China
Ethnic tensions flare again in China’s Xinjiang region
By John Chan, September 10, 2009
Ethnic turmoil erupted again last week in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, when Han Chinese protesters demanded the resignation of the provincial CCP secretary over a series of syringe attac...
China: Protesting steel workers halt plant privatisation
By John Chan, August 22, 2009
Thousands of steelworkers protested last week, forcing Chinese authorities to suspend the privatisation of the state-owned Linzhou Steel Corporation.
Typhoon Morakot devastates Taiwan
By John Chan, August 17, 2009
Anger is mounting in Taiwan over the Kuomintang government’s inadequate emergency response and its failure to quickly rescue victims of Typhoon Morakot.
China-India border talks highlight rising tensions
By John Chan, August 15, 2009
This month’s border talks between China and India became a focus of mounting tensions between the two countries.
Chinese labour report points to rising discontent
By Carol Divjak, August 14, 2009
A recent research paper produced by the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin provides evidence of growing discontent in the Chinese working class.
China carries out mass arrests in Xinjiang
By John Chan, August 11, 2009
The Chinese government tightened its grip in the northwestern Uighur region of Xinjiang with the additional arrest of 319 people.
China’s dubious statistics cover up economic crisis
By John Chan, August 10, 2009
Doubts have emerged over the Chinese economic statistics showing rising growth rates.
US-China talks: a fragile relationship
By John Chan, July 30, 2009
The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington highlighted the dependence of heavily-indebted US capitalism on China as a major source of financing. At the same time, the forum revealed th...
Clinton’s ASEAN appearance signals US “back in Asia”
By John Chan, July 28, 2009
In a bid to bolster US standing and counter growing Chinese influence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended the ASEAN summit in Thailand and signed ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.
Protesting Chinese steel workers kill manager
By John Chan, July 28, 2009
In another sign of the explosive social tensions in China, thousands of workers at a state-owned steel plant beat the newly-appointed manager to death in an angry protest against a government-backed t...
Chinese regime admits shooting protestors in Xinjiang
By John Chan, July 24, 2009
Despite the efforts of the Chinese government to play down the tense atmosphere in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Beijing has effectively admitted it carried out a brutal military-police repre...
China’s fragile “economic recovery”
By John Chan, July 23, 2009
Even as it reported China’s increased second quarter growth figure last week, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics cautioned that the recovery was “still infirm”.
