China’s Demographic Imbalances Widen – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Demographics, Administrative Affairs, Age Population, Aging Population, China Population, Chinese Economy, Chinese Leadership, Civil Affairs, Economic Growth, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Growth Mode, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, October 26, Political Instability, Population Growth, Senior Officials, Slowdown, Surplus Labor, Total Population, Xinhua News Agency

Even as the Chinese economy under the Hu-Wen administration is set to wean through the global financial crisis with a remarkable eight percent growth rate this year, senior officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs under the jurisdiction of the State Council, which is responsible for social and administrative affairs, revealed that China’s aging population—people [...]

Russia Tests ICBMs

Posted by Matt in October 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Defense Ministry, Georgy, Global Security Newswire, Icbms, Missiles, Northern Russia, Ryazan, submarines, Targets, Xinhua News Agency

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday that it had launched two ICBMs from submarines, the Xinhua News Agency reported (see GSN, Oct. 9).
Fired on Oct. 6 and 7 from the vessels Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets and Ryazan submarines, the RSM-50 missiles reached their assigned targets in northern Russia, the ministry said.
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Russia Tests [...]

More Chinese Instability – Africans in Guangzhou Protest at Police

Posted by Matt in July 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Africans, Blogged, Checks, Chinese City, Clothing Market, Flock Browser, Passport, Police Raid, Police Station, Protest, Protesters, Running Clothing, Visa, Wsj, Xinhua News Agency

More than 100 Africans living in a southern Chinese city surrounded a police station to protest after at least one African running a stall in a clothing market allegedly died in a police raid, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The report said protesters believed one African had died in a brawl Wednesday in Guangzhou after [...]

Wen warns economic crisis spreading in China

Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Financial, Afp, Arduous Task, Beijing China, China, Communist Party, Confidence, Economic Crisis, Face, Global Financial Crisis, Parliament, Plotline, Premier Wen Jiabao, Social Fears, Specifics, Wen Jiabao, Xinhua News Agency

Premier Wen Jiabao warned that the impact of the global financial crisis was still spreading in China and the country faces the long and arduous task of combating its effects.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted Wen as saying Saturday that China “must strengthen confidence in the face of the crisis and be ready to take [...]

China’s Olympic Nightmare

Posted by Matt in July 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Algae Bloom, beijing, Beijing Area, Beijing Olympics, Central Leadership, China, China Forces, China Olympics, Chinese Security, Communist Party, Embarrassment, Extent, Exterminators, Failure, Financial Times, Financial Times Uk, Grasslands, Grave Shortcomings, Hostile Groups, Inner Mongolia, Legitimacy, Locust Infestation, Locusts, Northern China, Olympic Games, Olympic Nightmare, Olympics, One Fifth, Political Challenges, Regime, sailors, Security Chief, Security Official, Spectacles, Washington Times, Xinhua News Agency

What the Games Mean for Beijing’s Future.
Failure to plan for predictable problems has turned China’s coming-out party into an embarrassment.
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Yet even as Beijing has worked tirelessly to ensure the most impressive of Olympic spectacles, it is clear that the Games have come to highlight not only the awesome achievements of the country but also the [...]

From the ruins, Chinese begin to rebuild lives

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, 5 Million, beijing, China Daily, Chinese Century, Communist Government, Earthquake, Economic Superpower, Lehman Brothers, Magnitude, Mianyang, Oded, Ohio State University, Open Response, Outrage, Reconstruction, shanghai, Sichuan, Three Decades, University China, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Yang

Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. Reconstruction has started, even as the communist government attempts to feed and shelter about 5 million people left homeless by the massive disaster.
Shopkeepers who lost years of investment are plotting how to get their businesses running again. The government’s open response may [...]

At least 100 dead as powerful quake hits southwest China

Posted by Matt in May 12th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, 100 People, beijing, Deadly Earthquake, Earthquake Risk, Earthquake Victims, Epicentre, Estimates, Hindu, Magnitude, Malaysia Star, Military Official, New Scientist, Nuclear Reactors, Powerful Earthquake, Powerful Quake, Quake Relief, Quake Toll, Richter Scale, Sichuan Province, Southeast Asia, Southwest China, Southwestern China, Swathe, Thai Capital Bangkok, Wall Street Journal, Washington D.C., Washington Times, Xinhua News Agency

A powerful earthquake struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwestern China, flattening schools and homes and killing more than 100 people, according to early estimates.
The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, was felt in cities across a swathe of southeast Asia including the Thai capital Bangkok, more than 1,800 [...]

Virus sickening Chinese children spreads

Posted by Matt in May 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Disease, Anhui, Central Province, China, Chinese Children, Coastal Province, Deaths, Enterovirus 71, Foot And Mouth, Foot And Mouth Disease, Guangdong Province, Hand Foot And Mouth, Hand Foot And Mouth Disease, Virus, Viruses, Xinhua News Agency, Zhejiang

China reported a jump today in the number of children sickened with hand, foot and mouth disease, saying more than 9,700 cases have been reported.
At least 24 deaths in the central province of Anhui and Guangdong province in the south have been blamed on enterovirus 71, one of several viruses that cause the disease, the [...]