“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.
“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.
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
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.
Shanghai noir Von Todd Crowell (Asia Times Online).
“Less than 40 percent of the population is restricted by the family planning policy to having one child …”. Quelle: Xinhua.
Quelle: Xinhua
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
Von Emily Wu. Quelle: The Standard.
“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.
Von Joseph Kahn. Quelle: IHT.
“Vistitors who throw away trash in Yuyuan Garden will be photographed by 23 cameras …”. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.
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
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)
Nachtrag. Von Alice Gu und Lydia Chen. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.
Containing social unrest key to Chinese officials’ promotion prospects “… From January to September 2006, about 385,000 rural people participated in ‘mass incidents’” (Xinhua).
Von Howard W. French. Quelle: IHT.
Ministry assures bonds not to cool stock market Von Leo Zhang (Shanghai Daily).
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