Here is a piece of news on CD. Party members and public servants working in the Tibet autonomous region were given an ultimatum on July 14 to call back their children within two months from overseas schools and monasteries run by the "Dalai clique", the International Herald Leader (IHL), owned by the Xinhua News Agency, said Wednesday. Under a regulation drawn up by the … [Read more...] about (Letter from The Trapped) Tibet officials issued with Dalai school ultimatum
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(Letter from Bob) China to set up designated protest zones for Beijing Olympics
Saw on ESPN.com AP reports that Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics ... Liu Shaowu, director for security for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, said Wednesday that areas in at least three public parks near outlying sporting venues have been set aside for use by demonstrators. … [Read more...] about (Letter from Bob) China to set up designated protest zones for Beijing Olympics
Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
More released from Pew Global Attitudes survey. From the IHT/NYTimes: "Eighty-six percent of the Chinese surveyed said they were content with the country's direction, up from 48 percent in 2002 and a full 25 percentage points higher than the next highest country, Australia. And 82 percent of Chinese were satisfied with their national economy, up from 52 percent." … [Read more...] about Chinese extremely optimistic about nation
Add this to your "what if California is a country …" line at the next party
Wired recently reported some amazing statistics: … [Read more...] about Add this to your "what if California is a country …" line at the next party
Unity is strength – Shenzhen home-buyers try group buying
There is probably only one other issue capable of challenging the Olympics for national attention in China right now: the collapse of the housing market in China, led by Shenzhen. Home prices in Shenzhen grew very rapidly in recent years (on the order of 50%-100% ), and now appear to be falling just as quickly. But for some people, it might not be falling fast enough. Two … [Read more...] about Unity is strength – Shenzhen home-buyers try group buying