In Graft Inquiry, Chinese See a Shake-Up Coming “… Party officials say that while Mr. Hu [Hu Jintao] and Mr. Zeng [Zeng Qinghong] have worked together to consolidate their own power, they have not agreed on choices for the Standing Committee or some top provincial posts. That suggests that their alliance possibly temporary and that the country’s politics could remain volatile. ‘I think that at this point neither of them has the power to dictate the future,’ one party official said. ‘They need each other, but that does not mean they trust each other.’” Ausführliche Analyse Von Joseph Kahn (NYT).

“China hopes that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) must keep calm and restraint on the nuclear test issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement here Wednesday …” Quelle: Xinhua.

Hamburg mit „China Time 2006“ zufrieden Mit knapp 270 Veranstaltungen in den Bereichen Kultur, Wirtschaft und auch Politik wollte Hamburg seine Vorrangstellung in den Beziehungen zum Reich der Mitte unter Beweis stellen. Anlass war das 20-jährige Jubiläum der Städtepartnerschaft Hamburgs mit Shanghai. Quelle: Die Welt/dpa.

Von Samuel Herzog. Quelle: NZZ online.

Diplomacy playing part in yuan gains Quelle: The Standard/AFP.

Unerschrocken ins Neue Yang Shaobin war in den Neunzigern der Vorreiter des Zynischen Realismus in der chinesischen Kunst. Vollkommen anders seine neue Ausstellung: Sie widmet sich dem Schicksal der Kohlekumpel Von Susanne Messmer (taz).

A group of foreign academics, lawyers and human rights activists sent a open letter to President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urging him to “reverse a worsening crackdown on voices of dissent” in China. The petition letter, organized by Human Rights Watch, called on Mr. Hu to take steps to enforce China’s public commitment to the rule of law and rein in officials who pursue retaliatory policies against lawyers, journalists and rights advocates … Von Joseph Kahn. Quelle: NYT.