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China’s 60th Anniversary celebration a few weeks back was a monumental spectacle by any standard. Hundreds of thousands of troops, schoolchildren and civilians meticulously rehearsed months in advance. Jets, tanks and missile-toting trucks filed through in a show of military muscle, displaying China’s transformation from a war-battered regional player into [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 3

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The George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations each produced Asia strategy reports outlining their visions and overall strategy for Asia, coalescing around a catch phrase that would guide U.S. policy. In 2005, former US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick announced his idea that China become a “responsible stakeholder”, calling for Beijing to [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 5

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President Obama’s recent trip to China was harshly criticized by the Western media as having been a “failure”. Among the criticisms: he was too deferential; he didn’t speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results on Iran or North Korea….and the [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 2

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China’s military has made dramatic progress in space over the past decade and the goals of its program remain unclear, a top US general said on Tuesday.
Citing Beijing’s advances in space, General Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command, said it was crucial to cultivate US-China military relations to better understand China’s intentions.
“With regard [...]

Posted on August 4th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 2

It looks as though China’s major media conglomerates are making large-scale efforts to expand their reach and influence overseas, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.  China’s three major media networks, CCTV, Xinhua, and The China Daily have been meeting with media consultants and advisers on how best to expand their global reach and enhance [...]

Posted on January 14th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, Economy, Food Scandals, Human Rights, Media Reform, US-China Relations. Comments Off

China announced today a major economic stimulus package of 4 Trillion Yuan, or $586 Billion to stimulate the economy. The package is seen as the boldest move yet to reinvigorate its suddenly lethargic economy now feeling the effects of a growing worldwide economic downturn brought on by the U.S. sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The [...]

Posted on November 9th, 2008 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, Economy, One-Child Policy, Reform and Opening, Three Gorges Dam. Comments: None

It appears my prediction has turned out to be correct, as today’s NY Times reports that Sanlu, the company at the heart of the tainted baby formula scandal, received complaints about its baby formula in December of 2007, a full 10 months before a formal recall this month:
“One of China’s biggest dairy producers received consumer [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, Business Ethics, Food Scandals. Comments: None

Yesterday was the closing ceremony of the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, an event barely making ripples in the Western media. But as today’s NY times reports, the event was not only a major success for the paralympic movement, but an important positive development in China.
By all accounts, the organizers did an incredible job [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2008 under 2008 Beijing Olympics. Comments: None

This week’s Yale Global Online has two well-written put-it-in-perspective pieces about China’s Olympic campaign and possible sobering difficulties that lie ahead. Worth checking out.

Posted on September 2nd, 2008 under 2008 Beijing Olympics. Comments: None