on March 21, 2010 by admin in Shanghai, Comments (0)
Extra! Extra! Pollution wars, buried grandmothers and China’s bark
- “In recent months, protests over the severe illnesses caused by China’s heavy industries have resulted in a crackdown on polluters. Leading the charge has been the state-run media, which the central government is now using to gain control over corrupt local authorities and powerful commercial enterprises.” [Environment 360]
- The family of a 69-year-old grandmother who was buried alive by demolition crews has won compensation: five houses and 600,000RMB. The grandmother had tried to stop an excavator with her own body. She somehow fell into a ditch, but the excavator continued shoveling, burying her with a load of earth. [China Hush]
- Wen Jiabao has dismissed claims that Chinese foreign policy is becoming more assertive, saying, “There are already views about China’s arrogance, China’s toughness, and China’s inevitable triumph. You have given me an opportunity for me to explain how China conducts itself” in a defensive speech at a press conference. [Economist]
- We heard earlier that Google may be set to shut down its Google.cn search engine business in April. But how do its 700-plus employees feel? Pretty fatalistic, it seems.[TIME]
- Speaking of Google, it’s the latest high-profile company to have to pull out of China. But there are lessons – good lessons – to take away from the way it is leaving. [China Economic Review]
- The Chongqing government has decided to impose a real-name registration system on QQ and microblogs – the first in the nation that we know of. [Economic Observer]
- In other netizen news, a verdict was expected today in the “false accusations” trial of Fan Yanqiong, You Jingyou and Wu Huaying, netizens who were in police custody for passing around a video of a woman detailing suspicions that her daughter was gang raped by police before being murdered. [Global Voices Online]
- China has always been considered scary by the West, and the recently strained relationship may have soured many previous China supporters’ opinions. This person calls China’s current situation “unpredictable and potentially dangerous… especially in the lead-up to a possibly contested 2012 succession. [Foreign Policy]
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Tags: China, Chongqing, demolition crews, false accusations, Fan Yanqiong, google, government, grandmother, search engine business, Wen Jiabao
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