Amerikanische und europäische Politiker beschweren sich immer lauter, die ausländischen Handelskammern in China schreiben immer längere Eingaben. Quelle: Der Spiegel

Die Europäische Union wirft China schwere Verstöße gegen die Spielregeln des internationalen Handels vor und droht der Regierung in Peking mit weiteren Klagen vor der Welthandelsorganisation WTO. Das geht aus der neuen China-Strategie der EU-Kommission hervor, die heute in Straßburg vorgelegt werden soll. Quelle: Handelsblatt

Mr Hu [Jintao] may take comfort from the recent findings of government statisticians in Beijing. Nearly 47% of residents surveyed said the capital was harmonious already, and nearly 43% said it was “generally” so. The city’s “harmony index”, a separate effort to measure feelings in Beijing, has been rising 3.1% a year on average since 2001. Quelle: Economist

Entmietung und Immobilienspekulation in Shanghai. Quelle: Le Monde

“The head of a commission supervising state-owned companies in Shanghai [Lin Baoheng] has joined more than 50 people detained in the city’s snowballing corruption scandal … The Shanghai probe has also ensnared China’s top state statistician, Qiu Xiaohua. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post said Qiu had been accused of securing 50 million yuan ($6.3 million) for his long-time lover …” Quelle: NYT/ Reuters.

Von Peking nach Nordkorea. Quelle: Die Welt.

Gesundheitsreform auch in China - Regierung und Markt. Ergebnisse des 6. Plenums des 16.ZK. Quelle: Xinhua

“Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), met here Monday with Akong Rinpoche and other Tibetans in Britain to explain Beijing’s policy for Tibet, a western autonomous region of China … ‘We will continue to make contributions to the development of Tibet,’ said Akong Rinpoche, who currently lives in a Tibetan cultural center in Scotland …” Quelle: Xinhua.

Standing in the Dark, Catching the Light Jori Finkel (NYT) über den Pekinger Fotografen Shi Guorui.