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“… The largest collection of treasures ever to leave China - excavated from the tomb of the first Chinese emperor which covers an area the size of Cambridge - is coming to the British Museum this autumn …”. Von Maev Kennedy. Quelle: The Guardian.

Von Christopher Bodeen. Quelle: Washington Post/ AP.

Qinghai-Tibet-Eisenbahn fördert Tourismus in Tibet Quelle: cri

Quelle: BBC

Nachtrag. Von Quentin Sommerville. Quelle: BBC.

Li Yizhong, Chef des Staatlichen Amtes für Produktionssicherheit, äußert sich angesichts der vielen Grubenunglücke zur Rolle der Medien. Quelle: Xinhua.

Nach der Ernennung dreier Bischöfe durch die chinesische Regierung: ”Beijing’s refusal to recognise the Vatican’s authority has overturned two decades of compromise efforts, he [Cardinal Joseph Zen] said as he returned from a trip to Rome.” Quelle: BBC

Banco Delta Asia, a once obscure bank that has been at the center of U.S. financial sanctions against North Korea, said on the few occasions when counterfeit was detected it was immediately reported to Macao regulators. The Macao bank said it was a small, family-owned lender that lacked the advanced equipment to analyze big currency deposits. Quelle: Herald Tribune

Zur Afrikareise von Hu Jintao: “Having claimed a bigger role on the African and world stages , Mr. Hu is now reaping the first bitter fruits of pretension to leadership.” Quelle: NYT

Quelle: ahmat’ photos (flickr)

Net assault affects Putonghua, too “… weishenme (why) has been replaced by weixiami (feed with shrimp) …”. Quelle: Xinhua.

Berlin Jury Hoping for Friendly Debate (NYT/ Reuters)

Quelle: BBC, vgl: David Barboza: China Detains Ex-Official in Inquiry on Fake Drugs (NYT).

“Schutzgeld ist nur Hühnermist” Nach den Morden an sieben Asiaten in einem China-Lokal in Sittensen wird über eine Beteiligung der Triaden spekuliert. Führende Experten und Kriminologen in Asien bezweifeln im Gespräch mit der FR, dass die chinesischen Verbrechersyndikate hinter dem Verbrechen stehen. Der Mordfall sei dafür zu plump und vor allem zu brutal. Von Harald Maass (FR).

Shanghai to open snow sculpture exhibition Sunday Quelle: Xinhua.

“… Three leading wildlife experts tell Steven Ribet of their moving experiences on the disappearing trail of China’s two most endangered creatures …”. Quelle: The Standard.

Quelle: FR/ dpa

“… Zigaretten auf dem langen Flug nach Fernost: Im Oktober will Smintair starten - Smoker´s International Airways …”. Quelle: Die Welt.

Pour la première fois depuis le début des négociations en 2003, la perspective d’un compromis se dessine actuellement, bien que la Corée du Nord ait procédé au premier essai nucléaire de son histoire en octobre dernier. Quelle: Nouvelobs

Qiu Zi will stay in the company, not as a teacher, but in a role where she promotes the company’s charity work, according to the company. Quelle: Xinhua

China is catching up with India in providing call-center services, one of the fastest-growing areas of global outsourcing. Quelle: The Standard

Small Chinese drug makers have long been accused or suspected of producing cheap counterfeit versions of well-known drugs, often using substandard or hazardous substitute ingredients, and selling them to the nation’s hospitals and pharmacies. Quelle: NYT

“Die Hoffnung aufs große Geschäft im Boomland China müssen deutsche Mittelständler oft teuer bezahlen: Sie werden mit attraktiven Angeboten angelockt - und um Tausende Euro erleichtert. Dem Schwindel sitzen selbst Profis auf, Scheingeschäfte werden clever inszeniert.” Quelle: spiegel.de

No other Internet company in the world — not even Google — has achieved the kind of dominance in its home market that Tencent commands in China, where its all-in-one packaging of entertainment offerings and a mobile instant-messaging service, “QQ,” has reached more than 100 million users, or nearly 80 percent of the market. Quelle: NYT

Archäologische Gesellschaft gibt Überblick über die Funde: 700 Grabstätten wurden freigelegt. Ausgegraben wurden 1,538 Artifakte, darunter Porzellanurnen und Jadeschmuck. Quelle: NYT

Arbeiter in Lusaka demonstrieren gegen Niedriglöhne in chinesischen Textilfabriken. China wehrt sich gegen den Vorwurf des Neokolonialismus. Quelle: Le Monde

Britain has warned China that its offer of billions of dollars in unconditional aid and cheap loans to African governments risks driving back into debt countries that have only just benefited from debt relief, and undermines efforts to create democratic and accountable administrations. Quelle: The Guardian

Im Prozess gegen kanadischen Staatsbürger, der des Terrorismus beschuldigt wird, lässt China keine Beobachter zu. Quelle: The Standard

Bericht über einen wiederaufgebauten Drachentempel in Shaanxi und den katholischen Marienkult in Hebei. Quelle: The Economist

The leader of the Royal Grenada Police Band, which played Taiwan’s national anthem instead of China’s at the inauguration of a $40 million cricket stadium paid for by China, has been suspended. … Grenada switched diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China in 2005. Quelle: NYT

Die chinesischen Behörden haben 205 Websites geschlossen und dies am Donnerstag mit ihrem Kampf gegen die Internet-Piraterie begründet. Quelle: n-tv

“… The video was distilled from about 900 hours of footage shot in Tibet before 1960. The DVD, entitled Tibet in the Past, provides a glimpse into some of the events that took place in that mysterious land and how its people lived in the past. The producers of the DVD interviewed former slaves, estate-holders, the people behind the original video and experts. ‘Our method was to simply record the oral accounts of the land’s history,’ said Wu Haiyue, chief producer of the DVD …”. Quelle: Xinhua.

Quelle: Xinhua

Von Harald Maass. Quelle: FR.

China to test world’s 1st DSV with range of 7,000 meters (Xinhua)

Quelle: Netzeitung/dpa

Quelle: IHT/AP.

Von Jim Yardley. Quelle: IHT.

“More than 20 mainland writers have been prevented from attending an international writers conference in Hong Kong, the organizers said Monday …”. Quelle: The Standard.

Quelle: Xinhua

… Chinese newspapers were splashed with photos of Domingo dressed in imperial robes. And then, like rain on a parade, came news of the reviews from New York’s make-it-or-break-it critical establishment. “An enormous disappointment,” declared The New York Times of the score, adding that the vocal writing was “ill-conceived” and gave “soaring melody a bad name.” The New Yorker damned it all as “musical kitsch” … As the tide of negative, even nasty, reviews washed into Beijing, the excitement turned to confusion and consternation … Von Sheila Melvin. Quelle: IHT. Vgl. Einträge vom 11.1.2007 und 27.12.2006.

Quelle: Die Welt/dpa/AFP.

“Xu Yancheng delivers bundles of joy to many couples but is a criminal in the eyes of the law. His business: Renting young women’s wombs so that infertile couples can have children. He finds healthy women for more than 30 couples each month, and around half of them get pregnant …”. Quelle: Xinhua. 

“Sechs Menschen, brutal ermordet, teilweise gefesselt: Dieses Bild bot sich den Polizisten in einem China-Restaurant in Sittensen …”. Quelle: Die Welt.

Blog-Eintrag von Rebecca MacKinnon. Quelle: Rconversation.blogs.com

“… appears to be a major element of a global public relations campaign by Falun Gong to gain sympathy and new followers …”. Quelle: IHT/AP.

“… civil affairs departments at various levels worked out a set of rules regulating NGOs according to local situations, the departments provided special guidance to NGOs … Civilian organizations have served as ‘helpful assistants’ to the government in many areas … Jiang Li, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, said the ministry would strengthen supervision of NGOs and map out measures this year to clean up illicit fee collections, false reporting and corruption among them …”. Quelle: Xinhua.

China will kein Wettrüsten anstreben (german.cina.org.cn)