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China

From tainted exports to exchange rates, climate change to one-child policies, the Middle Kingdom often finds itself at the center of controversy

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June 2008
- Axis of Wealth Shifting East
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 25, 08 2:43 AM CDT
  
  Nations once known for extremes of poverty—China, India and Brazil—are now producing more of the world's millionaires and super rich than ever before, according to a new study of the globe's wealthiest entrepreneurs. The US is losing ground to emerging markets when it comes to producing personal wealth, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Tough Visa Rules Threaten to Slash Olympic Tourism
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 24, 08 6:31 AM CDT
  
  Heightened visa restrictions in China have shrunk tourism ahead of the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Numbers of foreign visitors to Beijing fell 14% last month when government officials tightened the rules to bolster security. More »
- Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 22, 08 5:44 PM CDT
  
  A policewoman has sparked debate in Beijing after breastfeeding nine orphaned babies during last month's earthquake, Reuters reports. Officials have promoted Jiang Xiaojuan, 30, calling her "hero and model police officer," but others argue that merit, not deeds, should lead to promotion. Xiaojuan left her baby at home to help with disaster relief and earned the press nickname "police mum." More »
- Olympic Omens Worry Superstitious Chinese
  
  newser | Christian Science Monitor | Jun 21, 08 11:11 AM CDT
  
  Superstitious beliefs the Communists once tried to stamp out have been making a comeback in China, the Christian Science Monitor reports, especially in this troubled Olympic year. The Games are set to begin on August 8, as 8 sounds like fortune in Mandarin, making 8/8/8 an especially lucky date, but the country has been anything but lucky in recent months. More »
- Olympic Torch Arrives in Tibet
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 21, 08 6:17 AM CDT
  
  Under tight security, the Olympic torch made its way through Tibet’s capital in the most controversial leg of its worldwide journey—a jaunt that ended with Chinese criticism of the Dalai Lama, Reuters reports. “We will be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique,” said the Communist party’s Tibet leader in front of Potala Palace, the exiled Tibetan leader’s traditional seat. More »
- China Admits Burying US POW From Korean War
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 20, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  China has for the first time admitted holding an American prisoner from the Korean War on its soil, AP reports. The Vermont man, just 18 when he was captured, died in China and was buried there, officials said. China authorities, who said the prisoner was mentally ill, had previously insisted no American POWs were taken from North Korea. More »
- World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 20, 08 2:37 AM CDT
  
  The world's soaring population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, further straining thinly stretched natural resources, AP reports. The current population is 6.7 billion, and growing at 1.2% a year, spurred by increasing medical and nutritional advances in developing countries. But as more women in developing nations join the work force, the growth rate is expected to slow—eventually to .5% by 2050. More »
- China's Quest for Glory Pushing Athletes Past Limits
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 20, 08 2:18 AM CDT
  
  China is going all-out in a sometimes destructive push to top the medal table at the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Athletes are risking their health by training while injured, and potential medal-winners are being pressed out of retirement. Olympic hopefuls are well aware that victory will bring fame and fortune—and failure a huge "loss of face" for the motherland. More »
- China Jacks Up Energy Prices
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 19, 08 1:13 PM CDT
  
  China will raise domestic energy prices starting tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal reports, with gas and diesel costs jumping 18%. China’s heavily subsidized fuel is still cheaper than international rates, and the move may be an attempt to appease foreign governments, who blame Beijing's intervention for letting demand rise unchecked in the world's second-largest oil consumer. More »
- New Taiwan President Makes China Overtures
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 19, 08 6:53 AM CDT
  
  Since his election as Taiwan's president last March, Ma Ying-jeou has already begun negotiations with Beijing and moved to bring mainland Chinese tourists to the island. In an English-language interview with the New York Times , Ma sets out an ambitious plan for new cross-strait relations: direct links via air and sea, new market reforms, and an end to double taxes. More »
- US Companies Set Up Shop in Vietnam
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 18, 08 9:53 AM CDT
  
  Foreign manufacturers invested $83 billion in China last year, keeping it at the top of the list of overseas producers. But a confluence of circumstances—high inflation, changing government policies, and, above all, rising wages—have led corporations to start looking elsewhere in Asia, the New York Times reports. The shift to other parts of Asia, especially Vietnam, reflects a "China-plus-one" strategy, in which multinational corporations diversify their manufacturing operations. More »
- Chinese, Enjoying New Clout, Chide US on Fiscal Policy
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 17, 08 8:16 AM CDT
  
  As the US economy struggles and its own booms, China is reveling in its newfound self-confidence, blasting American fiscal policy, the New York Times reports, and flaunting its own regulatory successes. Chinese officials have recently taken the US to task over the subprime mortgage crisis, the weakening dollar, and “discriminatory” attitudes toward foreign investment, showing unusual bravado in the run-up to today’s economic talks between the countries. More »
- China Orders Muslims to Stay Home for Torch Relay
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 16, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  Chinese officials have told China's Muslim Uighur to stay in their homes and watch the Olympic torch on TV when it winds its way through the troubled western region of Xinjiang, Reuters reports. Beijing blames the Uighur for a series of attacks that are part of a push for an independent state. More »
- A Million Flee Chinese Deluge
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 16, 08 4:24 AM CDT
  
  More than a million Chinese have fled floods in the southern regions of the nation after some of the worst storms in decades. The deluge comes as China is reeling from a devastating earthquake. The situation is likely to get worse in the next few days with expected flooding along the Yellow River, Reuters reports. More »
- Ditch the Bag: Loose-Leaf Indulgence Is Your Cup of Tea
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 13, 08 7:05 PM CDT
  
  Simply dropping teabags into a mug not only yields an unsatisfying, solitary brew, Tony Turnbull writes in the Times of London—it spoils the ceremony and anticipation crucial for enjoyment. A teashop visit converted the self-described “inveterate teabag user” into a fan of the “strange alchemy” that transforms dried tea leaves into a perfect cup. More »
- China,Taiwan Agree on Cross-Strait Flights
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 13, 08 4:41 AM CDT
  
  The first talks between China and Taiwan in almost a decade have yielded a historic travel agreement, reports Reuters. Regular flights between the two will begin next month for the first time since the Communists won China's civil war in 1949. Relations between the rivals—still officially at war—have thawed rapidly since Taiwan voted in a more China-friendly president in March. More »
- Ping-Pong Got Ball Rolling to Beijing Games
  
  newser | Sports Illustrated | Jun 12, 08 12:43 PM CDT
  
  It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Beijing Olympics. More »
- China Hackers Target Critical Congressman
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jun 11, 08 3:00 PM CDT
  
  Chinese hackers infiltrated four computers belonging to a member of Congress who is an outspoken critic of that country's human rights record, the Los Angeles Times reports. The FBI discovered that Republican Rep. Frank Wolf's machines had been "compromised" by hackers stationed in China, beginning as early as 2006; other House members could also have been targeted, Wolf said today. More »
- China Mourns Panda Killed in Earthquake
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 10, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  Workers at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province gathered today for the funeral of Mao Mao, a 9-year-old panda killed in the May 12 earthquake. Mao Mao, the mother of five, was one of 64 pandas at the reserve. She died when the river beside her enclosure crushed the walls, and her body wasn't discovered until yesterday, the AP reports. More »
- Chinese Remedy Could Cut Cholesterol
  
  newser | ABC News | Jun 10, 08 12:54 PM CDT
  
  A Chinese supplement could help lower cholesterol in patients unable to tolerate statin drugs, ABC News reports. Extract of red yeast rice, a form of fermented rice that has been used in China for many centuries in medicine and food, is naturally rich in the active ingredient in the drugs. A recent Chinese study found the extract dramatically cut the risk of heart patients suffering a repeat attack, the London Times reports. More »

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