Hochwasser bedroht Drei-Schluchten-Damm in China
NZZ. Bedrohen? Glaube kaum, daß der jetzt schon bricht.
China says ocean cleared of oil 10 days after spill
LA Times.
"Li Wancai, said on Monday in an interview with the Dalian Daily News. "The slick has been completely removed, and the oil has not spread to international waters or the Bohai Sea.""
Oder auch nicht:
"Han Xu, a member of Greenpeace, which has been involved in clean-up efforts in Dalian since the explosion, says some nearby bays and other parts of the water are still covered in the slick."
China’s Money and Migrants Pour Into Tibet
NYT. War vermutlich auf der gleichen Tour wie der BBC-Korrespondent, dementsprechend ähnliche Beobachtungen. Oder ist einfach nur ein Teil der fiesen, westlichen Medienverschwörung.
"The government bars foreign reporters from traveling independently in Tibet. Journalists on the tour were brought to several development projects by ministry officials, but were occasionally able to interview locals on their own. Tibetans interviewed independently expressed fear of the security forces and spoke on the condition of anonymity."
Hmm, & dann stand da noch:
"A prominent mineral water company [...] has set up a factory in Damxung, on a grassy plateau three hours north of Lhasa, to collect glacial runoff and bottle it as high-end mineral water."
Heißt dann wohl, daß in China andere Regeln für Mineralwasser gelten als in D. Hmm...
Chinese court 'jails Uighur journalist'
BBC.
"According to the Uighur American Association, Mr Niyaz was generally supportive of the Chinese government.
But he had been critical of regional inequalities and of government action towards Uighur separatism, the association said."
EU reports growth in fake goods from China
BBC.
"An EU report says 64% of fake or pirated goods seized in the 27-nation bloc last year came from China - a 10% increase on 2008."
China 'may review execution policy changes'
BBC.
In China, an oil spill and a low-tech cleanup
NYT.
""I used small wood planks to scoop up the oil and put it into big plastic garbage bags," said Liu Jia, a worker at the Dalian beach resort. "Some of my colleagues used chopsticks. . . ."
Buying votes in China village polls 'costing more'
BBC. Na, da sieht man's doch. Demokratie macht die Leute (ein bißchen) reicher.
"The report says villagers told the prosecutors they used to be paid the equivalent of $1.50 (£0.98) for their support at the ballot box.
Today, in some villages, the figure has swelled to $177. "
Why IEA names China world's top energy user
Xinhua. Wiiir doch nicht!
& dann war da noch:
China police 'mistakenly beat boss's wife'
BBC. So kann's gehen, ...
"They attacked her as she was trying to enter her husband's office building in Wuhan, Hubei province.[...]
Chinese media have reported that the men were plain clothes officers, employed to subdue petitioners outside the government building."
& dann war da noch (OT):
Griechenland zählt seine Beamten
Tagesschau.
Oh mei. Die haben aber lange für die Übersetzung gebraucht. Die BBC hatte das schon am 14.