China Notebook: 8-16-09

Gracious Greeting - Forests of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. From Lowell Bennett's Misguided Tour, selected shots from the writer / photographer's four years covering China, www.VividEast.com

In the news:

*Taipei Times: Truth to power

*Straits Times: Consumer credit firms allowed

*Associated Press: Hundreds of China steel workers trap official during 4-day protest of plant purchase

*China Daily: Chinese experts say emissions cuts won’t meet goals for climate change

*New York Times: Shanghai is sprucing up its image

*Shanghai Daily: Taiwan in new call for aid

*Forbes: Should you look for work in China?

*Hindustan Times: Chinese city cracks 14 gangs

*Asia News Net: Mixed reaction to WTO ruling on China

*BBC: China to improve access for media

*Bay Area Independent Media: China sentences eight Tibetans to varying prison terms in Tibet

*Xinhua: Efforts against construction industry corruption

*Investment Executive: Mission to China a success, says Canada’s Flaherty

*Bangkok Post: China-Asean fund proposed

*Newsweek: Want to learn Chinese? Stay home

*The Standard: Police seize 50,000 guns in crackdown

From the blogs:

*Danwei: The Rio Tinto case in the Chinese media

*RGE Monitor: China rising, rent-seeking version

*Huffington Post: President Hu, tear down this firewall

*China Digital Times: Tweets of the week ... Tan Zuoren, Xu Zhiyong, and Green Dam

Sunday, August 16, 2009