Nachtrag: China and India scramble for Africa – The East India Company rides again China’s attitude to Africa has many of the hallmarks of old-fashioned European imperialism, writes Salil Tripathi (The Guardian).

In China ist jetzt immer Stau “Am Montag kam zum Dauerstau in China auch noch Nebel …” Von Johnny Erling (Die Welt). 

“About six million children are attending more than 10,000 bilingual schools, using both mandarin and ethnic languages, in China. More than 3,000 textbooks are compiled in 29 languages annually for the schools, which range from kindergartens to high schools …” Quelle: Xinhua. 

Die NSDAP hatte eine Ortsgruppe in Peking Chinas größtes Auktionshaus Guardian versteigert eine einzigartige Sammlung westlicher Kulturwerke. Ernsthafte Käufer sind gut beraten, mit einem Lastwagen vorzufahren. Im Angebot sind Kostbarkeiten der ersten Jesuitenmissionen in China, mittelalterliche Inkunabeln und einschlägiges Schriftgut des Faschismus. Von Johnny Erling (Die Welt).

“Chinese farmers and fishermen have taken eight Communist party cadres hostage at Dongzhou village [Guangdong], the site of a murderous police crackdown last year …” Von Jonathan Watts. Quelle: The Guardian.

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia was accessible again in China Thursday after being blocked for more than a year … but searches for subjects taboo to China’s communist leadership, such as “June 4,” remained blocked. Quelle: The Standard

The Yellow River, curving through regions only intermittently touched by the country’s boom, offers a tour of the pressures and contradictions bearing down on China, and of the government’s efforts to address them. Quelle: NYT

For 130m Chinese carrying the hepatitis B virus, which can cause fatal liver diseases, it can be hard to get a job—or even a decent education, as a group of schoolchildren in the far west recently found out. Quelle: The Economist

China has threatened to retaliate after the European Union agreed to impose financial penalties on Chinese shoe exports to Europe. Quelle: BBC

“Keine Industrie der Welt, nicht einmal die amerikanische Autoindustrie, schädigt das Klima so sehr wie die chinesische Kohle. Sie verursacht bald 14 Prozent aller weltweiten CO₂ -Emissionen. … Die Welt kann mit dem, was China zur Reduzierung von CO₂ -Emissionen tut, wahrscheinlich nicht zufrieden sein, gesteht Zhao Xingshu von der Chinesischen Sozialakademie.” Quelle: Die Zeit

Dongzhou, Guangdong. “A village where police shot protesting residents last year has again erupted in conflict after protesters took eight officials hostage, residents and a news report said. … Police dealt with 17,900 “mass incidents” from January to September – a fall of 22.1 percent on the same period last year.” Quelle: The Standard

“Russia is now China’s fourth main source of foreign oil, after Angola, Saudi Arabia and Iran. … Mr Putin indicated that building new oil and gas pipelines to China over the next few years would intensify shipments.” Quelle: YaleGlobal/Straits Times 

Übernahme der Guangdong Development Bank (GDB, bislang im Besitz der Provinz Guangdong ): Die Bank ”ist für einen hohen Bestand an faulen Krediten bekannt. … Erstmals übernimmt mit der Vereinbarung in China eine Auslandsbank die Kontrolle über eine chinesische Bank.” Quelle: Handelsblatt

The Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers today agreed to a joint study on the nations’ different interpretations of history – particularly the second world war – that have bedevilled bilateral relations. Quelle: The Guardian

The baiji, believed to be among the world’s oldest freshwater mammals, may already be extinct but an international team of scientists and ecol- ogists is hoping against formidable odds that the dolphin has survived. Quelle: The Standard

While Washington has focused on the fight against terrorism, China has quietly reoriented its foreign policy to emerge as a new advocate of “soft power” — a combination of diplomatic outreach, cultural attractiveness and economic might that helps a nation persuade other countries to follow its lead. Quelle: Washington Post

Indische Forderungen nach Rückgabe des Gebiets von Arunachal: China strebt Kompromiss an. Quelle: Outlook India

Confident in their government’s ability to control an old ally, the Chinese remain unruffled about North Korea’s nuclear program. It remains more curiosity than threat. Quelle: Outlook India

In a defense that echoed comments made by Mr. Abe [Abe Shinzo] and other nationalist politicians, Mitsubishi’s lawyers questioned whether Japan had in fact invaded China and said they would leave the final judgment to posterity. Quelle: NYT

In response to this sustained lobbying, senior Chinese officials including Vice Prime Minister Wu Yi and Commerce Minister Bo Xilai have insisted that China is cracking down on pirates with tougher laws and vigorous enforcement. In street markets like Silk Alley in Beijing, a few minutes’ walk from the U.S. Embassy, this appears to be working. Quelle: International Herald Tribune

Zhou Shengxian, head of the State Environmental Protection Administration, “noted that half the country’s rivers were severely polluted and a third of its territory was damaged by acid rain in an address to the annual meeting of China’s top environmental think-tank.” Quelle: The Standard/AFP

“Nach dem aktuellen Bericht der Weltbank soll das Reich der Mitte 2007 mit 9,6 Prozent schneller wachsen als erwartet.” Quelle: Handelsblatt

China has given its backing to domestic shoe exporters challenging European Union anti-dumping duties, calling Brussels’ move a violation of the companies’ rights. Quelle: The Standard

Karaoke bars in China’s main cities will have to pay 12 yuan (1.50 U.S. dollars) a day in royalties to music artists for each room, according to a new regulation set by China’s National Copyright Administration. Quelle: People’s Daily

Geschichtsmuseum in Suzhou eröffnet. Architekt des Bauwerks ist Ieoh Ming Pei, der so in die Heimatstadt seiner Eltern zurückkehrte. Quelle: Le Monde