The Brutality Cascade
on March 8, 2013
As China's economic and defense tactics appear to become more and more successful, David Brooks expects other countries' policies will start to resemble them, whether or not they run counter to our principles.
Skype’s Been Hijacked in China, And Microsoft Is O.K. With It
on March 8, 2013
A computer science student at the University of New Mexico deciphered an everchanging list of sensitive keywords for which Skype in China surveils and now wants Microsoft to answer for the privacy breach.
Choking To Death: Health Consequences Of Air Pollution in China
on March 8, 2013
The number of lung cancer-caused mortality in China has increased by 465 percent in the past three decades, due to severe air pollution.
The Balinghou: China’s Generation Gap
on March 8, 2013
The raft of criticisms being levelled at the generation of children born in the 80s has very little to do with the actual failings of the young, but is a symptom of the yawning, and unprecedented gulf between young urban Chinese and their parents.
Aeon Magazine
on March 8, 2013
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Could Electric Cars Reduce China’s Smog?
on March 8, 2013
Looking at BYD Auto Company, China's central planners, and Warren Buffet's investment in the future of electric cars in China.
National People’s Congress Kicks Off With A Kaleidoscope Of Diversity
on March 8, 2013
Photos of the various ethnic minorities represented at the 2013 National People's Congress, showcasing the government’s inclusiveness and the country’s diversity.
People’s Daily Online
on March 8, 2013
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People.cn, founded on Jan. 1, 1997, is a large-scale news platform built by People’s Daily, one of the top ten newspapers in the world. It is also one of the largest comprehensive media sources on the Internet.
People.cn is available in seven ethnic minority languages and nine foreign languages. It publishes news in the form of text, picture, video, Weibo and Apps around the clock. It has formed a reliable and extensive readership consisting of users from 200 countries and regions around the world.
Party and state leaders attach great importance to the role of People.cn. On April 26, 2000, then Chinese President Jiang Zemin watched the homepage of People.cn during his visit to South Africa. On his visit to People.cn on June 20, 2008, then Chinese President Hu Jintao talked with netizens through the Qiangguo Forum. On June 30, 2012, Xi Jinping attended the launching ceremony for the digital platform, which made a version of the paper available on cellular phones and, which was built through the joint efforts of the Party Member Education Center of the CPC Organization Department and CPC News of People.cn.
During an inspection tour to the People's Daily on Feb. 19, 2016, President Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, chatted online with villagers of Chixi Village in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian province, from the multi-media studio of People's Daily Online.
People.cn also runs several news websites including the NPC News and CPPCC News. It has built official websites for the press center of the 17th and 18th CPC National Congress, and has constructed a number of websites for ministries and commissions.
In 2015, more than 281 officials above vice-ministerial level, nearly 2,000 local officials, company executives, celebrities and foreign politicians communicated with netizens through People.cn.
As a media organization with international influence, People.cn has conducted exclusive interviews with foreign leaders, including Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and etc. A total of 60 ambassadors have come to be interviewed on People.cn.
People.cn owns a number of subsidiary companies and has established 31 local branches across China. It has strived to promote globalization by setting up bureaus and studios in Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, London, Moscow, Johannesburg, Sydney, Paris, and Sweden, which significantly boosts its influence abroad and its ability to disseminate internationally.
China’s Richer-Than-Romney Lawmakers Reveal Reform Challenge
on March 8, 2013
The growing presence of wealthy people in the legislature coincides with Xi's efforts to address the concern that the Communist Party no longer represents the interests of ordinary Chinese.
“Shanghai Calling” Translates Funny
Q&A with Janet Yang and Daniel Hsia
on March 8, 2013
Director Daniel Hsia and producer Janet Yang were motivated to make Shanghai Calling, their first feature film together, by the shared feeling that no matter how much more important relations between the United States and China grew, they always seemed fraught with misunderstanding.
