Von Souren Melikian. Quelle: IHT.

Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.

Quelle: Xinhua

Culture clash “Taiwan’s relaunch of its national museum with an exhibition of Chinese treasures that haven’t been seen by the public for a millennium has stirred much controversy. Cindy Sui reports …”. Quelle: The Standard. 

The `Iron Face’ of graftbusting “China’s financial watchdog, auditor-general Li Jinhua, has a mixed message for the investors who have spent US$74 billion (HK$577.2 billion) on shares in banks since 2001 … ‘It might take a whole generation to get these banks into reasonable shape.’ …”. Quelle: The Standard/ Bloomberg. Vgl. Artikel in IHT.

Nachtrag: Mein Peking lacht Von Juli Zeh. Quelle: Die Zeit.

Von Luo Jun und Simon Pritchard. “… The willingness of banks to break the law to finance stock trades  …”. Quelle: IHT/ Bloomberg.

Von Xin Dingding. Quelle: China Daily.

“… tens of millions of young people … want to tie the knot in a different way. Many choose to celebrate in churches, bars and in parks … ‘Unexpectedly, I cried when the clergyman asked me to say something to my husband,’ Zhai said … ’Most of my girlfriends also cried.’ That marriage is solemn business, is what a traditional wedding feast fails to reflect, she said …”. Quelle: Xinhua.

“… The topics range from history of exchanges between China and Japan over 2,000 years, war in modern times to recent ties between the two neighbors in the past 50 years or so …”. Quelle: Xinhua. 

China boys happy at TV chance (The Standard/AFP)

Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.

Quelle: Die Welt

“Nimmt man die Gesamtmenge des Ausstoßes an Treibhausgasen …”. Kommentar von Kirtstin Wenk (Die Welt).

Ein Unternehmer in Liaoning erwirtschaftete  mit einem Schneeballsystem ca. 350 Mio. €: Er verkaufte Schwarze Ameisen,  für deren Nachzucht er eine hohe Rendite versprach. Nach dem Scheitern seines Geschäftsmodells wurde er nun zum Tode verurteilt. Quelle: Washington Post    

“Ye Yonglie, a science fiction writer and mainstream biographer, has kicked up a storm by defending He Zhili on his blog and in print over the last few weeks. He Zhili (何智丽), a world-champion pingpong player, left the Chinese national team after refusing to throw matches to teammates. She went to play for Japan in the 90s under the name Koyama Chire (小山智丽), adopting her husband’s surname …”. Quelle: Danwei.

Commemoration of nation’s common ancestor [Huangdi] “… Twenty thousand people, including leaders of the central and local governments … will attend the ceremony … The Yellow Emperor made his tribe the strongest by teaching them farming and helping them improve moral integrity … the first unification of the Chinese nation” (Xinhua).

Quelle: Xinhua

Nachtrag: Das neue Sun-Yat-sen-Museum in Hongkong - ein Signal für die heutige chinesische Führung Von Urs Schoettli (NZZ).

… under State protection (Xinhua)

Die Bank of China und ihr Partner Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wollen als Vermögensverwalter für superreiche Chinesen gemeinsam ein zunehmend lukratives Geschäftsfeld in der Volksrepublik erschließen. … Einer Studie von Merrill Lynch/Capgemini zufolge zählte China im Jahr 2005 rund 320.000 Dollar-Millionäre, die insgesamt über ein Vermögen von 1,59 Billionen Dollar verfügten. Quelle: ntv

Nachtrag: Raymond Zhou über das Comeback von Wang Shuo. Quelle: China Daily.

“… we … have to refrain ourselves, and outline our spiritual outlook of being optimistic, healthy, and open.” Hürdler Liu Xiang hatte im Rekordrausch gesagt: “I want people to change the stereotype that Asians cannot excel in sprinting. I have demonstrated to the whole world with my action: Asia has me. China has me.” Jungautor Han Han hält dagegen: “Wang is just trying to castrate the individuality of Chinese athletes”. Quelle: China Daily.

When Ningbo has rats, they call the ‘ratman’ “… He estimates he has caught about 20,000 rats in the past two years, earning several thousand yuan a month … Zhang said he looks forward to the day when Ningbo becomes rat-less even though he would become jobless.” Quelle: China Daily.

Mark Siemons über das neue Sachenrecht. Quelle: FAZ.

Aus den Bergen Yunnans. Foto: theshanghaieye (flickr)

Quelle: Die Welt/Reuters. Update: Boeing welcomes China’s plan to produce large jets (Xinhua).

China will den führenden Flugzeugbauern Boeing und Airbus Konkurrenz machen. Die Staatsführung plant, in die Konstruktion von großen Passagiermaschinen einzusteigen. Quelle: Manager Magazin

Nobody doubts that Donald Tsang will be returned as chief executive. But China is under pressure to allow a more open contest next time. Quelle: The Economist

Bericht über ein Dorf in Heilongjiang, in dem noch Mandschurisch gesprochen wird. Quelle: NYT

Von Claudia La Rocco. Quelle: IHT.

Nachtrag. Österreich: Bundesheer bildet chinesische Militärs aus Von Petra Stuiber (Die Welt).

Quelle: IHT/ Bloomberg/ Agenturen.

Victims of safer mines Kommentar von James Rose (The Standard).

China names new asteroids after space astronauts Quelle: Xinhua.

Quelle: Xinhua

Quelle: Xinhua

Nachtrag. Von Jonathan Watts. Quelle: The Guardian.

Fresh face of China As another Mao-era taboo collapses, new wealth is buying women their ideal looks, no matter the pain, writes Alexa Olesen (The Standard).

Professor Yu Dan: Serving up classics for the masses “… More than 1 million copies of Yu’s new book, ‘Analects of Zhuangzi,’ were printed in the first print run, and on a single day last week when she signed copies for readers at a Beijing bookstore, the book sold more than 10,000 copies …”. Quelle: Xinhua.

Quelle: Xinhua

Quelle: IHT/AP

“… Konkrete Ziele konnten … beim G8-Umweltminister-Treffen nicht vereinbart werden. Der chinesische Vizevorsitzende der Nationalen Planungs- und Reformkommission, Xie Zhenhua, beschuldigt die Industrieländer, ihren Verpflichtungen im Klimaschutz nicht nachzukommen …”. Von Kirstin Wenk. Quelle: Die Welt.