Today's Links: The successor of China, what Hu's thinking, and creepy murders

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  • China party scholar hints at Xi Jinping promotion [Washington Post] "A Chinese Communist official on Tuesday held out the possibility that Vice President Xi Jinping could still be promoted to a military position, in a step toward ultimately taking over the nation's top leadership post. Some media had speculated that Xi, who is expected to succeed President Hu Jintao in 2013, would be anointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission at a party plenum last week, reinforcing his succession claim. However, the plenum closed last Friday with no word of any personnel changes."
  • China opens media center for coverage of 60th National Day celebrations [Xinhua] "A media center was opened Tuesday for journalists covering celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1. The center, in the Media Center Hotel, will operate until Oct. 2 and will be responsible for providing reception and services for media personnel, such as issuing press passes and organizing interviews. Zhu Shouchen, deputy director of the center, said they had so far received applications from more than 4,500 journalists in and outside the Chinese mainland."
  • What China's Hu Would Really Like to Tell Obama [Time] "Summit meetings, in particular those with 20 heads of state in attendance, are usually scripted, staid affairs. That's especially true when these get-togethers involve Chinese President Hu Jintao, whose private persona varies little from his public style. As befits someone who is running the world's most populous country, he is intensely disciplined and extremely cautious. On Tuesday, he will meet one on one with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City before heading off to Pittsburgh, Pa., for the G-20 summit on Sept. 24-25. This is what a more relaxed Hu might say to Obama, whose first major decision on trade was to slap a 35% tariff on tires produced in China — an action that generated a flurry of stories in the media about the possibility of a U.S.-China trade war..."
  • Thought to kill not new, alleged murderer says [Shanghai Daily] "The teenage woman who allegedly suffocated her parents and chopped up their bodies in southern China has told police she had thought of killing them for several months. Eighteen-year-old Qi told police in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, that she had been thinking of killing them since a family trip to Beijing this summer, City Express reported yesterday."
  • China Appeals WTO Ruling on Book, Film, Music Imports [Bloomberg] "China appealed a World Trade Organization ruling that found its curbs on the sale of books, films and music from the U.S. are unfair. WTO judges concluded on Aug. 12 that China was violating its free-trade commitments by requiring importers to channel foreign publications and audiovisual products through state-run companies. The panel also urged China to allow foreign companies to sell music over the Internet, which would be a boon for Apple Inc., with its iTunes software."
  • Talking Tech With Baidu’s Robin Li [WSJ] "Baidu CEO Robin Li answered Digits readers’ questions in the second of The Wall Street Journal’s Talking Tech interviews. Mr. Li talks about Baidu’s dominance in China — where the search engine has more than 70% market share — and its international expansion plans. He also responds to questions about music piracy and Baidu’s plans to build an operating system, similar to Google’s Chrome OS."
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By Elaine Chow in on September 22, 2009 10:15 PM Comments 1 Likes Like

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