1st October

International Herald Tribune

Account of China attack raises doubts
 
Just days before the Olympic Games began in August, a truck plowed into a large group of paramilitary officers jogging in western China, sending bodies flying, Chinese officials said at the time. They described the event as a terrorist attack carried out by two ethnic Uighur separatists intending to disrupt the Olympics. After running over the officers, the men also attacked them with machetes and homemade explosives, officials said. At least 16 officers were killed, they said, in what appeared to be the deadliest assault in China since the 1990s

Asia Times Online

Carrying the can for China's tragedies
By Wu Zhong, China Editor

HONG KONG - China has unleashed a "storm of punishment" for top officials linked to tragedies like the Sanlu milk powder scandal and deadly catastrophes in its mining and transport industries, but it remains unclear how far it is willing to take this newfound push for accountability.

From the Archive

Sydney Morning Herald

Guess who came to Beijing banquet
John Garnaut

THE men who are shaping Australia's corporate future took time out from the Olympic Games on Saturday to tuck into some Western Australian rock lobster with Kevin Rudd at the Australian embassy in Beijing. Together, the assets controlled by the men at the table added up to more than Australia's gross domestic product. The Prime Minister was flanked by Lou Jiwei, president of China's $225 billion sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, and Baosteel's president, Xu Lejiang. Both would like to know whether he will let them buy serious stakes in Australia's three biggest mining companies.

International Herald Tibune

Sharp rise for China wholesale prices
 
Wholesale prices in China rose 10 percent in the year that ended in July, the first double-digit increase since the mid-1990s, driving the Shanghai stock market down 5.2 percent on Monday. China also reported a surprisingly large $25.3 billion trade surplus in July as exports and imports beat forecasts, despite evidence that the global economic slowdown is spreading.