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- Regulation on puppy love sparks controversy [China.org.cn] "The first local regulation in China to list puppy love as "misconduct" and suggest parents reprimand and stop it has sparked controversy across the country. Heated discussions on the regulation has spread across media and websites nationwide, after the Regulation for the Protection of Minors of Heilongjiang Province, the first of its kind to tackle puppy love, was revised and adopted by the local legislature last month."
- Drugs Don’t Work for Half of China’s AIDS Patients, Study Says [Bloomberg] "Half of China’s AIDS patients stopped responding to treatment over five years and didn’t have access to the back-up drugs available in developed nations, researchers found. Among 48,785 HIV patients who received free treatment under a government program from 2002 to 2008, the drugs curbed AIDS- related deaths but failed to treat 50 percent of the group over the period, researchers led by Fujie Zhang at China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention found. The results are similar to those for other low- and middle-income countries, they said. "
- Chief of Google in China Leaving [NY Times] "In what is likely to be seen as a blow to Google’s ambitions in China, Kai-Fu Lee, the prominent head of the company’s operations there, is leaving to form a new venture. Google said in a news release early Friday in Beijing that Mr. Lee, who was president of Google Greater China and vice president for engineering, would leave the company in mid-September."
- Will Japan Become A Chinese Colony? [Forbes] "Also appealing was Hatoyama's pledge of better relations with China to ease Japan out of its economic doldrums. The incoming leader promised he would reorient his country away from Washington and toward Beijing and neighboring capitals. "We must not forget our identity as a nation located in Asia," he wrote just days before the election. Specifically, he advocated "the creation of an East Asian community." In that community, Japan would have the largest economy-at this moment. According to the World Bank, the Chinese are a trillion dollars-$4.9 trillion for Japan and $3.9 trillion for China-from becoming the largest economy in Asia and the second largest in the world. Hatoyama, for one, is certain that the Chinese will overtake his country soon."
- How China Cooks Its Books [Foreign Policy] "In February, local Chinese Labor Ministry officials came to "help" with massive layoffs at an electronics factory in Guangdong province, China. The owner of the factory felt nervous having government officials there, but kept his mouth shut. Who was he to complain that the officials were breaking the law by interfering with the firings, he added. They were the law! And they ordered him to offer his workers what seemed like a pretty good deal: Accept the layoff and receive the legal severance package, or "resign" and get an even larger upfront payment. "I would estimate around 70 percent of workers took the resignation deal. This is happening all over Guangdong," the factory owner said. "I help the Department of Labor, and they'll help me later on down the line.""
- Beijing Says New Measures Needed to Fight Lead Poisoning [WSJ] "China's environment minister called for new measures to deal with heavy-metal poisoning, following a recent spate of incidents involving mass lead poisoning of children living near lead smelters. But the government has had little success in past efforts to clean up the industry and faces significant obstacles, such as weak enforcement mechanisms."
- China detains 15 parents for lead poison unrest [The Associated Press] "Police in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of local children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said Wednesday. Villagers mocked the accusation, saying authorities were using the charge to take revenge against parents involved in the Aug. 8 unrest in Hunan province's Wenping township, that broke out after more than 1,300 children were poisoned by emissions from a manganese processing plant."
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