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Dear Slate, yes there are chocolate bars in China
- Construction starts on rail link [Shanghai Daily] "Construction on the 29.68-billion-yuan (US$4.34 billion) Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway started yesterday at Fengjing area in Shanghai. The project, which is expected to be completed before the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, will cut the journey between the two cities to 38 minutes from the current one hour or more and is part of a plan to cut travel time between any two cities in the Yangtze River Delta Region to within one hour."
- Has Western Fast Food Hit a Wall in China? [Mark's China Blog] "I can't say that I'm that surprised that Chinese people may move away from eating western fast food as much as they have been. First, western fast food joints in China aren't cheap. In America, when you eat the crap that fast food places serve up you at least don't have to spend much money. That can't be said for China."
- China: ‘Can I supersize my stimulus?’ [FT Alphaville] "Expectations are growing China could super-size its stimulus package when it votes on the budget next week, especially since the draft currently being considered already foresees a record-breaking fiscal deficit for the country in 2009 of some 950bn yuan (higher than previously expected)."
- China launches website to encourage public supervision of official appointment [Xinhua] "The public is encouraged to log on to the website (www.12380.gov.cn), launched by the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, to report offences. The site aims to improve public supervision and to ensure prompt detection and correction of offences involving official selection and appointment, the Organization Department said Thursday in a statement. Complaints could be filed in anonymity, but real names were preferred, said the website. It requires informants to report problems truthfully and warns that fabrication and false charges could lead to legal punishment."
- Anxious China turns charm on Europe [Financial Times] "The delegation of Chinese businessmen that arrived on Wednesday in Europe on a government-organised buying trip is part of a broad diplomatic charm offensive launched by Beijing in recent weeks to try to stave off protectionist pressures and smooth the way for Chinese investment."
- China to set up powerful food safety commission [International Herald Tribune] "China's legislature is considering a new food safety law that would create a powerful commission to oversee food regulation and make celebrities liable for any dangerous products they endorse, state media reported Thursday."
- China Says U.S. Report on Rights Distorts Facts [NYTimes] "Chinese authorities reacted caustically on Thursday to the release of an annual State Department report on global human rights that called China’s respect for rights not just “poor,” but worsening in its persecution of ethnic minorities and dissidents."
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