Today's Links: Protest at Parkson, Google Books and China, and missing Uighurs

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  • Disabled shoppers vs. Parkson Department Store [Danwei] "The Fuxingmen Parkson department store in Beijing was host to a piece of performance art yesterday morning. Two cardboard cutouts of blind people, two empty wheelchairs, and a few shoes were arranged outside the entrance to protest an incident at a Parkson store in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in which an elderly woman in a wheelchair was refused entry. Jiangxi's New Legal Report has been following the case very closely. On October 13, the paper told the story of Ms. Zhang and her wheelchair-bound mother, who were barred from the store on October 8."
  • Google Books Settlement: The Chinese Chapter [WSJ] "Google’s (GOOG) troubles in China seem to have taken a new turn as a result of the company’s plan to create a vast digital library of books. The China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS) has called on Chinese writers to stand up for their legal rights in the face of Web search giant Google’s proposed book settlement, according to a post published on the official website of Chinese Writers’ Association (CWA)..."
  • China accused over ‘missing’ Uighurs [Financial Times] "China has refused to disclose the whereabouts of dozens of Uighur men who “disappeared” after July riots in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, according to Human Rights Watch, with the fate of hundreds more yet to be accounted for. In a report published on Wednesday, the human rights group identified 43 missing Uighurs detained after the riots and said many more members of the Muslim ethnic minority might have been taken away by the authorities."
  • China's BAIC distances itself from arrested worker [AFP] "Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (BAIC) sought Wednesday to distance itself from an employee indicted in the US for industrial espionage, saying it respected intellectual property rights. Beijing Auto's statement followed the arrest last week in the United States of Yu Xiangdong, also known as Mike Yu, on charges of stealing trade secrets from Ford Motor Co and trying to sell them in China."
  • Dell says China 'bright spot' amid tech downturn [Forbes] "PC maker Dell Inc. said China was a "bright spot" amid the computer industry's slump, with the country's massive stimulus spending helping to boost sales in the first six months of the year. All of Dell's businesses saw "relatively significant" growth in the first half over the same period last year, a company president said Wednesday. Compared with other countries, China's investment in technology was robust."
  • India, China leaders to meet amid war of words [Reuters] "India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on Saturday, hoping to douse an escalating verbal duel between the Asian giants centered around their decades-old border dispute. The meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit in Thailand would be the first high-level contact between the two nations after recent months of diplomatic barbs led to unusual levels of tension and fears that the rivalry could spin out of control."
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By Elaine Chow in on October 21, 2009 8:30 PM Comment 1 Likes Like

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