2nd of October 2010
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Celebration around China before National Day - A selection of Photos
Not news really, enjoy the photos:
Expo music fountains fly on National Day
Lament of the lens
Chinese photo artists are increasingly engaged with contemporary realities, be it urban stress or fast-disappearing lifestyles, finds Raymond Zhou at the Pingyao photo festival
The grand prize in the 2010 Pingyao International Photography Festival that ran from Sept 19-25, goes to a set of photos about dilapidated industrial facilities and their equally haggard and soot-covered inhabitants. It is a fitting and subtle commentary on the former factory workshops where they were displayed and whose vibrancy can be detected only in a few pieces of machinery that now serve as interior decorations.
Tian'anmen in Pictures Now & Then - Slide Show
Pictures tell a generation of stories - Slide Show
A Teacher's Last Lesson - Slide Show
Expo gears up for China's National Day - Video
Beijing Blossoms for October 1st - Video
Part Two
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The Yuan’s Complicated Ties To Trade
Critics of Beijing’s currency policy in Washington argue that a jump in the yuan’s value against the dollar would have a big impact on China’s trade gap with the U.S.
Does history back them up?
Kaixin OpEd - Like most things to do with complicated matters like economics and currencies the answer is yes ..... and no.
In a democracy the pollies soon learn that they have to deliver a clear and simple message, nuance is political suicide.
American pollies have latched onto the yuan like terriers and are shaking it for all they are worth.
However, it is not a simple solution, it is very complicated and will play out over years, if not decades.
U.S. Congress Spurs Rare Earth Race
The U.S. Congress is doing its part to put the U.S. back in the rare earth production game–in competition with China.
The House of Representatives approved legislation earlier this week aimed at restoring the U.S. as a leading producer of elements known as rare earth. The 17 elements, or metals, are critical to production of computer disc drives and advanced windmills, as well as defense items like aircraft controls and navigation systems.
China produces almost all rare earth elements today.
Kaixin OpEd - That is better! Instead of complaining and throwing rocks from within a glass house, America is doing what America does exceptionally well ....... compete.
From what Kaixin has read, rare earths aren't all that rare, just really difficult and expenseive to extract.
Now the price is up and the supply is threatened, it becomes imperative to source a secure supply.
Where better than your own back yard?
Women Stand For Water Conservation
Mao Zedong delivered one of feminism’s most enduring lines during the Chinese political crisis of the late 1960s when he declared “Women hold up half the sky!” Now, faced with a dire water crisis, one Chinese university is taking the notion of gender equality to a place not even Mao would have likely imagined.
To do its part to alleviate severe water shortages in northern China, Shaanxi Normal University has decided to install a set of…wait for it…flushless standing urinals for women.
Wen Says China Will Support Greece
BEIJING—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will deliver a clear "vote of confidence" in the prospects for Greece's economy when he visits the nation from Saturday to Monday, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, citing China's Ambassador to Greece Luo Linquan.
Repsol to Sell Brazil Stake to Sinopec for $7.1 Billion
In one of the largest Chinese oil acquisitions to date, Repsol SA of Spain announced the sale of 40% of its Brazilian assets to China Petrochemical Corp. for $7.1 billion.
The joint venture, valued at $17.8 billion overall, guarantees Repsol the funding to explore the vast and coveted oil fields off Brazil, South America's biggest economy, Repsol said in a statement. Officials at China Petrochemical, or Sinopec Group, couldn't be reached for comment Friday, when most corporate and government offices were closed for China's National Day holiday.
The transaction gives China a piece of one of Latin America's largest foreign-controlled ...
Kaixin OpEd - .... and where did all that money come from? 1.4 billion people working hard and creating wealth for their country and their children. People who work hard, save and are very, very wary of debt.
In fact, people who are the opposite of their counterparts in the 'west'.
Which is why a substantial proportion of wealth changed from the west to the east over the last 30 years.
The New York Times
A Stretch of Old Shanghai
ON Duolun Lu, also known as Duolun Road Cultural Street, a short but history-studded pedestrian street in the Hongkou District of Shanghai, working-class residents mingle with tourists — mostly Chinese — seeking to commune with the progressive literary giants who lived and worked there in the 1920s and ’30s.
Op-Ed Columnist
Taking On China
By PAUL KRUGMAN
... But serious people, who have been wrong about so many things since this crisis began — remember how budget deficits were going to lead to skyrocketing interest rates and soaring inflation? — are wrong on this issue, too.
China: Building Blocks for Climate Pact
China’s lead negotiator for climate change has said that countries do not expect to reach a binding climate treaty this year, and climate officials will instead focus on trying to narrow their differences ahead of year-end climate talks in Cancún, Mexico.
Chinese Writer Cements a Legacy
HONG KONG — Roland Soong’s only memory of Eileen Chang, one of modern China’s most celebrated novelists, was when she stayed at his family home in Hong Kong in the early 1960s.
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