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- China halts £18bn hydropower dam project over environmental concerns[guardian.co.uk] "China's environment ministry sought to reassert its authority on Friday by blocking a 200bn yuan (£18bn) cascade of hydropower dams near Shangri-la that would generate as much electricity as the Three Gorges Dam. Despite pressure from local governments that want to push ahead with big ticket development projects to offset the financial downturn, the ministry suspended approval of the project along the Jinsha iver in Yunnan province for failing to carry out adequate assessment of the environmental impact."
- All Eyes Inward [Newsweek] "Until recently, the way Chinese artists got famous was to talk politics. The generation that grew up during the Cultural Revolution and the difficult years that followed was highly politicized and gained global recognition for its tongue-in-cheek images of Mao Zedong and Tiananmen Square, often rendered in eye-popping color... Though still hot, those new-wave artists are giving way to a very different group: the "me-first" generation, whose members talk about each other and themselves."
- New tax plan sparks China protest [BBC] "Protesters in the south-eastern Chinese city of Nankang have overturned police cars and blocked roads over plans to more strictly enforce payment of taxes. Officials in Nankang said several hundred protesters blocked a major road while others delivered a petition to a local government office."
- Found in translation: China's volunteer online army [CNN] "On Saturday at 10 a.m. it's show time for Brenda Zhang and her subtitle team. They roll out of bed, meet each other online and chat while their modems download the latest episode of "Prison Break," which just aired half a world away on Friday night in America. Once they have the show on their hard drives, the team spends the rest of the day creating subtitles for it in Chinese before putting it back online for other fans to watch."
- 'Made in China:' Regulatory Dilemma [Control Engineering] "The dubious safety of products imported from China has become in many respects the new human rights issue in the U.S.-China relationship — providing China critics a convenient and rhetorically rich target… But safety problems with Chinese products also point to the fact that U.S. regulators lack the ability to police the huge volume of goods that crosses U.S. borders in an era of globalized commerce. This is a particular problem with China, since the vast number of factories makes it extremely difficult for U.S. regulators or their contractors to conduct inspections. After all, the "Made in China" label often doesn't come with a company name or address that an American lawyer — much less a consumer — can trace."
- Beijing to add new hospital against A(H1N1) flu [China Daily] "Beijing is adding a brand new hospital to its arsenal in the battle against the A(H1N1) influenza virus as the city notches its 50th positive case, Beijing health bureau said Monday. The facility will ease pressure on hospitals currently treating flu patients while also looking after people with routine injuries and illnesses."
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