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- As China shouts its line on Tibet, is anybody listening? [China Media Project] "These numbers actually pale in comparison to coverage in March and April last year, when Chinese media heaped scorn on the 'Dalai clique' and the 'hostile foreign forces' sowing unrest in China after large-scale riots in the region. But last month, even as the CCP was gearing up for the sensitive anniversary of the 1959 uprising, there were half as many articles with 'Tibet' in the headline as there have been so far this month — with days yet to go until the 28th, which the CCP has designated 'Tibetan Serf Emancipation Day'."
- Taiwan’s Former President Goes on Trial for Corruption [NYTimes.com] "Prosecutors have since charged that he stole or took bribes totaling more than $30 million, sometimes in return for political favors involving land deals. His wife, Wu Shu-chen; his son; and his daughter-in-law pleaded guilty last month to money laundering, and Ms. Wu also pleaded guilty to forgery."
- Filthy hospital responsible for deaths of 5 infants [Xinhua] "Five newborn children from north China's Tianjin Municipality died from hospital-acquired infections, and the hospital's sub-standard hygiene conditions and flawed management were to blame, said experts with the Ministry of Health (MOH) Wednesday."
- China's Youtube Ban & Its Future Smartphone Market [Marketing Shift] "Imagine yourself as the CEO of a Tech company who wants to tap into China's expanding 3G market , but why bother wasting your V.C. and R.D. on a nation that may block user access to you for any reason, at any time? In my opinion, China's erratic behavior could overshadow the potential market of 700 million new mobile users."
- Average salaries rise 13.8 percent [Shanghai Daily] "The Shanghai Statistics Bureau said the average salary of employees in Shanghai was 3,292 yuan (US$481) a month in 2008, a 13.8 percent year-on-year rise, Oriental Morning Post reported today."
- Perspective… Is adidas paying the price for its Olympic spend? [Brand Republic] "That really depends on how the Olympic sponsorship return is calculated. But it’s worth looking at the non-sponsors of the Games. A particular thorn here is local brand Li Ning, which wasn’t an official sponsor but hijacked adidas’ limelight when its founder (in what can only be described as an incredible piece of state-sponsored ambush marketing) lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. Adidas may have paid millions to be an official Olympics sponsor, but Li Ning made $30 million on its share price and gained an estimated $20 million of global media exposure in the three short minutes when he lit the flame."
- China’s Team of Rivals [Foreign Policy] "A financial meltdown in China promises to test the Communist Party’s power in ways not seen since Tiananmen. But theirs is a house divided, as princelings take on populists and Pekinologists try to make sense of it all. Will this team built for economic success implode once the money dries up? An insider’s guide to the leaders at China’s controls."
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--"Nobody listens to China"?
no governement recognize dharamsala
, all country with deplomatic ties with china recognize tibet as part of china and daliar himself doesnt want to seek independent. all that proves when china talks, people do listen.
As to "financial meltdown in China", the writer of "China’s Team of Rivals" he even failed to see 3 Chinese banks are not only the 3 biggest banks in the world now, but also the only 3 banks with profit, a unimaginable pofit of over 30% in 2008. that's the very reason why i suggested our rich expats to buy their stocks instead of getting interest since there is absolutely no financial crisis in china at all.
but while considering writer's quote of 65% nosedive of china's stock market, it's easy to see his story was written 5 month ago, well, when citibank still valued 100 times more.
Eastman, you seem to be confused about the content of the article in question. The article about the Chinese government's message on Tibet refers to the message the international public gets from the media and the willingness of international media to pick up China's message.
Lack of recognition of the Tibetan government in exile arises mostly out of diplomatic pressure and political practicalities. Such pressure is brought to bear on members of a class of political decision-makers who are not part of the general public that the mass-printed stories within the article in question are targeting.
Therefore, if you want to say, "when China talks, people listen," that is fine, and true in many contexts. But you really have to be more specific about what the listening forum in question is.
When Chinese representatives talks at such and such international conference, conference participants listen. That's what they're there for. When the Chinese ambassador calls a US Congressman and discusses such and such problem, the Congressmen may listen (although he might disagree with the message).
When Chinese papers print long-winded articles that celebrate the government's occupation of Tibet, the average international reader will quite possibly not listen unless he is interested in the subject. He doesn't have to listen, so it takes an innovative approach to get the message across, especially when that message is unpopular. I think the article makes this point quite well.
People have stopped listening because China discusses nothing and concedes nothing. It only thumps it chest, shows off puny muscles and makes alot of noise about what it wants and when it wants it.
--China "only thumps it chest"?
different of you is, when you asked what you want, you thumps your girl friend' chest.
geezeastman, myy 2 year old can come up a with a better and more mature response that that.
Well, consider the opponent (see comment below...)
@ leastman
She likes being thumped. And so does your mom.
---"She likes being thumped"?
i wish that your girl friend still had more on her bony chest than your mom for you to trump and that I had wasted you on the wall against your mom's will when you were still liquid some 16 years ago. now it's the consequence: an idiot with iq as low as your beloved bush.
Wow Less, is that the best your massive liberal arts mind can conjure? Ouch, I'm going to put on a band aid now.
Yeah nanhay, we know where that band aid will go and it will be the smallest one they sell...
That's very Leastman-esque of you Less.