China to Boost Textile Industry in Xinjiang
on June 25, 2015
China's cabinet issued a guideline on Thursday to bolster the textile and garment industry in the western Xinjiang region in the hope of increasing local employment and exports.
South Africa Tourism in Crisis as Chinese Reject New Visa Regulations
on June 25, 2015
The number of Chinese visitors to South Africa has dropped 32 percent after new visa regulations make travel difficult.
Teaching Uighur Children Mandarin will not Bring Stability to Xinjiang
on June 25, 2015
More schools move to use Chinese only, except a few hours each week in Uighur literature. President Xi Jinping emphasizes this policy as a way to fight terrorism.
John Maynard Keynes, (1883 - 1946), 1st Baron Keynes, attends the United Nations International Monetary and Financial Conference at the Mount Washington Hotel
on June 25, 2015
English economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) attends the United Nations International Monetary and Financial Conference at the Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire, July 1944. He played a leading role in the formulation of the Bretton Woods agreements and was instrumental in the establishment of the International Monetary Fund.
Outcry in Russia over China land lease
on June 25, 2015
Plans to hand a stretch of remote Siberian territory to Chinese investors triggers protests in Russia, underlining how the relationship between both countries is undermined by deep-rooted distrust.
With Beijing’s Voting Plan Dead, Hong Kong Looks Ahead
on June 25, 2015
The rejection of a Beijing-backed plan to let the public elect Hong Kong’s top officials begs the question of what happens next.
City of Virtues
on June 25, 2015
Throughout Nanjing’s history, writers have claimed that its spectacular landscape of mountains and rivers imbued the city with “royal qi,” making it a place of great political significance. City of Virtues examines the ways a series of visionaries, drawing on past glories of the city, projected their ideologies onto Nanjing as they constructed buildings, performed rituals, and reworked the literary heritage of the city. More than an urban history of Nanjing from the late 18th century until 1911―encompassing the Opium War, the Taiping occupation of the city, the rebuilding of the city by Zeng Guofan, and attempts to establish it as the capital of the Republic of China―this study shows how utopian visions of the cosmos shaped Nanjing’s path through the turbulent 19th century.―University of Washington Press
China plays favorites with endangered species
on June 25, 2015
“The Chinese government has put so much money and so much effort into preserving pandas but there are so many other species that need addressing.”
China Aims to Move Beijing Government Out of City’s Crowded Core
on June 25, 2015
Officials finalize plans to move Beijing’s municipal government, including tens of thousands of civil servants to Tongzhou.
China Military Declines to Confirm Djibouti Base Plan
on June 25, 2015
Though all countries have an interest in region peace and stability says China's Defense Ministry, it declines to confirm Djibouti military base.