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In Chinatown, Something Smells Fishy

LA Times investigates Clinton campaign contributions

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s campaign coffers are benefiting from unlikely and possibly illegal sources, an LA Times investigation reveals. Checks for four-figure amounts are coming from dishwashers, immigrants unable to vote, and other unlikely donors in New York’s Chinatown, some of whom report feeling coerced by neighborhood associations. Other donors...

After Hu, Who? Censored Names Could Be Clues

Based on names forbidden to bloggers, bets are on Xi Jinping

(Newser) - In a 21st-century spin on Kremlinologists' dissection of May Day photos, the new makeup of the Chinese Communist Party's inner circle is under scrutiny—digitally. One of the  members to be announced Monday will almost certainly succeed Hu Jintao as president, and as always, the names are shrouded in secrecy....

China Blocking Users From US Search Engines

Some speculate it's retaliation for giving Dalai Lama the Congressional Medal

(Newser) - Chinese searchers trying to visit Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Live Search are being redirected to the Chinese search engine Baidu, according to tech news sources. Speculation has it that the Chinese government is blocking the American engines because officials are angry that the US awarded the Dalai Lama the Congressional...

Taiwan Leader Pans Chinese Peace Proposal

Chen eschews 'one China,' maintains nation's independence

(Newser) - Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian panned a Chinese peace overture, criticizing the adherence to what he calls "the framework of the 'one China' principle." "I think this would mean, for the 23 million people of Taiwan, a treaty of surrender," said the president, referring to China's refusal to...

Anti-Corruption Fight Takes Root in Rural China

Sit-in targeting village leaders in fourth month in southern Xiantang

(Newser) - Citizens of a southern Chinese town have been occupying the village hall since the beginning of July, seeking recompense for their leaders’ alleged theft of public money. The authoritarian central government hasn't taken action against Xiantang’s activists, who are mostly elderly, the Christian Science Monitor reports; the protest is...

Athletes Urged to Tackle China
Athletes Urged to Tackle China
Oct 18, 2007 1:15 PM CDT

Athletes Urged to Tackle China

New Republic wants sportsmen to condemn Olympic hosts

(Newser) - US athletes have a moral imperative to take a stand at the Beijing Olympics, the New Republic’s editors assert: The American delegation should follow Lee Bollinger’s example of “spectacular rudeness” next summer, condemning the Chinese for their brutal human rights record. It’s unethical to be hosted...

China Livid at Dalai Lama Award
China Livid at Dalai Lama Award
Oct 18, 2007 8:10 AM CDT

China Livid at Dalai Lama Award

China tells American ambassador relations 'gravely undermined'

(Newser) - China called the US ambassador on the carpet today, saying that the US had "gravely undermined relations" when President Bush yesterday presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told Reuters that DC is "very aware of what steps it can take"...

US Awards Medal to Dalai Lama
US Awards Medal to Dalai Lama
Oct 17, 2007 4:25 PM CDT

US Awards Medal to Dalai Lama

Public display angers Chinese government

(Newser) - Congress awarded the Dalai Lama its highest civilian honor today, New York Times reports. At the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, which went ahead despite vehement Chinese opposition, the Tibetan spiritual leader congratulated China on its economic growth and gently urged that the country embrace “transparency, the rule...

3,000 Detained in Burma, by Junta's Count

Japan cuts aid, China supports UN diplomat

(Newser) - Burma’s military regime imprisoned roughly 3,000 people in last month’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the state-run newspaper announced today. Over 500 are still in custody, and more are being arrested each day. “Those who should be released will be,” the paper said. Meanwhile international outrage...

Bush Meets Dalai Lama, but Quietly
Bush Meets
Dalai Lama,
but Quietly
Oct 16, 2007 4:54 PM CDT

Bush Meets Dalai Lama, but Quietly

Low-profile get-together, US award enrage China

(Newser) - President Bush ignored China's fury today and met with the Dalai Lama, who will pick up a Congressional Gold Medal tomorrow, Reuters reports. "If the Dalai Lama can receive such an award, there must be no justice or good people in the world," said a Tibetan Communist Party...

Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction

China is ignoring rights abuses for economic interests, Time says

(Newser) - Diminished US influence is allowing human rights violators in Darfur and Burma to get away with murder, Harvard expert Samantha Power writes in Time. America is speaking up louder than ever, but Uncle Sam’s diplomatic nadir makes for “a void in global human rights leadership.” China has...

Chinese Prez Rips Corruption
 Chinese Prez Rips Corruption
Oct 15, 2007 3:50 AM CDT

Chinese Prez Rips Corruption

(Newser) - China's President Hu Jintao blasted the "extravagance and corruption" of some Communist officials at a key party congress today as he warned that the nation's promise has "fallen short" of public expectation. He also cautioned that "independence" forces were growing stronger in Taiwan and that the island...

Chinese Prez to Snub Left, Right in 2nd Term

Walks path of 'stability' as delegates pour into Beijing for debates

(Newser) - Thousands of delegates are pouring into Beijing for this week's political debates, but the Washington Post says the debate is over: President Hu Jintao will keep walking a safe middle path in his next 5-year term. Once deemed a candidate to open China's one-party system, Hu has ignored calls for...

Chinese Dam to Displace 4M More People

Landslides, pollution around reservoir at Three Gorges Dam

(Newser) - China will move at least four million more people—including many who've already been moved once—as the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project, nears completion at the end of next year. The new relocations were announced  amid reports that the dam was causing landslides, soil erosion, polluted...

Dubya Will Meet With Dalai
Dubya Will Meet With Dalai
Oct 12, 2007 3:17 AM CDT

Dubya Will Meet With Dalai

(Newser) - President Bush will meet with the Dalai Lama next  week before the monk is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Not so delighted with the Washington love fest are Chinese government officials, and the meeting is bound to infuriate them further. Beijing has already blasted the US for “using...

Suu Kyi Rejects Conditions, Won't Meet Junta

Opposition leader rejects talk conditions

(Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi will not meet with Burma's ruling junta, which insists that she soften her anti-regime position as a condition of scheduling talks. The opposition leader said in a statement today she will accept no conditions, the Guardian reports: “The success of a dialogue is based on...

How the World Dropped the Ball on Burma

And how we can pick it back up

(Newser) - International policy on Myanmar is at an impasse because the world went two different ways on the military junta—the US chose isolation while its neighbors chose constructive engagement—and both strategies failed. The country has gone from “antidemocratic embarrassment and humanitarian disaster” to “serious threat” to security,...

Million Flee as Storm Hits China
Million Flee as Storm Hits China
Oct 7, 2007 9:47 AM CDT

Million Flee as Storm Hits China

89 mph gusts rip communiites

(Newser) - More than a million Chinese fled their homes as Storm Krusa slammed the southeastern coast after claiming five lives in Taiwan. Damage and injury reports were sketchy as gusts hitting 89 mph ripped through communities. Officials had canceled flights and called back ships and fishing boats in the area to...

China Throws $13K Tea Parties
China Throws $13K Tea Parties
Oct 7, 2007 4:28 AM CDT

China Throws $13K Tea Parties

P uer variety gains wine-like following

(Newser) - China's latest investment fad trades paper for tea leaves, the Wall Street Journal reports. A type of tea pressed into discs, puer (pronounced "poo-ahr") was once the domain of collectors. But an excess of cash and dearth of investment outlets has made the tea a hot asset. Like...

China Getting Serious About Environment

Polluting businesses told to clean up or get lost in many provinces

(Newser) - When its lake turned green and sludge poured from taps, the longtime home of China’s chemical industry closed 1,340 polluting factories, becoming the standard-bearer for a green wave now sweeping China, the Washington Post says. For the first time, the central government has given its provinces weapons to...

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