Once China catches up – what then? [Straits Times] #RisingChina
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew on China’s economic prowess, cultural handicaps and the balance of power in the Pacific. ‘I believe that during the next 30 years, the Chinese will have no desire to enter into...
View ArticlePilot Free-Trade Zone ready to launch [Global Times] #RisingChina...
Economic reform with the prize set on the international marketplace: One giant leap toward rising China 2.0 with pilot free-trade zone established in Shanghai. - – - Pilot FTZ ready to launch By Louise...
View ArticleChina officials slam themselves – on TV [Straits Times] #RisingChina...
China: reflexive days ahead? Also, see Sweating and on the verge of tears: Chinese officials carry out self-criticism on TV by Zhang Hong (South China Morning Post) - – - China officials slam...
View ArticleChina is getting better at influencing media outside China [Quartz]...
Flooding headspace to gain consensus. - – - China is getting better at influencing media outside China by Lily Kuo Source – Quartz, published October 22, 2013 China doesn’t just exert heavy control...
View ArticleDiscipline bodies launch website [Global Times] #RisingChina #Corruption #CCDI
Rising China, corruption and social levelling via Web 2.0: new website launched for the Chinese to anonymously report on cheating officials. New anti-graft site allows people to report cheating...
View ArticleThe hutong protector Hua Xinmin [Global Times] #RisingChina #QualityOfLife
Global Times on saving Hutong communities as a microcosm of wider quality of life issues when it comes to home ownership. Credited by some locals for “saving” two hutong communities in the city, Hua...
View ArticleHunting tigers: In cracking down on corrupt officials, Xi Jinping must not...
Another tiger bites the dust? Jiang Jiemin 蒋洁敏 (here for biography) removed as head state asset regulator. China sacks head of state asset regulator Jiang Jiemin amid graft probe (SCMP, September 3,...
View ArticleLi Keqiang: China economy at crucial stage [BBC] #RisingChina #Economy
China announces restructuring phase to world and economic leaders. “The foundation for an economic rebound is still fragile with many uncertainties ahead,” Li Keqiang Already on the cards… The...
View ArticleWhen it comes to China, which side is Germany on? [Guardian] #RisingChina...
China and Germany teach each other lessons on contemporary influence without brandishing hard power. On the ground, however – In a 25-country poll by the BBC (44-page PDF) published in May 2013, German...
View ArticleChina unveils a new round of electric car subsidies [BBC] #RisingChina...
Those who have set foot in China in recent years will know: it can be difficult to spot a motorcycle run on gasoline. Across the cities, there are >120m electric-bikes zipping around in numbers....
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