Alle Einträge vom July, 2007

Spiegel, Scherben und Arbeitssuche

Sunday, 15.7.2007

“Chinese has it that the hanging of a single mirror can ward off misfortune. But a Shanghai woman – concerned about her daughter who until recently had been unemployed for more than 12 years – has taken the suspicion up quite a few levels …”. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.


Carving plight of coal miners, he churns China

Sunday, 15.7.2007

“It is not easy to forget an encounter with Zhang Jianhua’s sculptures of Chinese coal miners; that is, if one is lucky enough to see them …”. Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.


Mosque siege reveals the Chinese connection

Friday, 13.7.2007

Alarmed by the attacks on their citizens, and on the sensitive question of public perception of these events, Chinese leaders are widely reported by these diplomats to have put strong pressure on Musharraf to take action. Quelle: IHT


Let’s talk about sex in China

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Sociologist James Farrer recently attended a conference in Beijing on sexuality and its implications for human rights and civil society in China. Farrer, author of Opening Up: Youth Sex Culture and Market Reform in Shanghai, is associate professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, specializing in Chinese society. He speaks to Devin Stewart. Quelle: Asia Times Online.


Qiu Xiaolong’s mystery novel “When Red Is Black”

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Shanghai noir Von Todd Crowell (Asia Times Online).


Remains of mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Quelle: Xinhua


Many free to have more than one child

Thursday, 12.7.2007

“Less than 40 percent of the population is restricted by the family planning policy to having one child …”. Quelle: Xinhua.


Half a million people moved from path of China’s swollen Huaihe River

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Quelle: Xinhua


China City Debuts Opulent Public Toilet

Thursday, 12.7.2007

They’re flush with pride in Chongqing, where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet. Quelle: NYT


Shenzhen fixes divorce laws to protect women

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Von Emily Wu. Quelle: The Standard.


China tries 26 people related to brick kiln slave labor scandal

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Quelle: Xinhua


Shop signs must be in Chinese

Thursday, 12.7.2007

Von Zou Qi. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.


Interview With Chen Shui-bian, President of Taiwan

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

Quelle: Washington Post.


Krieg und Klima-Umschwung fielen zusammen

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

“Wenn es in Ostchina besonders kalt wurde, kam es zum Krieg: Dieses 1000-jährige Muster haben Historiker beim Vergleich von Klimadaten der Nord-Hemisphäre mit Berichten über historische Auseinandersetzungen gefunden – und sie prophezeien weitere Kriege …”. Quelle: Spiegel Online.


China executes the former head of its food and drug agency [Zheng Xiaoyu]

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

Von Joseph Kahn. Quelle: IHT.


Cameras to catch out litterbugs

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

“Vistitors who throw away trash in Yuyuan Garden will be photographed by 23 cameras …”. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.


Suspect products from China turn up in Europe

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

Von Stephen Castle. Quelle: IHT.


Todesstrafe wegen Korruption

Wednesday, 11.7.2007

Der ehemalige Chef der chinesischen Nahrungs- und Arzneimittelaufsicht, Zheng Xiaoyu, wurde hingerichtet. Ihm wird u. a. ein Arzneiskandal in Panama zur Last gelegt, wo im vergangenen Jahr annähernd 100 Patienten an der Einnahme falsch deklarierter Glukose aus China starben. In Zukunft würde die Regierung die Kontrollbeamten schneller rotieren lassen, damit sie keine zu engen Beziehungen zu betroffenen Firmen unterhalten können. Quelle: taz


Dormitory life

Monday, 9.7.2007

Foto von Li Song (Flickr).


They must share four to eight-person dormitories

Monday, 9.7.2007

China’s education ministry bans university students from living off campus … the ministry instructed all universities to make the dormitories “another front for political and ideological education” in order to create a “good climate for the students’ growth”. The ministry told the universities to strengthen the administration of dormitories, in what it says will ensure the safety of students and facilitate communication between them. It also ruled that students sharing dormitories should be classmates with the aim of making it easier for teachers to monitor students’ lifestyles outside the classroom … (Xinhua)


Old Shanghai tongue lives in the suburbs

Monday, 9.7.2007

Nachtrag. Von Alice Gu und Lydia Chen. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.


Mass incidents

Monday, 9.7.2007

Containing social unrest key to Chinese officials’ promotion prospects “… From January to September 2006, about 385,000 rural people participated in ‘mass incidents’” (Xinhua). 


China says uranium executive taken hostage in Niger

Monday, 9.7.2007

Quelle: Shanghai Daily.


China’s economy surges, but consumer advocacy lags

Monday, 9.7.2007

Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.


Mop up excess liquidity

Saturday, 7.7.2007

Ministry assures bonds not to cool stock market Von Leo Zhang (Shanghai Daily).