Wie Chinas Mittelschicht leidet
FTD.
"Die einst so optimistischen Aufsteiger werden nervös, sorgen sich um Job oder Bonuszahlungen, den Wert ihrer Immobilie oder die Zukunft der studierenden Kinder."
Sper-Mao in einer Serie mit Hitler und Bin Laden – China ist erzürnt
Basler Zeitung.
"Dass der Gründer der Volksrepublik China dabei in eine Reihe mit Hitler und dem Terroristenanführer Bin Laden gestellt wird als Mensch, dessen Zeugung durch Kondome besser hätte verhindert werden sollen, brachte zahlreiche Chinesen auf."
Auf der gleichen Schiene:
New branches of nationalism in China
Asia Times.
"two Chinese women, a mother and daughter, were wearing Japanese kimonos and having their pictures taken beside some blossoming trees, a young man shouted at them: "Don't wear a kimono and have pictures taken at Wuda [Wuhan University]! ... Get out, you Japanese in kimono!" As more onlookers joined him to condemn the mother and daughter, they had to flee.
[...]According to a survey carried out by sohu.com, a major Chinese portal website, 51% backed the verbal abuse, while about 47% advocated a more rational expression of nationalism or patriotism."
Chinese Women Putting off the Family Way
China Today. China auf dem Weg in die Moderne.
"In a 2008 survey by 163.com, one of the most visited websites in China, 39.7 percent of female respondents said they would consider having a baby at 35, compared with 32 percent who said they would not. And another 28.3 percent thought age is not a big issue when it comes to having children. "
China’s Grand Plans for
Eco-Cities Now Lie Abandoned
Environment 360.
"Dongtan and other highly touted eco-cities across China were meant to be models of sustainable design for the future. Instead they’ve become models of bold visions that mostly stayed on the drawing boards — or collapsed from shoddy implementation. More often than not, these vaunted eco-cities have been designed by big-name foreign architectural and engineering firms who plunged into the projects with little understanding of Chinese politics, culture, and economics — and with little feel for the needs of local residents whom the utopian communities were designed to serve."
A Chinese Emperor’s Savoir-Vivre
NYT.
"“The Kangxi Emperor” exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum explores, in a collection of rare treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing, the achievements of one of the longest ruling Qing emperors (1662 to 1722). He was the third emperor in the dynasty, formed by minority Manchu semi-nomads from northeast China who had conquered Beijing in 1644."
Robot to creep into ancient tomb for exploration
China Economic Net. Wofür man da einen Roboter braucht, ist mir ein Rätsel. Eine ferngesteuerte Sonde hätte es doch auch getan.
China plans to expand navy
FT. Soft Power? Rein defensiv ausgerichtete Streitkräfte?
"China has unveiled plans for a big overhaul and expansion of its navy, in an unusually bold confirmation that its naval ambitions have started to reach far beyond its own shores."
Dazu eine kleine Geschichte der chin. Marine:
Backgrounder: Brief history of China's People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Daily.