Editor’s note: “Jaime’s China” is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived and worked in China since 1971. He studied Chinese history at Peking University (1977-81) and was TIME Magazine’s Beijing correspondent and bureau chief (1982-2000). Beijing (CNN) — Four years after hosting the 2008 Summer Games,...
Officials in southwestern China say they will suspend construction of a copper alloy project following a violent protest by villagers concerned about pollution. A notice issued Monday by the government of Shifang in Sichuan province says the project will be put on hold while authorities dispatch teams to educate citizens about it. The notice...
Chinese manufacturing indexes slipped to seven-month lows as overseas orders dropped, and South Korea cut its estimate for exports this year, underscoring risks to Asian economies from Europe’s debt crisis. A purchasing managers’ index for China fell to 48.2 in June from 48.4 in May, HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit said today. A similar...
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) — President Hu Jintao attended a gathering here for the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China and the swearing-in ceremony of the fourth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Sunday morning. Hu, arriving in Hong Kong Friday, was present at the inauguration ceremony in...
SHIJIAZHUANG, July 1(Xinhua) — China on Sunday launched a campaign aiming to provide pension insurance to all rural residents and unemployed citizens in order to help the country cope with its aging population. “We must ensure that the new pension insurance system covers all rural residents and unemployed urbanites by the end of this...
China said Sunday that preparations are going smoothly for a major Communist Party meeting at which the country’s top leaders will changed, even though the once-a-decade transformation has been overshadowed by a political scandal. An editorial in the party newspaper, the People’s Daily, said arrangements for the party congress are under way. “The preparation...
BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in China’s Uighur Autonomous Area destroyed 104 houses Saturday, blocked roads and killed hundreds of cattle, officials said. The China Earthquakes Network Center said the epicenter was in Xinjiang province near the border with Hejing and Xinyuan, Xinhua, China’s official government news agency, said. The quake...
SEOUL — China is quietly inviting tens of thousands of North Korean guest workers into the country in a deal that will provide a cash infusion to help prop up a teetering regime with little more to export than the drudgery of a desperately poor population. The deal, which has not been publicly announced...
China’s factory downturn worsened in June as a key activity index hit seven-month lows, data expected to fuel expectations the central bank may seek more policy easing to kick-start an economic recovery. China’s official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 50.2 in June, above expectations but down from 50.4 in May, the National Bureau...
