Chinas Tankstellen geht der Sprit aus
Spiegel.
"Der Grund für den Spritmangel sind dem Bericht zufolge Stromsperren für klimaschädliche Fabriken, denn viele der betroffenen Werke sichern ihre Energieversorgung nun über Dieselgeneratoren"
Monterey excavation reveals Chinese fishing village
SF Chronicle.
"Point Alones is believed to have been founded sometime in the 1860s to house Chinese immigrants who came to California during the Gold Rush."
Archaeologists discover seafood on menu of ancient emperor who lived 1,000 miles from the sea
People's Daily. Der exquisite Geschmack der Vorfahren.
"Of the 43 animal fossils discovered in the pit, archaeologists found more than 18 kinds of animals, including three kinds of sea snails and one kind of clam."
Villager refuses bonuses for discovered pottery
People's Daily.
"The villager, named Zheng Bo, was digging earth for a brick factory with other villagers in his village at Longkou City of Shandong Province one day in last April. Suddenly, they found lots of pottery and fragments from earth. After seeing other people take lots of pottery, Zheng also put more than 200 of them on his truck and drove home."
Vietnam offers navy base to foil China
Telegraph.
"Foreign navies are to be given access to Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, a naval stronghold that was a key Cold War outpost that is now emerging as a vital base to counter Chinese dominance of the South China Sea. "
Provocative words
Global Times. Bewegt sich was?
"Liu said the atmosphere is making it less rewarding to be an investigative reporter. He said officials are becoming increasingly reluctant to respond to media coverage that attracted publicity.
Li added that he hopes the central government would implement political reforms to create a more accommodating environment for journalists and also called for a protection law for journalists.
The Xinhua News Agency said investigative reporting is one of the most dangerous jobs in China, only after coal mining jobs and government officials."
Party held without detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
BBC. Bestimmt ein Haufen ganz fieser Neoliberaler...
"Sunday's event took place without incident, with Weiwei's supporters making a light-hearted statement by eating river crab.
The Chinese name for river crab - "he xie" - sounds like the word for "harmonise", a euphemism often used by the Chinese authorities for censorship."
The march of the netizens
BBC.
"And as David Bandurski of the China Media Project puts it, the authorities are often in a position of playing catch-up with changes on the internet. Their draconian measures are a response to "pushing by journalists and web users".
"They are seeking a control strategy for this unstoppable social change," he says, "but they can't roll it back completely." "
China warns states not to support Nobel dissident
BBC. Chinas "soft power" wieder mal am Werke...
""The choice before some European countries and others is clear and simple: do they want to be part of the political game to challenge China's judicial system or do they want to develop a true friendly relationship with the Chinese government and people?""
& da unser großer Held schon den großen Nebelwerfer aufgefahren hat, hier die Ursache dafür:
Ai Weiwei unter Hausarrest
SZ.
Barack Obama sex doll for sale in China
Telegraph. 'Ne männliche Sexpuppe? Naja, unser Zappelphilipp wird uns sicher erklären können, wie das funktioniert. Der ist ja etwas obsessiv in solchen Dingen...
Amazon's Kindle offers access to banned sites in China
BBC.
"The device bypasses the infamous Great Firewall, making it popular on the so-called grey market"
Kotau mit Krawatte
FAZ.
"Die Kommunistische Partei fördert die Belebung der Tradition auf verschiedenen Ebenen, gleichzeitig aber warnt sie davor. Die Machtfrage darf nicht berührt sein."
Pollution in China's Tai Lake worse despite national push for environmentalism
Washington Post.
"For years he had criticized only local authorities for the pollution. And for the most part, China's central government stayed out of the fray.
All that changed in 2007, when - just two years after Beijing lauded him for his work trying to protect the lake - Wu learned that the central government planned to award his city the title of "National Model City for Environmental Protection," praising the very local officials Wu had fought for years.
Wu was furious. He started gathering more evidence, telling friends he planned to sue the central government over the title. Within weeks, he was arrested. "
Chinesische Medien begrüßen Wikileaks-Veröffentlichung
FAZ.
"Die Glaubwürdigkeit der Regierung in Washington als Verteidigerin der Menschenrechte sei dadurch befleckt, hieß es in der Zeitung „China Daily“ am Montag."
Welche Glaubwürdigkeit? Da muß mir was entgangen sein...
'Soft power' raises Taiwan's profile
BBC. Na, die "soft power" sieht jedenfalls etwas besser aus als die chinesische.
"Analysts believe these efforts are partly aimed at distinguishing Taiwan from China and ensuring the world does not forget the democratic and self-ruled Taiwan's cause - to be recognised as a country and included in international decision-making bodies."
Noch älter, aber lustig:
China scholars enter Okinawa fray
Asian Times.
"Xu has said in research papers and recent symposiums that the issue of sovereignty over Okinawa is unsettled because the Qing Dynasty of China did not approve when Japan abolished the Kingdom of Ryukyu and set up Okinawa Prefecture in 1879.
[...]
He has claimed that the abolition of the kingdom by the Meiji government in 1879, US control over Okinawa even after the war and Okinawa's reversion to Japanese sovereignty from US occupation in 1972, were all illegitimate, which in return affirmed China's right to claim Okinawa. "
Konfuzius schlägt Goethe
Tagesschau. China in Afrika.
Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?
BBC. Eigentlich nicht viel neues hier, aber man fragt sich dann doch, woher die BBC diesen Schwachsinn hat:
"While the evidence is still not conclusive, it undermines Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama's claim to have been the first international trader to open up East Africa."
Vasco da Gama war mit Sicherheit nicht der erste, da die Araber in der Gegend schon lange vorher aktiv waren. & das ist auch schon lange bekannt, IIRC.
OT; für all unsere Islamophoben hier:
Eine Frage der Länge
Tagesschau. Wozu Angst vor Islamisierung (& Burka), wo Europa doch auch so schon seine Kleidungsfaschisten hat?
