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Higher pay no deterrent in China
Chinese workers' demands for higher wages are not deterring Japanese companies from maintaining production facilities in China, although it was low labor costs that initially attracted them to the country. Now they see the increased spending power of consumers as an incentive to become more deeply involved in the economy.
(Jul 29, '10) China tries realistic ratings
China's Dagong rating agency makes clear that it sees the world without the rose-colored glasses of its US-based counterparts, which failed so dismally in their work ahead of the world's recent financial crises. For a start, the Chinese outfit gives due recognition to the grim long-term outlook of the US and UK economies.
(Jul 27, '10) China carries Bhutto's dream
President Asif Ali Zardari, now a frequent visitor to Beijing, wants to make real the dream of his assassinated wife Benazir Bhutto to have gas pipelines, railways and highways running between Pakistan and China. New Delhi is watching to see that this does not turn into a nightmare for India.
(Jul 26, '10) China turns on demand power
The scale of China's demand for commodities, from iron ore to oil, is now sufficient to make it an arbiter of other countries' destinies. Loss of independence to a new Chinese dominion is not inevitable, but determination is required in the face of the "vampire squid" of the commodities world.
(Jul 23, '10) China on a razor's edge
Money is pouring back into Chinese stocks on hopes that signs of a cooling economy will prompt the government to relax tightening measures. Yet with inflation still close to 3% and other indicators ambiguous, the recent optimism might soon be dashed. The one big cloud over the market, fear of a property crash, remains.
(Jul 22, '10) Greater China
China plays it cool on Kyrgyzstan
While the US and Russia engage in a complicated dance over post-revolution Kyrgyzstan, China has adopted a stance of non-interference. The country is a key component of Beijing's "outreach" strategy towards Central Asia, and it has replaced Kazakhstan as the number one export market for Xinjiang.
- M K Bhadrakumar (Apr 19, '10)
Taiwan's dead can dance - for a fee
In a clash of funeral rites and music copyright, the popular use of memorial CD-ROMs is coming under scrutiny in Taiwan. As part of a drive to protect intellectual property that has seen Taiwan move from a haven for pirates to having the third-lowest rate of violations in Asia, mourners may be forced to pay up.- Jens Kastner (Apr 19, '10)
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Technology points a way through the maze
The maze of problems in United States-China relations was apparent in Washington this week and epitomized by the question of America's push for sanctions on Iran. Cooperation over technology offers a way to untangle the complicated web. Certainly, China's industrial development is stumbling for the want of it.- Francesco Sisci (Apr 15, '10)
China's map leaps over the moon
China had the most accurate moon map - at least for a while - when its space-mapping experts revealed 3-D imagery of the lunar surface last year. But its ability to produce rapid imagery analysis has been questioned after mappers apparently overlooked one of the most enduring mysteries of moon exploration.
- Peter J Brown (Apr 15, '10)
Entente cordiale blocks Karmapa Lama
At a time when the Karmapa Lama, the second-most important ''Living Buddha'' for Tibetans in exile, is believed to be being groomed as successor to the aging Dalai Lama as spiritual leader, India's ban on a trip from the confines of Dharamsala to Europe limits his potential. Warming ties between India and China could be behind the decision.- Saransh Sehgal (Apr 14, '10)
Google vs China: The endgame
Google's tiff with the Chinese government reverberates far deeper than the well-documented issues of commercial interests and Internet censorship, while the US company's actions set it apart from the vast Western corporate involvement profiting from China's huge population of docile, intimidated workers. But even they have risen to the challenge, with wit, humor and biting cultural innovation.
- John Parker (Apr 13, '10)
China's footloose climb to the top
China's fast climb up the world's economic league table is not the only valid measure on which to base the country's ascendency in world affairs, and while its influence is undoubtedly growing, an uncertain Beijing cannot yet claim superpower status. Washington, for all the talk of America's decline, will continue to dominate international affairs.- Jian Junbo (Apr 13, '10)
COMMENT
A lot of hot air
Li Changchun, referred to as one of the most powerful men in China, spoke freely, and with humor, at a recent climate change conference in Beijing. He also depicted China and the West as an "us versus them" struggle. If the world can indeed afford a new cold war on political, economic and trade grounds, the environment can hardly afford such quarrels.- Ramzy Baroud (Apr 13, '10)
US-India deal clouds nuclear summit
Mounting opposition to a recent US agreement that allows India to reprocess nuclear fuel casts a shadow over this week's Nuclear Security Summit, with critics saying Washington has made too many concessions to New Delhi. The row is unlikely to obscure the anti-terrorist focus, nor detract from the US mission to put pressure on Iran.- Peter J Brown (Apr 12, '10)
Beijing resets relations with the Internet
The Chinese government is embracing new Internet technologies such as micro-blogging and web-chats as a political vehicle. Beijing's vision of an Internet that is strictly controlled seems to contradict the Net's ethos of open information flow, but a precedent for the unlikely mix can be found in the country's "socialism with Chinese characteristics".- Iain Mills (Apr 08, '10)
Mistrust remains over dams
Accusations that China's dams are causing the Mekong River's unusually low levels in northeast Thailand, Laos and Vietnam have dominated a regional summit on the river's health. Hoping to safeguard its burgeoning ties with Southeast Asia, Beijing went out of its way to try to prove that low rainfall, not dams, is the main culprit. But not all were convinced.- Johanna Son (Apr 07, '10)
China faces its biggest foe
The worst drought in a century continues to grip China's southwest, with reports of abandoned villages and an exodus of people. With the rural poor angry at the government's lack of planning and its hydro-electric dam projects, the crisis threatens to become a far bigger challenge to Beijing than that posed by political reformers and rights activists.
- Kent Ewing (Apr 07, '10)
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Small steps on journey of a thousand miles ...
With the grand plan on climate change a non-starter after the chaos of the Copenhagen summit in December, the way forward may lie in forging small agreements on technology transfers for cutting carbon emissions to create momentum for tackling thornier issues. It would take China and the United States to set the ball in motion.- Francesco Sisci (Apr 07, '10)
China sees US as hedge for Taiwan, Tibet
China's agreement to discuss sanctions against Iran and send President Hu Jintao to President Barack Obama's nuclear non-proliferation summit have helped ease United States-China tensions. In return, Beijing has secured a vital US commitment to the one-China policy at a time when potentially dangerous transitions of power loom in Taiwan and among the Tibetan diaspora.- Peter Lee (Apr 06, '10)
BOOK REVIEW
A search for personal, political roots
Wishart's Quest by Peter CorrisThis tale of a foundling who searches from Australia to Hong Kong for his origins, eventually discovering he is the son of a disgraced Vietnam War veteran and an aboriginal mother, draws a compelling portrait of the social dynamics at play in Australia's evolution into a multiracial society.
- Muhammad Cohen (Apr 01, '10)
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