China Watch

China has ordered all Internet media in the country to establish a “self-discipline commissioner” with the specific responsibility for strictly enforcing the party-government’s censorship orders, according to chinadigitaltimes.net Aug 29, citing Chinese-language Hong Kong Ming Pao.

China is reported to have strengthened its claim over the entire South China Sea and its seabed resources by erecting a flag at a depth of nearly 4000 meters.

China which legally executes more people than the rest of the world combined will continue to main its record even though its parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), now mulls removing 13 crimes from the punishment of death. The revision, if passed, will cut the existing 68 death charges in Criminal Law by one fifth to 55, reported China’s official China Daily online Aug 23.

Liu Yazhou, a two-star Chinese army general, has said China's rise depends on adopting America's system of government rather than challenging its presence off China's eastern coast, reported theage.com.au Aug 12.

Seven Chinese military police were killed and 14 others wounded on Aug 18 when a member of the Uighur minority rammed them with an explosives-laden vehicle in Aksu city in the border region of Xinjiang, reported Reuters Aug 19 and AP Aug 20.

Households in China hide as much as 9.3 trillion yuan of income that is not reported in official figures, with 80 per cent of it accrued by the wealthiest people, reported the Bloomberg Aug 12 citing a new study.

Hundreds of residents in a slum area in southern China’s Guangzhou city have clashed with police as they tried to resist the demolition of their homes ahead of the Asian Games scheduled to be held in Nov’10.

Hundreds of residents in a slum area in southern China’s Guangzhou city have clashed with police as they tried to resist the demolition of their homes ahead of the Asian Games scheduled to be held in Nov’10.

Rather than introducing political reform to limit the autocratic power of the Communist Party of China, including by subjecting its leaders to the law of the land, to ensure responsible and accountable governance through periodic free elections, independent court system, free media, etc., China sees its image problem as a matter of public relations exercise.

The planned publication has been reported of a new book which says China's premier Wen Jiabao should be known as "China's Best Actor" instead of "Grandpa Wen”, the image of a sympathetic man he has cultivated of himself.

Hundreds of people took part in protests in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, and Hong Kong on Aug 1 to jointly defend their right to speak and listen to their native Cantonese language.

In keeping with the trend of the progeny of China’s revolutionary leaders often reaching high office, whether in business or politics, Chairman Mao’s only grandson Mao Xinyu has become the country’s youngest army general.

After overtaking Britain and France in 2005 and Germany in 2007, China has now dislodged Japan to become the world’s second largest economy.

A Calgary Conservative MP has accused Chinese authorities of attempting to buy influence over Canadian politicians, including himself, and government officials with financial incentives and prostitutes, suggesting some officials may have been compromised, reported CBC.ca Jul 30.

China has been hit by worst torrential rains and floods in the last one decade, claiming the lives of 928 people and leaving 477 others missing as of 9:00 am Jul 28, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Jul 28.