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July 31, 2001
Legislation Under Way to Protect Mental Patients The law is believed to be the first of its kind in China, where mental health is emerging as a major public health problem as rapid changes amid economic growth have created mounting stress. -Chinadaily National Institute of Mental Health \| Brain via Netsurfer Digest Educating Children with Disabilities in China Can Prove Difficult -Lisa Rose Weaver Keeping the Bad News at Bay -William H. Overholt Chinese artists break society’s rules - John Pomfret Chinese Art Terrorists Get Naked and Kill Animals -Tom Whang Rare Chinese Newspaper Exposé Details Prisoner Organ Harvests -John Pomfret Family to sue court for selling kidneys -SCMP
July 30, 2001
Asia's next crisis: 'Made in China' Rapid evolution of Chinese economy threatens regional status quo -Kenichi Ohmae Powering Asia's Growth -Trish Saywell China rocks retail market -Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn The China challenge: Get ready for a wild ride -Warren Fernandez When law reform is a revolution -Frances Gibb Cultural evolution -Martin Regg Cohn Academics demand to know guidelines on Chinese "intelligence" -AFP There's no place like home -Ravina Shamdasani China: In Shaoxing, Rice Wine Is Plentiful, Reality Isn't -Planetrice Gardener Rescues Ancient Trees -People's Daily Soil Erosion Endangers China's Longest River -Xinhua
July 28, 2001
Few signs remain of quake, if you don't count the people For in a matter of seconds at 3.42am on July 28, 1976, the old Tangshan ceased to exist. The earthquake that swallowed the 100-year-old city killed at least 242,000 and injured another 400,000. It remains by far the worst natural disaster in modern history. -John Schauble A Riddle of Ancient Sichuan It is perhaps the greatest enigma surrounding the emergence of Chinese culture. In the clearest account yet of all the facts, the editor Robert Bagley and seven scholars weigh the meaning of the bronzes, jades and pottery that came to light in 1986 near the village of Sanxingdui, in "Ancient Sichuan: Treasures From a Lost Civilization," -Souren Melikian Seattle Art Museum \| Masks of Mystery \| The Sanxingdui Museum A ray of Sun -Economist.com Chinese investors fuel newspaper boom -Xie Hong Mixed feelings over China-Tibet line -Bill Savadove
July 27, 2001
A Plot for the Farmers Without a national farmers' organization, experts argue, rural discontent could explode. Beijing worries such a group could threaten its strategy of urban growth -Bruce Gilley China's Shandong sows the seeds of future WTO battles "After entry to WTO, we will speed up the transformation from agricultural production to agriculture for export." -Bill Savadove Chinese imports push farmers to Chinese labor -Japantimes See how China's free markets operate today! -Saturdaymarket.com Agriculture Websites up to 2200 in China -Yin Zhili A Chinese Burg Sells Itself Out In March, this otherwise sleepy hamlet, home to 839 people and one telephone, suddenly assumed a surprising new identity: as a wholly owned subsidiary of Jasun Pharmaceuticals. -Henry Chu Shanghai Prison Installs First Visual Phone -Xinhua A traumatic trade of tragedy -Zhu Linyong In China, Rivals Conduct a Feud -Henry Chu China's new rules on GMO impact soybean trade -Soyatech.com China's rare cranes and their American friends -Dave Newbart
July 26, 2001
Chinese models wearing futuristic outfits show the latest digital camera featuring MP3 capacity Thursday, July 26, 2001, at the 8th international Home Computer & Digital Consumer Electronics Fair in Shanghai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Staking a Claim on China's Real Estate Frontier With his Web site and newspaper, Liu Sing-Cheong is a revolutionary presence in the Middle Kingdom's fledgling property market -Mark L. Clifford Chinese sweatshop workers are among most exploited. "There are no limits to the level that Chinese will exploit other Chinese in these cases, because these workers will not file complaints," -Thomas Maier Over half computers attacked by virus - survey -Jiang Chen Chinese Government Further Restricts Internet Cafes -Slashdot Woman Sues Citibank for $1.2 Billion -Eastday Reconciliation In Sight Between Chinese Travelers And JAL -Airwise Chinese Archaeologists Find 9,000-Year-Old Rice Seeds -Planetrice A Chinese guard, a mom, an e-mail: How pilots got from China to Eagles show -Michael E. Young
July 25, 2001
Firms discover piracy in China Knockoffs sap sales, breed rivals -Todd Zaun and Karby Leggett Details of Xiamen Smuggling Case Exposed Investigations into the case showed that during the 1996-99 period, Lai and other suspects smuggled more than 4.5 million tons of refined oil...with a total value of 53 billion yuan (6.38 billion U.S. dollars). -Xinhua Cadres who let Lai get away -Mark O'Neill School Accidents: Who Can Be Blamed? The regulation requires various schools to buy liability accident insurances and set up a fund themselves as well to ensure a source for compensation. -CIIC Chinese Man Finishes World Trek -China Youth Daily Consumer Group Hits CPU Scam -Chinadaily U-Turn Over Soy Sauce Charges -Chinadaily Sunken Chinese junk's treasures donated to Singapore museum -Tanny Chia Seductress to die for graft crimes -Clara Li Jilin uses Strike Hard to force out starving Koreans -Mark O'Neill China Convicts U.S. Residents -CBS Anti-vice gimmick opens IP can of worms -Jamila Zhou Earthworms Help Beijingers Dispose of Trash -Xinhua Cadres sort millstones from milestones -Willy Wo-Lap Lam Asian American Fest Opens -ifmagazine China to Enhance Construction of Intellectual Property System -Xinhua China Develops Technology to Dispose of Used Batteries -People's daily Chinese Labor Becomes Issue for Korean Business -Nho Joon-hun
July 23, 2001
China explosion kills 16 miners China's coal industry is the world's largest, but has a poor safety record, with 5,300 deaths reported last year in mining accidents. -BBC. Chinese Premier Orders All-out Effort to Save Trapped Coal Miners -Xinhua The Next Tech Super Power Not long ago, China's information technology position was neatly summarized in an oft-reprinted photograph depicting a sweaty peasant carting a personal computer on the back of his bicycle. -Jim Erickson For Newcomers, a Homey New Chinatown Its isolation is surely a temporary condition, a gathering of strength before the dynamic Fujianese claim a dominant place in the larger Chinese establishment. -Susan Sachs China's Baby Bust -Hannah Beech School grabs graffiti boys from China -Nicola Webber OK Lens Sufferers Claim Damages -Chinadaily The ‘Unbearable’ Examination -Tang Yuankai Archaeologists Find World's Earliest Paper Package Ads -Xinhua Truth (and consequences) on Chinese talk TV -Robert Marquand
July 22, 2001
Chaebol Moving Fast in China Samsung is compiling information on its connections (Gongxi) in China into a database. The database reportedly includes details of high-ranking officials of the Chinese Communist Party and the central government, and officials of regional districts and famous businessmen. ..LG is reportedly working to increase the company's operations in China. The company has started an educational program on Chinese culture for employees to better understand China...SK has put in much effort into setting up its own connections in China. Moreover, from this year, the company will sponsor over 40 Chinese professors to come to Korea for a year for research. -Cho Jung-sik Second Wives Club -Melinda Liu Chinese Indonesians flee the country ahead of the special session -Jakartapost Beijing Court Hears First E-mail Tort Case -Xinhua Fetal Sex Test by B-ultrasonic Scanning Illegal -21dnn.com The dying art of ear-cleaning -Fuchsia Dunlop
July 19, 2001
Rejection infuriates Chinese state-run news wire agency "I don't understand why the Taiwan government has such a limited quota. It only violates the freedom of journalism," said the journalist from Xinhua news agency..."Taiwan only allows four media groups but Taiwan is a small island. China has a large territory, but only allows eight Taiwan media groups. Is this fair?" -Tsai Ting-I Gruesome photo display turns spotlight back on Falun Gong -John Schauble Falun Gong Serves Chinese Police Boss With Torture Lawsuit -Dan Morrison Restaurants prepared to live with an anti-shark finning law -Anchalee Kongrut Expand into China -David Hsieh Crossfire over steamy novel on 'little dragon girls' -Kao Chen The Real Lords of Silicon Valley -Ariana Eunjung Cha Courage in adversity -Susan Lu Honesty jettisoned in exams -Julia Han Out to Lunch -Jiang Xueqin Let Their Lives Be Bathed in Sunshine -Feng Jing Far East Void Eats at Russia -John Daniskewski The Olympic Leap -Tom Plate
July 17, 2001
China’s Forests Combat the Greenhouse Effect Chinese scientists have made the significant discovery that Chinese forests planted some 20 years ago are now absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide – some 5 to 8 percent or 26 million tons of all the industrial emissions in China in an average year during the mid-1990s. -Li Jinhui Taiwan's sweatshop empire "Taiwanese manufacturers have one of the worst reputations in the world for the treatment of workers. They can be quite vicious," said Charles Kernaghan, an anti-sweatshop campaigner..."They spread vicious lies and rumours about Taiwan's offshore manufacturers in an attempt to protect American-made goods. That is their motivation." -Andrew Perrin China Building Digitized Forbidden City -People's Daily
July 16, 2001
Just Go With The Flow China bows to nature, abandoning efforts to hold back the Yangtze's flood waters in favour of restoring lakes and wetlands around the river -David Murphy To Heal a Barren Land -David Murphy How big a threat? -Richard J. Newman & Kevin Whitelaw China, France Join in Study of Human Cloning -Eastday Displaced laborers lashing out against China's WTO reforms -Dean Calbreath China's next prize -Martin Walker China's Jiang Arrives for 4-Day Visit -Reuters, MT KFC settles second English receipt dispute -Chinaonline New Approach to Learning Chinese Gets Rave Reviews -Chinadaily China Faces the Challenge of An Aging Society -Zhang Zhiping
July 13, 2001
Beijing Wins! "All our friends from all over the world are welcome to the 2008 Olympic Games," -China.org Election of the host city Two Chinese men celebrate after winning the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics Game at the Millennium Monument in Beijing July 13, 2001. Reuters/Guang Niu
Congratulations! Beijing The moment the word of Beijing was uttered from the mouth of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the city, actually 1.3 billion Chinese on this earth, was embraced by a feeling of exhilaration, and heartfelt gratitude for all the members who chose the city to host the 2008 great Games. -chinadaily Comments
Jubilation on the Streets of Beijing -Matt Forney Beijing To Hold 2008 Olympics -kuro5hin Warning for NZ as the Chinese Hit the Jackpot -Gerry Eckhoff China Succeeds in Experimenting With Seawater-Irrigated Vegetables -Xinhua
July 12, 2001
China counts its successes on World Population Day Both Wang Xiaofeng and Lin Jialu spent their childhoods alone, so the couple can look forward to a day when their children will not. -Jonathan Ansfield Party lines cloud courts Yet the major legal challenges confronting China's WTO accession do not lie in transparency and law-making but in application and enforcement.. -Jerome Cohen Hong Kong set to pass law seen eroding autonomy -Carrie Lee Thin is in now -Zhang Qian Mainland brides decry treatment -Tsai Ting-I Great expectations -Yao Lan Sold down the river -Calum Macleod Tokyo Court orders compensation for forced labour -AP 'Ghost Ship' Moves in Eternal Circles in Black Sea -Ralph Boulton First Batch of Chinese E-books Issued -Deng Gang www.cccpost.com Making Better Dog Food In China -Barry Petersen China needs a strategic oil reserve -Economist.com IEA
July 10, 2001
Helping Beijing citizens in rights, representation Despite their disparate problems, Wu's visitors share traits that are increasingly common today among people in China, the world's last major Communist state. They want to exercise their legal rights and they crave representation. -Frank Langfitt Music Websites Mushroom in China Unlike established search engines like Sina, Netease and Sohu, Chinese music websites do not have a successful model yet, but who would dare to neglect its future potential? -Wang Jiang. gotitmusic.com \| wanwa.com \| chinamp3.com More Korean Chinese Church Members Go on Hunger Strike They issued a statement prior to going on strike in which they argued that the government was not considering the historical background of why 2.2 million Korean Chinese were settled in China and why they wish to come to Korea, ... -Bang Sung-hun [Editorial] The Ethnic Korean Chinese Domestic Dispute Turns Into International Affair -David Cho The ads that shocked the SAR -totallyhk.com The Chinese art of spin-doctoring -Michael d. Schaffer China, S.K. lash out at Japan's idea of history -Teruaki Ueno 5,000-year-old "Pyramid" Found in Inner Mongolia -Xinhua Water-eroded Caves Discovered in Guangxi -People's daily Microsoft lock now "made in China" -Kristie Lu Stout
July 8, 2001
Show Me the Money! China is not relying solely on its athletes to strike future gold in the sports arena after the government announced athletic competition would become a major source of business revenue in the coming years. -chinadaily China Goes For The Gold \| China's elite cashes in on Olympic bid The Golden Handcuffs The Olympics may be more trouble than Beijing realizes -James R. Lilley Olympics’ open door policy China: GM's Next Big Thing? -Paul A. Eisenstein China Trumps Korea in Productivity -Cho Joong-shik The Chinese girl who calls me mum -Gaby Wood Draft law fails to address real population issues -Sophia Woodman Toil and Then Tragedy -Bob Port Peixian Journal: Local Treat Angers World Pet Lovers -Craig Smith
July 6, 2001
China presents $1 million tab to U.S. U.S. officials told NBC News that China is billing for items including the housing and feeding of the EP-3 crew itself, plus charges for "ramp space" at the airfield at Lingshui, and "security" of the aircraft itself. -msnbc China 'outstrips world' on executions Amnesty International expressed fears that in their rush to produce results for the anti-crime drive, authorities risk executing innocent people. -bbc China: 'Striking harder' than ever before -amnesty.org Where to Earn More Money? -china.org ‘We Have to Act’ -Steven Levy A Chinese Century? -Melinda Liu New system keeps check on the bad guys of business -Jamila Zhou EU opposes Games bid -scmp China favoured to win bid despite poor record on rights -James Kynge
July 5, 2001
Breaking Barriers The country eagerly awaits WTO entry. But the scourge of local protectionism, unless tackled head-on, could turn the experience into a nightmare -Bruce Gilley Sect Clings to the Web in the Face of Beijing's Ban At its core, Mr. Li's message is a simple one — be a better person and you will be saved. He cast his followers in the pivotal role of a cosmic morality play, the aspect that most attracted Mr. Zhao. -Craig Smith Privatizing China's Parks -John Pomfret China Denounces Allegations by "Doctor" in U.S. -chinadaily Pros, cons for Japan in China's joining WTO -Yomiuri Shimbun Japan needs to draw a clear line on China policy -Motofumi Asai 'Chinese Linux Developers Allegedly Violating Licenses' -slashdot.org Warning: Gentrification in Progress -J.A. Lobbia Soldiers of Strange Fortune -Peter Hessler Authentic Soy Sauce Made in South China No Danger to Health -People's daily
July 4, 2001
Railway ministry taken to court for spring price hikes It is the first time that the ministry, which still monopolizes railway transport across the country, has been brought to court in this way...The ministry challenged the court yesterday, saying it did not have jurisdiction over the case because the decision to raise ticket prices was an "abstract administrative act.'' -chinadaily Smothering the smoke of the dragon So where does an anti-smoking campaign begin? In schools, says Zhang, where cigarette smoking is still ''cool''...Another focus, grounded in pragmatism, is getting smokers to quit smoking cheap and more harmful brands. -John Murray Youth Loses Suit Against Tobacco Firms Orbital-Equipped Scooter Wins Environmental Award Orbital is pleased to announce that China Hainan Sundiro Motorcycle Co. Ltd (Sundiro) has won a major environmental award in China for its Orbital-equipped HI-JETER(TM) scooter.-prnewswire. Wang strives to build a Chinese Microsoft -Jiang Chen Linux Makers in China Allegedly Violating Terms -Computerworld 20 Cities Opt Subways for Passenger Transport -Chinadaily Sunny days ahead for Chinese homes -e4 Team selects tour agents for Chinese visitors -Jakarta Post For sale: one slightly used ideology -Simon Pritchard Nothing inevitable about unification -Taipeitimes Falun Gong group-suicide claim -AFP and Jimmy Cheung
July 3, 2001
Entrepreneurs wary of party invitation "This isn't good news, in my opinion. Politics and economics are separate things and ought to remain that way. The party is a political apparatus with its own concerns, but business is business," -Jason Blatt & Fong Tak-Ho Communist Party at 80 China vs. Japan: A Phony Trade War Indeed, the brouhaha over produce and straw mats shows just how reliant the Japanese have become on China to fill their sukiyaki hotpots and also furnish their homes. -businessweek Can Tom.com Become More Than a Dot.com? -Bruce Einhorn Guess Who Wants Beijing to Get the Games -Businessweek Benefits of winning Games bid exaggerated, says sports chief -Mark O'Neill
July 2, 2001
China Allows Its Capitalists To Join Party President Jiang Zemin announced today that the Communist Party would accept private businessmen as members, a policy reversal that recognizes the increasingly powerful role of entrepreneurs in determining China's future. -John Pomfret Communist Party 80th Anniversary \| Chinese leader sets course for future \| Jiang praised for 'major breakthrough' Behind the label 'made in China' -Shai Oster What's the Rationale for Seeing China as Enemy? -William Pfaff

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