Category Archives: China and foreign relations

Who was Hong Kong returned to?

Posted on 2007-07-02 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Yunruo (张允若) and Huang Yilong (黄一龙) discuss the handover.

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China’s unfavorable copyright imbalance

Posted on 2007-06-27 by maya

GAPP just released a report on the state of China’s publishing industries in 2006. The report concluded that, while China’s copyright-related trade has made strides, the “unfavorable copyright trade imbalance” hasn’t fundamentally reversed. In support of this conclusion, the report … Continue reading →

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Look east Ms Bunting

Posted on 2007-06-04 by Jeremy Goldkorn
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Surveys: global opinions on China’s rise

Posted on 2007-05-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here is some data from two recent surveys about people’s attitudes towards China’s rise: UPI/Zogby Poll of American attitudes to China – 75% of respondents said China is top U.S. economic rival, with Japan coming in a distant second at … Continue reading →

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China and Africa: the hypocrisy of the West

Posted on 2007-05-28 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Botswana’s Festus Mogae – “Bugger all I can do about it” Two weeks ago, China hosted the board meeting of the Africa Development Bank (ADB) in Shanghai. Economist Jeffry Sachs attended the meeting and wrote an opinion piece for

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Mia Farrow’s “Genocide Olympics”

Posted on 2007-04-15 by maya

Mia Farrow dispenses goodwill The New York Times is crediting UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow with Beijing’s recent reversal in its stance on Darfur. Previously opposed to U.N. sanctions against the Sudan — and generally refusing to involve itself in … Continue reading →

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Talking about Japan in the street: reaction to Antiwave video

Posted on 2007-01-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The post below this one is a Danwei TV interview with the guys behind the Antiwave podcast, Flypig and Ping Ke. Flypig posted the Youtube version of our video on his blog late last night, soon after we first released … Continue reading →

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Chinese cars in Kenya, female ethnic Chinese minister in Zimbabwe

Posted on 2007-01-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Fay King Chung, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education Two China Africa stories: From Beijing Review: Chinese Song of ‘Chimurenga’ A Chinese descendant has grown into the first Chinese female Minister of Zimbabwe More than a century ago, in 1904, a 17-year-old … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: Bush expresses sadness over Turkmenistan president’s death

Posted on 2006-12-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Saparmurat Niyazov, the president for life and supreme dictator of Turkmenistan, is dead. According to Xinhua, Hu Jintao sent a message to acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Hu’s message, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, expressed “deep-felt” condolences on … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Weekly on North Korean defectors: more than 300,000

Posted on 2006-11-28 by banyue

Barbed wire can’t stop life The cover story of the current issue of Phoenix Weekly is about refugees who left North Korea to China or a third country. These people are called “defectors” by South Korea and “illegal enterers”by China. … Continue reading →

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