.

Kunststoffe: Bayer eröffnet riesiges Chemiewerk in China “Der Leverkusener Konzern plant insgesamt Investitionen von 1,4 Milliarden Euro in [Caojing bei]Schanghai. Auch die Mitbewerber bauen ihre Präsenz im Reich der Mitte aus … Auf den neuen Anlagen wird unter anderem das Polycarbonat Makrolon hergestellt. Daraus werden CDs und DVDs hergestellt. Auch Polyurethan …” Von Johnny Erling (Die Welt).

40% Chinese cannot speak putonghua “While increasing numbers of foreign students grapple with the challenges of learning Chinese putonghua, or Mandarin …” Quelle: People’s Daily Online. 

To Give Children an Edge, Au Pairs From China Von Ginia Bellafante (NYT).

“… The museum, free to the public, will be built in the Pingjiang District in downtown Suzhou. It will exhibit furniture made by Suzhou masters during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, which the investors have collected from across the country using their vast wealth …” Quelle: People’s Daily Online.

Julia Lovell über eine Geschichte der George Bogle-Expedition nach Tibet (1774-1780). Quelle: NYT.

Chinese lenders have made good progress in improving risk management and corporate governance, but completing bank reform will still take years, chief banking regulator Liu Mingkang said on Monday. Quelle: NYT/ Reuters.

“Der Mensch hat ein Standard-Gesicht aus seinem Kulturkreis im Hinterkopf …” Über eine Studie zur Gesichtserkennung von Martin Giese (Uniklinik Tübingen). Quelle: Die Welt.

U.S. Official Urges China to Work to Revive Trade Talks “… Ms. [Susan C.] Schwab also warned that China should avoid allowing ‘economic nationalism’ to undermine pledges Beijing made to open its markets for financial services when it joined the W.T.O. …” Von David Lague (NYT). Xinhua setzt andere Akzente: US top trade envoy says US benefits much from China’s breathtaking progress Kommentar von Liu Kin-ming (The Standard, 5.9.).

“… The campaign … also targets leading organs of the Communist Party and the government … These bodies are usually equipped with cars bearing military license plates, indicating the rank of their owners or passengers … In China, military cars are legally entitled to privileges, including exemption from road tolls, but they are often seen blatantly breaking road rules by speeding, dangerously changing lanes or running red lights … Police officers are usually reluctant to pull over drivers of military cars for fear of their military and political standings …” Quelle: People’s Daily Online/ Xinhua.

Buchmesse: Synergien mit China Nach Indien in diesem Jahr möchte China 2009 Gastland der Frankfurter Buchmesse werden. Die für Verlagswesen zuständige Genehmigungsbehörde habe ihr Interesse bekräftigt, sagt der Chef der Frankfurter Messe, Jürgen Boos. Von Johnny Erling (Die Welt).

Streit um Grabstätten: Daimler einig mit Peking “… Ex-Bundeskanzler Schröder hätte es sich vor zwei Jahren kaum träumen lassen, dass er mit seinem Spatenstich uralte Gräber freilegen würde …” Von Johnny Erling (Die Welt).

Bericht von Theo Leggett (BBC).

China zu Gast bei Freunden “Ab dem 13. September will Hamburg bei einem zweiwöchigen Festival seine Verbundenheit mit dem Reich der Mitte beweisen. Geplant sind Reisfelder an der Alster, große Kunstausstellungen und ein Wirtschaftsgipfel. Kritiker warnen vor distanzloser Begeisterung …” Quelle: Die Welt.

“… The program has chosen 10,000 villages nationwide and given them 10,000 yuan each as subsidy for training, said Wei Chao’an, vice minister of agriculture …” Quelle: People’s Daily Online.

Christopher Reynolds (Los Angeles Times) über den seit 1987 in den USA lebenden Maler Mian Situ (chin.: Situ Mian). Quelle: The Standard.

News ban on Tibetan princess “I’m not competing against the 11th [Panchen Lama]. He’s a religious figure; I’m not,” said the princess, who is reading finance at Hu’s alma mater, Beijing’s elite Tsinghua University. “I did nothing wrong. There is no reason for the propaganda department to strangle me,” she said. (The Standard/ Reuters).

“Das französische IPTV-Netzwerk hat am Montag in Paris eine Plattform chinesischer Fernsehsender mit dem Namen ‘Große Mauer’ in Betrieb genommen. Die Plattform bietet 14 Fernsehkanäle an …” Quelle: China.com.cn

Schüler sollen Prüfungsergebnisse privat erhalten Quelle: China.org.cn

Zollfahndern gelingt Rekordfund Quelle: Die Welt.

China Trying to Tighten Media Control Von Joe McDonald (NYT/ AP).