Quelle: earthtimes/DPA.

Ambitionierte Ziele für VR Chinas Westregion Xinjiang Die Provinz gewinnt als Energielieferant und Handelsumschlagsplatz mit Zentralasien an Bedeutung. Von Corinne Abele (gtai).

Quelle: NZZ

Jeder Versuch, das Internet flächendeckend zu zensieren, scheiterte bislang an der Transparenz der Netze. Aber das kann sich ändern. Von Ulrich Clauß. Quelle: Welt.

Nachtrag. Banks loans designed to spark economic recovery have been channeled into asset speculation, doing more harm than good. Von Andy Xie. Quelle: Caijing.

What does the new China think of itself?

新中国如何看待自己？Von Shi Yinhong (Guardian).

European supermarkets to screen Chinese TV news Von Ethan McNern (Scotsman).

New lifestyle: office work by day, street vending by night Von Wang Aihua (Shanghai Daily). Vgl. 中国大城市悄然出现”白领地摊族”:开着轿车去摆摊 (Xinhua Wang).

James Pomfret und Venus Wu berichten aus Dongguan. Quelle: Reuters.

Nachtrag. Taiwan should be wary of Beijing’s friendly overtures. Von Michael Mazza. Quelle: Weekly Standard.

“… Aside from copying the West, China has no educational innovation at all … Why has reform failed? It’s because the reformers in China are not experts on education. China’s educational reform is led by political and business entrepreneurs …” Von Zheng Yongnian. Quelle: Global Times.

Von Wen Liao. Quelle: FTD.

China launches anti-prostitution drive (Yahoo/AFP).

Quelle: Business Spectator.

Von Bernd Schaaf. Quelle: gtai.

“Tens of thousands of residents in Dongming county, Shandong Province, allegedly suffer from thyroid tumors because of industrial pollution …” Von Kang Juan. Quelle: Global Times.

Chinas Handelsüberschuss. Von André Kühnlenz. Quelle: FTD.

Mother escapes jail for making soup with man’s head  (Standard/AFP). Vgl. 游医砍杀醉酒翁 煮“人头汤”治病被判死缓 (Sichuan Zaixian).

Von Liang Yiwen. Quelle: China Daily.

Essay von Chen Danqing, in dt. und chin. Sprache. Übersetzung: Julia Buddeberg. Quelle: Dt.-Chin. Kulturnetz.

Dozens of human smugglers captured ‘Mommies’: The human smuggling ring uses women as mules to transport Chinese girls to the US, where they are likely to wind up trapped in brothels or sweatshops. “… ‘The smugglers also recruited more than 30 Taiwanese women, ranging from businesswomen, former flight attendants, nurses and college lecturers, to act as mules when taking the underage Chinese girls to the US’ …” (Taipei Times). Update: Beijing police arrest Taiwan woman over human trafficking cases (Xinhua).

“When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World.” Will Hutton bespricht im Guardian ein Buch von Martin Jacques. Update: Weitere Besprechung an gleicher Stelle von Michael Rank.

Quelle: Shanghai Daily/Xinhua.

“… the protesters also fired up the “bamboo cannons,” which used to be one of Pingpu people’s traditional weapons, as a symbolic gesture …” Quelle: China Post.

Is China’s cookie crumbling? Commentary: Top newsletter sounds warning on Middle Kingdom rally. Von Peter Brimelow (marketwatch.com).