Kinderkleidung aus China mit Chemikalien belastet
AFP via Google.
China «sprachlos» über seine erfolglosen Fußballer
FTD.
"Die Zeiten für den chinesischen Fußball könnten kaum schlechter sein. «Ein Alptraum», «empörend» und «beschämend», titelten chinesische Zeitungen vergangene Woche, als klar wurde, dass sich kein chinesisches Team für die Champions-League des Asiatischen Fußballverbandes qualifiziert hatte. «Wir sind sprachlos.»"
Pope urges China reconciliation
BBC.
"The latest message from the Vatican published on a new Chinese language Vatican website encourages the faithful in China to get together at grass roots level with their fellow Christians and to settle their differences in the interests of church unity."
Ohne China ist Nordkorea nichts
FTD.
"Die nächste große Frage ist nun, ob Peking die geplante Verschärfung der Uno-Sanktionen mittragen wird. Denn Nordkorea bezieht ganze 80 Prozent seiner Alltagsprodukte aus China. Der bilaterale Handel wuchs im vergangenen Jahr um 41 Prozent auf 2,7 Mrd. $. "
China says being demonised over fake drugs
Reuters. Die Ärmsten!
""I do not agree with what the foreign media say. The Chinese government has always paid a lot of attention to cracking down on fake drugs," Bian told a news conference.
The problem was that sometimes overseas companies ignored Chinese regulations and did business with unregistered firms, he said."
Passer-by pushes suicide man off bridge
BBC. Ein Video des Vorfalls.
Disabilities in China's polluted Shanxi
BBC.
"The rate of birth defects in this region is six times higher than the national average.
In January, the director of family planning in Shanxi, An Huanxiao, told the China Daily newspaper that the province's high rate of birth defects was related to environmental pollution.
But doctors we spoke to in Shanxi are more sceptical.
One doctor at a village clinic told us that a local survey carried out in 2002 concluded that birth defects were caused by malnutrition. "
China protesters see red over Pelosi visit
Reuters.
"Some of the protesters spray-painted red slogans on the main gate of the State Council Information Office reading "Pelosi we love you," "Warmly welcome Pelosi, pay attention to human rights" and "Down with corruption.""
China Said to Harass Rights Lawyers
NYT.
" In some cases, the law firms were told that they could avoid difficulties by giving the lawyers failing grades in their annual performance evaluations, a move that would give the authorities ammunition in any move to permanently disbar them.
In other cases, the warning was delivered either directly to the lawyers or to officials in the city bar association, which is effectively government-controlled. In turn, the bar association has told the lawyers that the renewals of their association memberships are problematic."
The Lost Voices of Tiananmen
BBC. Audiodoku.
To Protect an Ancient City, China Moves to Raze It
NYT. Die blöden Uighuren. Die verstehen einfach nicht, daß Peking ihnen nur Gutes tun will.
"“The house belongs to us,” said Hajji’s wife, who refused to give her name. “In this kind of house, many, many generations can live, one by one. But if we move to an apartment, every 50 or 70 years, that apartment is torn down again.
“This is the biggest problem in our lives. How can our children inherit an apartment?”
Building inspectors have deemed most of the oldest homes unsafe, including all mud-and-straw structures, the earliest form of construction. They will be leveled and, in many cases, rebuilt in an earthquake-resistant Uighur style, the city promises."
Dazu dann auch gleich der Witz des Tages:
"“Never has such a great event, such a major event happened to Kashgar,” the announcer intones. He boasts that the new buildings “will be difficult to match in the world” and that citizens will “completely experience the care and warmth of the party” toward the Uighur ethnic minority."
