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- Chinese athletes boycott closing ceremony of World Games [Earth Times] "Chinese athletes boycotted the closing ceremony Sunday evening of the 8th World Games in Kaohsiung, south Taiwan. When athletes entered the Main Statium in Kaohsiung, south Taiwan, there was only a Taiwan student holding the Chinese red flag marching behind the girl holding the "China" placard."
- Chinese Steelworkers Fight Privatization Effort [WSJ]"A Hong Kong-based human-rights group said thousands of steel workers in China's northeast staged an at-times violent protest against the planned takeover of their state-run employer and a group of them killed a top executive at the private company that was to acquire it. Several local officials and residents confirmed a protest took place Friday in Tonghua, in Jilin province, but details of the report by the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, including the size of the protest and the manager's death, couldn't be confirmed."
- Taiwan’s Ma Takes Party Post, Boosting China Summit Prospects [Bloomberg] "Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was voted chairman of the ruling Kuomintang party, an appointment that may pave the way for a historic summit with China. Ma, the only candidate for the position, received 94 percent of votes cast yesterday, Chen Shu-rong, a Kuomintang spokeswoman said in Taipei."
- Jia Junpeng: A Common Boy Known by the Entire China Internet in 6 Hours [Yang Yang Reports] "Jia Junpeng (or Junpeng Jia), an ordinary Chinese boy who seemed to be an addicted WoW player, whoever he actually is or whether it’s totally made up, has become known by the entire China Internet from an unknown quantity in just 30 hours, all because of a random nonsense thread posted at post.baidu.com."
- Five facts about Macau and new leader Fernando Chui [Reuters] "Fernando Chui, 52, was endorsed on Sunday by a small, pro-Beijing election committee to serve as Macau's next leader with no marked policy shifts expected towards the city's hard-hit casino industry. Here are five facts about Macau and Chui."
- French Wine Country's Tradition Draws Chinese Investors [Washington Post] "But times have changed, even in Fronsac. Chinese real estate investors based in Hong Kong and Beijing plopped down a small fortune last month and bought the place up -- vineyard, chateau and pedigree included. The deal was the second such purchase in just over a year. Another Chinese company, this one based in Qingdao, gobbled up Chateau Latour-Laguens, just south of here, in early 2008. It has since launched a multimillion-dollar renovation aimed at turning the middling wine into a high-end marque and the 500-year-old chateau into a destination for well-heeled Chinese wedding parties."
- Uncle Ji and the scandal that rocked a Chinese province [Sydney Morning Herald] "UNTIL recently the most powerful figure in Guangdong was arguably not the top ranking official, Wang Yang, an ally of President Hu Jintao, but a man whose official role was political adviser. Chen Shaoji - or "Uncle Ji", to use the Cantonese title reserved for gangsters and officials whose power far exceeds their formal position - owed his strength to an unusually long tenure on the legal affairs committee of the province."
- The China Bubble's Coming -- But Not the One You Think [Foreign Policy] "Financial commentators are obsessively debating whether the recent rise in the Chinese stock market means there's a bubble -- and if so, when it's going to burst. My take? Who cares! What happens to the broader Chinese economy is what we should really be watching. It will have a far-reaching impact on the rest of the world -- much more far-reaching than a decline in stocks."
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