Author Archives: Dror Poleg

China loves (some) journalists: Iris Chang to receive official commemoration

Posted on 2005-06-22 by Dror Poleg

A new initiative to erect two clay models in memory of Iris Chang brings together eminent Chinese artists, scholars, and party apparatchiks. In 1997, Chang published The Rape of Nanking — The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, an elaborate … Continue reading →

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China: New campaign to combat illegal “cultural” goods

Posted on 2005-06-19 by Dror Poleg

A nationwide summer campaign will target pirated and illegally imported DVDs, Music CDs, and Computer Software. The Chinese Ministry of Culture launched the “campaign of inspection of the cultural market” yesterday in responses to “cases of copyright infringement and piracy … Continue reading →

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Bank of America buys stake in China Construction Bank

Posted on 2005-06-17 by Dror Poleg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/17/content_452398.htm

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China triumphant in War on Porn

Posted on 2005-06-15 by Dror Poleg

Xinhua, the Chinese Government’s official press agency, reports that “China has successfully shut down more than 1,800 pornographic Web sites in one year in a nationwide campaign.” China launched the current campaign in June last year. Liu Zhenrong, director of … Continue reading →

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China to increase regulation of health food advertisements

Posted on 2005-06-12 by Dror Poleg

The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has issued new “Interim Rules for Health Food Advertisement Reviewing”. As of July 1, 2005 all health food ads will require an approval from provincial food and drug administrations prior to publication. … Continue reading →

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China Daily: The European Union suggests to peg the Yuan (RMB) to a “basket of currencies”

Posted on 2005-06-12 by Dror Poleg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/12/content_450679.htm

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China Daily: EU and China clinched a deal limiting the rise in Chinese exports of textiles and clothing to the EU until the end of 2008.

Posted on 2005-06-12 by Dror Poleg

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/11/content_450589.htm

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Chinese Government declares war on “False News”

Posted on 2005-06-10 by Dror Poleg

The Chinese Government is working on a new mechanism that will “guarantee the authenticity” of information published by local content providers: Newspapers, magazines, TV, Radio, and news websites will come under scrutiny as China’s top media regulatory bodies launch a … Continue reading →

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Kissinger on China-US relations

Posted on 2005-06-09 by Dror Poleg

The International Herald Tribune today publishes an op-ed by Henry Kissinger on the gradual shift in “gravity of world affairs” from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Kissinger examines parallel shifts in gravity from the previous century and stresses the difference(s) … Continue reading →

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China tightens control over online content: threatens to close “unregistered” web sites.

Posted on 2005-06-08 by Dror Poleg

The Chinese government threatens to close local websites, including personal Blogs, that will fail to “register”. The registration process requires site owners and operators to provide their complete personal information. After June 30, all unregistered China-based web sites will be … Continue reading →

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