While Agni-III is capable of reaching strategic targets deep inside China like Beijing and Shanghai, it, however, falls short of being an ICBM (inter-continental ballistic missile) that has ranges of over 5,000 km, a scientist said. Quelle: Hindustan Times
“… Six local artists, chosen by curator Eve Tam have defined Hong Kong’s communal language as Chinglish, a mixture of English and Chinese, but more than that, as the essence of their city’s identity. To this effect, ceramic, video, digital, and installation art come together in this thought-provoking show … ”. Quelle: The Standard.
Homosexualität - Wenn der Sohn ein “Genosse” ist Von Harald Maass (Frankfurter Rundschau).
Japan und China wollen die böse Vergangenheit ruhen lassen Von Petra Kolonko (FAZ).
From opium to art - Mind the bats “You can get high on the art displayed in the 30 artists’ dingy workshops and galleries in the dilapidated spaces at 696 Weihai Road, writes Yao Minji …” (Shanghai Daily).
“… Some donors are endangering their health by giving blood more than a dozen times a month …”. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.
“American William Boyd … acts in local comedy-dramas and sings Huju Opera in a TV contest …”. Von Xu Wei. Quelle: China Daily.
En marge du Festival et du marché du film de Hong-kong, la chaîne régionale chinoise Hunan TV peaufine ce qui s’annonce comme l’événement télévisuel de l’année dans l’empire du Milieu : une romance sirupeuse en 46 épisodes d’une heure, diffusée en prime time à partir de juillet prochain sur la première télévision commerciale en audience ciblant les 15 à 34 ans. Quelle: Le Figaro
Von Mark Magnier. “… local SEPA inspectors are paid by and otherwise dependent on the very mayors and local Communist Party secretaries they are supposed to oversee …”. Quelle: The Standard/ Los Angeles Times.
HK to die for: Wen [Jiabao] Von Michael Ng. Citing a chapter from traditional Chinese analects, Premier Wen Jiabao urged Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen Monday to devote his life to the SAR … “Perfect virtue is the burden which he considers is his to sustain - is it not heavy? Only with death does his course stop - is it not long?” Quelle: The Standard.
Der Chinesische Gewerkschaftsbund will Ende dieses Jahres in siebzig Prozent der Firmen, die mit ausländischem Kapital arbeiten, vertreten sein. Quelle: NYT
“As for the Yasukuni shrine, to which Mr Abe has traditionally been a more committed visitor than has Mr Koizumi, the Chinese believe that they have an understanding from him that he will not go while he is prime minister. Afterwards, says one Chinese policymaker, he can even go and live at Yasukuni, for all the Chinese will care.” Quelle: The Economist
Hingerichtete werden als Organspender weiter eine wichtige Rolle spielen - das gilt als Wiedergutmachung. Quelle: NZZ
Erstellung von Dokumenten aller Art. Shanghai, April 2007. Photo: chinablaetter/ flickr.
… “No weirdness, no vulgarity, no low taste,” the notice said. It also banned scandal-dogged or controversial artists as judges and prohibited judges from mocking or humiliating contestants. Judges were ordered to refrain from “showing off in order to gain popularity” … Quelle: Xinhua.
“… Of the 80 percent of developed country e-waste that heads to Asia, around 90 percent goes direct to the mainland. There, some 10 million unlicensed workers risk their lives and those of their communities pulling the goods apart and reselling the parts, or just throwing them out …”. Von James Rose. Quelle: The Standard.
Über den amerikanisch-chinesischen Krimi-Autor Qiu Xiaolong und seinen Roman When Red Is Black: ”In this novel, the detective is looking into the murder of a novelist and former member of the Red Guards. This background enables Mr. Qiu to process his deepest feelings about the fortunes of his family and of his country during the topsy-turvy years of ideological zealotry, as well as what the author considers the abandonment of virtually all values — save for the pursuit of money — that has followed.” Quelle: NYT
China issues regulation banning trade of human organs (Xinhua) Update: Artikel in “Die Welt”.
Blühende Bauernhöfe Die Schriftstellerin Luo Lingyuan über deutsches Erzählen, chinesischen Nationalgeist und europäischen Reichtum (Freitag).
“Umweltminister Gabriel hat massive Vorwürfe gegen die USA und China erhoben. Die politische Entschärfung des Uno-Klimaberichts sei ‘wissenschaftlicher Vandalismus’ … China habe in den Verhandlungen darauf bestanden, eine Textstelle zu entfernen, wonach gewisse Schäden mit ’sehr hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit’ eintreten würden. Anwesende Wissenschaftler seien daraufhin aufgestanden und hätten einen Erhalt dieses Hinweises verlangt …”. Quelle: Spiegel Online.
Nachtrag. Übersetzung aus “Nanfang Zhoumo”. Quelle: EastSouthWestNorth.
Von Alexei Barrionuevo. Quelle: IHT.
“Singapurs Außenminister Yeo über Chinas Aufstieg …”. Quelle: Die Zeit.
“The event was the remarkable battle of a homeowner against the city of Chongqing and powerful allied property developers …”. Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.
Quelle: Xinhua
“Western news outlets are increasingly turning to Chinese nationals sympathetic to the Chinese government for reporting in the region amid a sharp decline in the number of foreign journalists in Taiwan … ‘There are only 20 to 30 foreign journalists here now’ …”. Von Max Hirsch. Quelle: AsiaMedia/ Taipei Times.
Zoll beschlagnahmt mehr als 20.000 China-iPods (Spiegel Online/ dpa)
Former Shanghai land official might under probe Xinhua meldet einen Korruptionsfall in bisher unüblicher Form: … Chinese Communist officials have probably launched an investigation into another high-ranking official in Shanghai as they continue their probe into the city’s pension fund scandal, according to local reports. Yin Guoyuan, former deputy director of the Shanghai housing, land and resources administrative bureau, is under investigation, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday. An unnamed discipline inspection official said a formal report on the issue would be released “in the future”, according to the newspaper …
“… researchers have reported the finding of an approximately 40,000-year-old early modern human skeleton in China …”. Quelle: Xinhua. Update: Spiegel Online-Artikel.
It said in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, the average price of a grave in a public cemetery was about $1,000 per square yard, while the average house price was about $500 per square yard. Quelle: NYT
“Zum ersten Mal sitzt eine Chinesin in einem europäischen Parlament - ausgerechnet in Nordirland. In Belfast, der fremdenfeindlichsten Stadt Europas, will Anna Lo helfen, die erzkonservative britische Provinz zu verändern.” Quelle: Spiegel
Die Leihgabe von «Tante Marianne» sieht (Pierre T.M.) Chen als Auftakt für eine langfristige Partnerschaft seiner Yageo Stiftung, die zeitgenössische Künstler fördert, mit den Kunstsammlungen. Für 2008 geplant ist eine Schau mit Werken der Klassischen Modern sowie Gegenwartskunst im asiatischen und westlichen Kontext in Dresden. Quelle: Kölnische Rundschau
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