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Greenwich, in June!
This evening I walked to Greenwich.
It's June. The weather is beautiful, and the dusk is drawing in.
People are outside, breathing together again after the strains of our lockdowns.
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Wedding eve
Tomorrow I'm flying to Hangzhou, north of Shanghai for a former colleague's wedding ( Read more... ) -
Free to post on Livejournal
Livejournal was blocked by the Great Firewall of China, but now it isn't! After nearly a year and a half - hello Livejournal! Hello friends! -
China now, nuclear talks success, Hong Kong now, China and the environment
From this to this
The Times puts China in context for British readers. A good guide to what we, the informed British, think of and want to think of China. It's a nation of contrasts, it changes really fast, there is a lot of poverty and a lot of money, it used to be puritanically communist now it is a totalitarian capitalist society, the Chinese are ( Read more... ) -
China news - NATO and Africa
NATO chiefs holding an annual meeting in Munich has not escaped the notice of Xinhua. Compare Xinhua and the BBC. The Xinhua piece plays up the line that the US is seeking partners for Nato outside its traditional areas. It notes without comment the interest displayed by Australia, and to a lesser extent South Korea and Japan.
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China news: Execution in Xinjiang, nuke bomb talks, tourist boom, Nokia sales, trade with Africa
China 'executes' Uighur activist
This one won't be making it to China websites anytime soon, you can bet. An ethnic Uighur Muslim activist has been shot in Urumqi, capital of the far western province of Xinjiang which has a large Muslim population. Ismail Semed had been convicted in 2005 of attempting to split the motherland and possession of ( Read more... ) -
China: Sacking editors, banning books and why democracy is not all that bad
China's contradictory signals
I was pointed towards this piece on openDemocracy by Sam at chinaDialogue. Some background: writer 李大同 (Li Datong) was editor of a supplement of China Youth Daily (see link further down). He was removed from his post early last year following intervention at local party level over the paper's content. In this article Li ( Read more... ) -
China news: Global warming, warm in Beijing, call for democracy, wind farms, surnames
China's economy no threat to dollar
Says a top academic from Canada. Better believe him; the Chinese are probably wise that they are nowhere near ready to be top nation yet. And historical precedent shows that even after falling from top nation status, which the States may do in 20-30 years, it doesn't fall from top currency for a while after.
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