‘Political accident’ derived from a photo

Wang Lili, a 52-year-old journalist working at Tongzhou Times for 4 years, got fired by his company merely because of a picture he shot and published in which the proprietor of Tongzhou is making a work report in People’s Congress. According to bloggerQian Liexian[zh], the official statement about Wang’s dismissal is: “His photo distorted the spirit of congress and made the proprietor acting like pleading guilty, which generated a very bad political effect.” Wang Lili hitherto hasn’t found his job.

 

China: The truth of Nanjie Village

Nanjie Village, a small village in Henan Province and once the so-called ‘red billionaire village’ and ‘Republic of Chairman Mao’, is recently revealed by Chinese media that it is totally a phoney. Changping[zh] compares it with the fake tiger photo last year arguing that it indicates the bankruptcy of planned economic system and the extreme left ideology.

 

Chinese dragon vs Indian elephant: Friends or enemies?

I recently read an article in FT titled Chinese dragon roars over Indian industry saying that the increasing amount of Sino-Indian trade is heavily tilted in China’s favour, with the deficit more than doubling to $9.17bn in the past fiscal year and the growing trade imbalance between the two countries in favour of Beijing has proved to be one of the most contentious issues.According to Financial Times China looks like having the upper hand at least for the next few years. “Let the dragon and the elephant dance together and not be separated by a ‘Chinese wall’,”wrote Amit Mitra, secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, in The Times of India, in a call for a more level playing field on trade.

 

Taiwan’s referendum becomes the annoying bug to China and U.S.

BEIJING (Reuters) – “The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.” 2008 is not a tough year to China but that is not to say everything in this year will be blithe. China remains jittery, especially with Beijing’s Olympic Games in August drawing additional attention to its actions.

 

Random thoughts on the clash in Burma and the shock it brings to China

With the deliberate fatal shooting of a Japanese journalist while covering the pro-democracy demonstrations,the big event in Burma just began to show some of its effective influences on neighbouring countries. According to a report in Guardian Unlimited, Japan, for example,one of the biggest donors to Burma,is fiercely outraged and planning to suspend its economic aid to the poorest country in Asia.Usually,those sorts of international sanction will undoubtedly do execution.But in this case,the dictatorial government there may not get too scared to proceed its military crackdown against any opponents.The reason,for the most part,probably lies in its fantasy of some powerful political support derive from its another big donor and ally,the People’s Republic of China

 

Dissident who criticised Olympics:The regime only oppress you

According to www.AFP.com, A Chinese cyber-dissident who criticised the government over human rights abuses ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games has been detained on suspicion of subverting state power, his wife said on Dec 19, 2007. Wang Dejia, better known by his pen name Jing Chu, was hauled off by police who raided his home in the southern province of Guangxi last Thursday.

 

Satire: Law Promotion Day turned out to be ‘Appeal for Justice Day’

Every December 4th is the National Law Promotion Day promoted by the CCP. But the petitioners say they want to change it to petitioners’ “appealing for justice day.” (Dec 6,2007 NTDTV)

On the eve of that day 200 petitioners from across the China gathered in Beijing for Law Publicity Day. At around 10 a.m. the day before, petitioners held an activity at the outskirts of Gongyi East Bridge to announce the first “Appeal for Justice Day.” Reporters from England, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany and Taiwan were there interviewing participants.

 

Who to choose and how to choose: dilemma of the reincarnation of living Buddhas

Since being a child, I had been told by my school teachers over and over again that “Religion is the opium etherizing people’s spirit”, a piece of logion written by Karl Marx. And every time after that statement the teachers would add: “As a member of the socialistic nation, every one of us is an atheist.” Well, it sounds nice. Ironically, for so many reasons the real activity of Communist Party is quite distinct from their propaganda of atheist, especially when it comes to political movements as to Tibet. Last week, when Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader and Nobel Prize laureate, announced publicly the possibility that he might choose a successor by appointment or through an election before his death, Beijing government instantly denounced that it disobeyed the Tibetan rite. “The reincarnation of ­living Buddhas…” said the Chinese foreign ministry. “clearly violated religious rituals and historical customs.”

 

Some Thoughts on Gates’s Visit to China

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Cao Gangchuan Monday to discuss broadening defense relations, which is his first time in China after inauguration. Gates said China and America would establish a hotline between their defence ministries and defense relations between the two countries should expand as the United States and China’s economic ties strengthen. (United Press International Nov. 5, 2007)