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Droht China ein Crash nach Japans Vorbild?

Die Parallelen zwischen China und Japan sind furchterregend. Nachdem in Japan Ende der 80er-Jahre die Immobilienblase geplatzt war, kippte der Trend bei der Bevölkerungsentwicklung und die Wirtschaft stagnierte. Die gleiche Entwicklung droht China, sollte Peking keine energischen Schritte unternehmen.


Ex-Sowjetstaaten geraten in die Fänge von China

Neues Selbstbewusstsein im Osten: Die ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken wenden sich zunehmend von Moskau ab. Für einige zahlt sich das durchaus aus, die Volkswirtschaften wachsen kräftig. Doch gleichzeitig wird klar, dass die vermeintlich eigenständigen Staaten in den Sog eines anderen großen Nachbarn geraten.


China Issues Another Warning to Google on Enforced Censorship of the Internet

One of China’s top Internet regulators warned bluntly on Friday that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would be “irresponsible” and would draw a response from Beijing.


China Increases Security in Tibet to Prevent Protests

For a second straight year, the Chinese government has increased security across parts of the vast Tibetan plateau to dissuade any Tibetans from holding protests this week to mark the anniversaries of ethnic uprisings.


Heartthrob’s Blog Challenges China’s Leaders

Since he began blogging in 2006, Mr. Han has been delivering increasingly caustic attacks on China’s leadership and the policies he contends are creating misery for those unlucky enough to lack a powerful government post. With more than 300 million hits to his blog, he may be the most popular living writer in the world.


China's oil demand increase 'astonishing', says IEA

China's demand for oil jumped by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with the same month a year earlier, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.


China rejects Barack Obama's call to change yuan policy

China has hit back at comments by US President Barack Obama that Beijing should change its currency strategy.


Google to shut China search engine

Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.


Opinion: Is China Dreaming of Global Dominance?

Does Beijing want to take over the world?

It definitely does, according to Senior Colonel Liu Mingfu of the People’s Liberation Army. “China’s big goal in the 21st century is to become world number one, the top power,” he writes in The China Dream, a book released in January but sold publicly only now. “If China in the 21st century cannot become world number one, cannot become the top power, then inevitably it will become a straggler that is cast aside.”

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Deutsche Firmen warnen vor China-Panik
Spiegel. Der fiese Spiegel am Werk?

Tausend Tode für China
FAZ.
"Er fühle tiefe Liebe für dieses Land, sagte Wen Jiabao und sei bereit, „tausend Tode“ dafür zu sterben. Mit dieser „Hingabe“ wolle er auch den Rest seiner Amtszeit fortsetzen."
Wie krank kann man sein?

China orders reporters trained in Marxist theory
AP via Google. Es geht voran.
"Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said some reporters were giving Chinese journalism a bad name because they hadn't been properly trained."

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China's "labour famine:" Hype and reality
China Labour Bulletin.
"The younger generation of workers are both more aware of their rights and more self-confident and assertive. They will not accept indefinitely the appalling working conditions their parents put up with. Many will only work for a few months before moving on to another factory or a new town. They are highly mobile and think nothing of jumping on a train or bus to cross the country if the mood takes them."

China exportiert seine Highspeed-Eisenbahnen
Welt.
""Wir haben ein selbst entwickeltes, eigenständiges System an Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahnen.""

Verborgen stroperigheid in China
Trouw. Vergleich der Planung & Durchführung von Großprojekten in NL & China.

Mystery of missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng deepens
BBC.
""We are willing to have human rights dialogue with the UK and other countries on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference in each other's internal affairs," Mr Yang added."
Dialog - Kritik (da ja Einmischung in innere Angelegenheiten) =

Twitter in China? In Due Time, Twitter Founder Promises
PC World.
"Ai stressed the importance that Twitter could have by establishing a Chinese service. He had noted that he uses the service eight hours a day, after his blog was taken down by the Chinese government."

"Chinas Rock ist wie Tee, westlicher Rock ist wie Kaffee"
Welt. "Xie Tian Xao über Pop in China, Reggae und die Elektrifizierung der Nationalhymne"

Searching for Zheng: China's Ming-Era Voyager
Time.
"though Beijing plays up the voyages as a triumphant Chinese adventure, the journeys had a distinctly Muslim character. Zheng practiced Islam, as did Ma Huan, the main chronicler aboard the ships. It's likely they were guided to their many ports of call, such as Malacca, India's Malabar coast and Malindi in Kenya, by Muslim pilots of Arab, Indian or African extraction."

Politische Lähmung in Peking
FAZ.
"es ist ein Eiertanz; es gibt viele Fortschritte und neue Rückschritte. Die Versuche der politischen Teilhabe scheitern letztlich immer daran, dass die Kommunistische Partei an ihrem Machtmonopol festhält."

Intime Bekenntnisse eines Beamten
SZ. Hach, was ein Leben...
"Gegen elf Uhr kehrte ich zurück ins Guoda-Hotel. Xiao Tan war schon da. Ich schlief mit ihr. 19. September, Mittwoch, 21 bis 32 Grad Celsius, sonnig. Mittags kamen Hong He, Anhui, Li Yuefen und andere. Ich speiste mit ihnen zu Mittag. Trank eine Menge Schnaps. Schlief am Nachmittag. Ging abends ins Guoda-Hotel. Hatte Sex mit Xiao Tan."

China Issues Warning to Major Partners of Google
NYT.
"The Chinese government information authorities warned some of Google’s biggest Web partners on Friday that they should prepare backup plans in case Google ceases censoring the results of searches on its local Chinese-language search engine, said the expert, who did not want to be identified for fear of retaliation by the government."



OT:
„Sozialhilfe auf fünf Jahre begrenzen“
FAZ.
"Seine wichtigsten Schlussfolgerungen lauteten: Erstens: Die Bezahlung der Mutterschaft für arme Frauen führt zu immer mehr solchen Müttern. Zweitens: Die Kaschierung des Schulversagens ihrer Kinder durch Senkung der Anforderungen höhlt die Lernbereitschaft weiter aus. Drittens: Die Entschuldigung der Kriminalität dieser Kinder - 10 Prozent der Jungen sind auf Sozialhilfe, diese begehen aber 50 Prozent der Verbrechen - als „Versagen der Gesellschaft“ treibt die Deliktzahl weiter nach oben. Viertens: Die Abschaffung der Sozialhilfe wirkt für die Betroffenen hilfreicher als ihre Belohnung mit Quasiverbeamtung für immer mehr bildungsferne Kinder."

& darauf kommen die jetzt erst?
Noch schlimmer: Die Erkenntnis wird wohl kaum irgendwelche Folgen haben.

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Die amerikanisch-chinesische Hassliebe

Sie konkurrieren miteinander und hängen gleichzeitig voneinander ab: Das Verhältnis zwischen den USA und China bestimmt das Weltgeschehen. Derzeit ist die Atmosphäre ziemlich gereizt. FTD.de erklärt, warum.


China Uses Rules on Global Trade to Its Advantage

With China’s exports soaring, even as other major economies struggle to recover from the recession, evidence is mounting that Beijing is skillfully using inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others, including the United States.


China Announces Sentence for Missing Dissident

China’s foreign minister waded into the mystery over the disappearance more than a year ago of one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers, but his remarks on Tuesday shed little light on the lawyer’s fate.


China Compensates Evicted Artists

A small group of artists who held a daring protest in the heart of Beijing against forced evictions last month will be compensated for giving up claims to property, a representative of the artists said Monday.


Iran nuclear issue 'a shared goal' for UK and China

The UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said Britain and China have "a shared goal" in resolving the issue of Iran's nuclear programme.


Rio Tinto expects China's resources demand to rise

Mining firm Rio Tinto has said that China's demand for iron ore, copper, coal and aluminium will increase dramatically during the next 15 years.


The world's shortest man, He Pingping, dies aged 21

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm (2ft 5in) tall, has died in Rome.

He was born in 1988 in Wulanchabu, China, with a form of primordial dwarfism, and was officially recognised as the world's shortest man in 2008.


U.S.-born pandas adjust to new China homes

After years of living in the public eye, with hundreds of thousands of adoring fans, the sponsorship deals, the million-dollar home, the dozens of staff to serve his every need -- suddenly, Tai Shan, a U.S.-born panda, is finding himself in a much quieter life.


China: Coal mine fire kills 25

At least three mine managers have been detained, and authorities have frozen their and the mine's assets, according to Xinhua.

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http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,684072,00.html" target="_blank

Peking plant Comeback der Planwirtschaft

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Google Partners Call For Clarity on China Plans
NYT.
"Many of the signatories, contacted by Reuters, would not comment on the letter, or said they were unaware of it."

Systemkritik in China
FAZ.

Missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'is fine' - brother
BBC.

Ein besorgter Blick auf die Wirtschaft in China
FAZ, Blog.
"So war vor ein paar Tagen in der Los Angeles Times (http://j.mp/dfb31w" target="_blank) ein Artikel zu finden, der vom einem Flughafen berichtete, der in China für 57 Millionen Dollar gebaut worden ist, Ende des Jahres 2007 eröffnet wurde - und für 220 000 Passagiere im Jahr ausgelegt ist. Der Flughafen steht in der chinesischen Stadt Libo, und im vergangenen Jahr wurden dort exakt 151 Passagiere gezählt."

China zoo shut amid tiger parts harvest allegation
AFP via Google.
"The Beijing News quoted an unnamed zoo official saying between 40 and 50 tigers may have died at the privately operated zoo since 2000 and that it was an "open secret" that the zoo was producing tiger-bone liquor."

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Chinas Kommunisten umwerben die Grünen

Warum umwirbt Chinas Kommunistische Partei die Grünen? Auf Einladung der KP ist Grünen-Chef Cem Özdemir mit einer Partei-Delegation nach Peking gereist. Dort trifft die Gruppe unter anderen Politbüromitglieder und Vizeaußenministerin Fu Ying. Beide Seiten wollen den Dialog institutionalisieren.


China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S.

For years, many of China’s best and brightest left for the United States, where high-tech industry was more cutting-edge. But Mark R. Pinto is moving in the opposite direction. Mr. Pinto is the first chief technology officer of a major American tech company to move to China.


World Bank Urges China to Bolster Rates and Let Currency Rise

The World Bank recommended higher interest rates and a stronger currency for China on Wednesday, as it raised growth forecasts for the country. China’s rapid economic growth has led to expectations of rising inflation and concerns that a bubble is building in the property industry.


China Accused of Selling Bad Vaccines

A newspaper article by one of China’s best-known investigative reporters has reawakened a controversy over whether provincial authorities improperly stored vaccines in rooms without air conditioning, rendering them ineffective, and then let them be administered to children.


China growth forecast raised to 9.5% by World Bank

The World Bank has raised its 2010 economic growth forecast for China to 9.5% from 9%.


China hits out at UK human rights report

China has accused Britain of putting on a political show after a UK review of human rights around the world was highly critical of Beijing.


Missing Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'is fine' - brother

The brother of the missing Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has told the BBC that he is "no longer worried" about Mr Gao's safety.


Australia warns China on Rio Tinto 'spying' trial

Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has warned China that it faces international scrutiny over the way it conducts a spying trial next week.


China and Australia trade warnings on Rio Tinto trial

China has warned against politicising the trial of four Rio Tinto executives, hours after Australia expressed concern over the conduct of proceedings.

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China Surpassed U.S. as Biggest Investor in Renewable Energy

China became the biggest investor in renewable energy last year, displacing the U.S. as it raced to meet rising demand for power and reduce carbon emissions.


U.S. Won’t Tell Google What to Do in China Spat, Clinton Says

Google Inc.’s decision about whether to pull out of China is a judgment only the company can make based on its best interests, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.


China unveils homemade AC313 large civilian helicopter

China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter has completed a successful maiden flight in Jingdezhen, in the eastern province of Jiangxi.


Rio Tinto signs mining deal with China's Chinalco

The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore mine in West Africa.


Citing Recession, U.S. Again Presses China on Revaluing Currency

China’s reluctance to allow the value of its currency to rise “is a real concern” to both the United States and the country’s other major trading partners and could be subject to negotiations in coming weeks, the American ambassador to China said on Thursday.


A Host of Mummies, a Forest of Secrets

In the middle of a terrifying desert north of Tibet, Chinese archaeologists have excavated an extraordinary cemetery. Its inhabitants died almost 4,000 years ago, yet their bodies have been well preserved by the dry air.


Tiger Deaths Raise Alarms About Chinese Zoos

A zoo where 11 rare Siberian tigers recently starved to death is fast becoming a symbol of the mistreatment of animals in China, with allegations of misspent subsidies, bribes, and the deaths of at least dozens of animals.


Non-China News:
N. Korea Is Said to Execute Finance Chief

North Korea has arrested and possibly executed its top financial official as it struggles to contain chaos set off by its botched attempt to halt inflation through a radical currency revaluation, according to news reports Thursday in South Korea.

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China media hits out at Google
Straits Times.
"CHINESE media unleashed a torrent of criticism against Google on Saturday after reports it would leave the country, with state news agency Xinhua alleging the company was linked to US intelligence."

Powerful interests stifle China reforms
Asia Times.
"Beijing's formidable censorship and state-security apparatus effectively put an end to public discussion of the sensitive subject by punishing the editors of the 13 papers. Zhang Hong, deputy editor of the Economic Observer, was fired and others were given warnings. NPC deputies, 70% of whom are CCP cadres, largely refrained from addressing the hukou imbroglio during the nine-day annual plenary session. "

Chinese learn to leap the 'Great Firewall'
BBC.
"Sometimes, the censorship can throw up real absurdities, according to Mr Mao.
Even an innocent children's song - I love Beijing's Tiananmen - can fall foul of the censors"

Wenn Messer sich im Wasser krümmen
Welt.
"weshalb dann Sehnsucht nach West-Berlin? "Auch wenn es schockierend klingt: Weil es damals einfacher war. Weil das Militär auf dem Platz des Himmlischen Friedens und die Mauer am Potsdamer Platz jeden Tag aufs Neue eine strenge Reflexion über den Wert und die Gefährdung der Freiheit provozierten, dazu Gedanken über unseren inneren Ort auf dieser Welt. Während heute...""


& dann war da noch:
Eine Stadt in Orange
Focus.
"Die Behörden warnten vor Gesundheitsgefahren und empfahlen den Bürgern, die Fenster zu schließen und nur mit Atemmaske und Schutzbrille ins Freie zu gehen."
Na toll! Mein erster Sandsturm & ich verschlafe ihn komplett.

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Academic Paper in China Sets Off Alarms in U.S.
NYT. Die fiese NYT wieder beim Chinabashing?
"The difference between Mr. Wang’s explanation and Mr. Wortzel’s conclusion is of more than academic interest. It shows that in an atmosphere already charged with hostility between the United States and China over cybersecurity issues, including large-scale attacks on computer networks, even a misunderstanding has the potential to escalate tension and set off an overreaction."

Unjust Income Gaps
Beijing Morning Post via Women of China.
"The annual reports of 208 listed companies show that executives earn 18 times as much as ordinary workers. Also that about 20% of workers have had no pay raises in the past five years."
Hmm? Nach Aussage unseres großen Helden kann das doch gar nicht sein.

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Verdeckter Einfluss aus dem Ausland
Peking wittert "heißes Geld"

http://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Peking-wi ... 86928.html" target="_blank

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Drohungen zwischen Google und China werden schärfer

Der Ton im Streit zwischen Google und China um die im Dezember entdeckten Hack-Attacken wird immer schärfer. Gerüchten zufolge könnte Google heute den Rückzug aus China antreten.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,15 ... 49,00.html

-Spiegel Online Netzwelt-Ticker-

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Rätselhaftes China

China rückt näher, aber es bleibt ein Rätsel. Mit seinen Waren, Banken, Bloggern, Windenergieprojekten, Intellektuellen, Künstlern ist das Land längst mit der westlichen Welt verflochten, eine Erscheinung, deren Zeichen und Begriffe den unsrigen ganz ähnlich sehen. Aber dann wird die Vertrautheit plötzlich unterbrochen:...


Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship

Just over two months after threatening to leave China because of censorship and intrusions by Chinese hackers, Google said that it would close its China-based Web site and instead direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its service, which may get blocked in mainland China.


Chinese Official’s Threat Sets Off a Media Furor

But instead of fizzling out, the March 7 episode has blossomed into a cause célèbre for free-press advocates in China. In a rare display of unity, journalists, lawyers, academics and activists posted a letter of protest on the Internet demanding the governor’s resignation.


Rio Tinto Workers Admit Accepting Bribes in China

Three employees of Rio Tinto, the British-Australian mining giant, agreed to plead guilty Monday to taking bribes while working for the company in China, making stunning confessions on the opening day of their three-day trial here.


U.S. firms worry over business chill in China

Technology firms doing business in China are raising alarm bells over what they claim are protectionist measures by Beijing.

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Umweg über Hongkong
Google stellt Suchmaschine in China ein

http://www.faz.net/s/RubE2C6E0BCC2F04DD ... ntent.html" target="_blank

Google unzensiert in China geht nicht?
Geht doch - via Hongkong.

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Kleine Chinesen sollen bei Polizei petzen

Wer mobbt wen auf dem Pausenhof? Und hat da jemand Pornos im Handy? Als "kleine Sicherheitsinformanten" sollen Schüler in der chinesischen Stadt Kungming über Mitschüler berichten. Solche Spionage-Dienste gehen Schülern, Eltern und Experten zu weit.


http://www.spiegel.de/schulspiegel/ausl ... 50,00.html