Cheney in Sydney: ”Last month’s anti-satellite test, China’s continued fast-paced military buildup are less constructive and are not consistent with China’s stated goal of a peaceful rise.” Quelle: NYT

Executive brings accountability as state firm goes private Von Dune Lawrence (IHT/ Bloomberg).

In China today, you are what you wear Von Ann Mah (IHT).

Von Keith Bradsher. Quelle: IHT.

China-Blog des aus Shanghai berichtenden freien Korrespondenten Till Fähnders (Die Welt).

(Nachtrag) Partei und Regierung in Peking steuern den Boom der Wissenschaft. Eine Kooperation mit Deutschland ist für beide Seiten von Nutzen. Von Norbert Lossau. Quelle: Die Welt.

China is sending more troops to the mostly Muslim province of Xinjiang in the far west of the country. Concerns are rising in Beijing of ethnic unrest in the border region. Its plans for economic development there may be in trouble. Quelle: Spiegel online

The warning comes at a time when drought is plaguing Chinese rivers. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have been experiencing a sharp fall in the water level, affecting the water supply for both industrial and agricultural use. Quelle: Xinhua

In the Internet-addiction campaign, the government is helping to fund eight in-patient rehabilitation clinics across the country. … Led by Tao Ran, a military researcher who built his career by treating heroin addicts, the clinic (in Daxing, Vorort von Peking), uses a tough-love approach that includes counseling, military discipline, drugs, hypnosis and mild electric shocks. Quelle: Washington Post

It’s often said that China is walking a tightrope: Its economy depends on foreign money, its leadership is set in its ways, and its military expansion threatens the world. But the Middle Kingdom’s immediate dangers run deeper than you realize. Quelle: Foreign Policy

China is holding huge opportunities for the European Union exporters of green technology, high-value goods and business services, a EU study said on Tuesday. Quelle: Xinhua

Unter den Verurteilten 2006 befinden sich Zhang Enzhao, Direktor der China Construction Bank (Einnahmen 4,2 Millionen  Yuan, 15 Jahre Gefängnis) und Xu Fangming, Abteilungsleiter im Finanzministerium (Einnahmen 2,15 Millionen Yuan,  13 Jahre Gefängnis). Quelle: Xinhua

Es besteht offenkundig von keiner Seite Interesse daran “den Kurs des Hongkong-Dollar an den des chinesischen Yuan zu binden – denn sonst wäre die Gunst der Stunde genutzt worden, die sich immer weiter annähernden Kurse zu harmonisieren.” Quelle: Handelsblatt

Tibet-Organisationen beklagen “unerträgliche Ausblendung historischer Wahrheit”. Bedingung der chinesischen Leihgeber war, “dass die Ausstellung nicht politisch ausgenutzt werden darf – von keiner Seite.” Quelle: Spiegel online

A group of scholars and retired officials has petitioned the National People’s Congress to halt the privatization of state companies in a renewed attempt to foil passage of a proposed law to protect private property. A petitioner said Tuesday the sharply worded appeal, posted online last week, criticizes a decade-long program to privatize state companies, saying it has allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in assets to fall into private and foreign hands. Quelle: The Standard

Quelle: The Guardian

The 10th anniversary of former leader Deng Xiaoping’s death Monday passed quietly with the state-run press barely mentioning the occasion and no major official events announced. … Excessive praise of political figures is still discouraged in a country where memories of communist founder Mao Zedong’s destructive cult of personality remain vivid. Moreover, China’s current party leadership is intent on emerging from Deng’s shadow to promote its own legacy. Quelle: The Standard

Bericht der Washington Post über das harmonische Zusammenspiel von Kommunismus und Manchester-Kapitalismus.

Compared with the average temperature during the 30 years between 1961 and 1990, China’s annual average temperature will possibly rise 1.3-2.1 degrees Celsius by 2020, 1.5-2.8 degrees by 2030, 2.3-3.3 degrees by 2050, and 3.9-6.0 degrees by 2100. Quelle: Xinhua

On February 12th Ma Ying-jeou, chairman of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), was officially charged with corruption. The same day, he declared himself a candidate for the island’s presidency in next year’s election. Quelle: The Economist

L’an dernier, le nombre total de SMS envoyés pendant la semaine de congés du début d’année s’étaient élevés à 12,6 milliards, soit plus de 30 messages en moyenne pour chacun des 400 millions d’utilisateurs de téléphone mobile que comptait alors la Chine. Quelle: Chine-Informations

China has chosen the Lunar New Year holidays, when 70 million people will travel by rail, to showcase its first high- speed trains, but pains are being taken to downplay the fact they were made abroad. Quelle: The Standard

Outlook-India spekuliert nach einem Treffen der drei Außenminister über ein neues gegen die Vorherrschaft der USA gerichtetes Bündnis.

Quelle: NYT

Tuya’s Marriage, directed by Wang Quan’an, paints a touching portrait of a female Mongolian herder who attempts to resist the economic pressures to move from the barren plains of her homeland in northern China to the city. Quelle: The Guardian