Tax Increase Batters Chinese Stocks, but There’s Little Wider Damage

Chinese stock markets plummeted after the authorities in Beijing moved to impose higher taxes on trading activity.

In a Switch, China Triples the Tax on Stock Trades

The move was aimed at braking what many inside and outside China now see as a stock market bubble.

Ex-Chief of China Food and Drug Unit Sentenced to Death for Graft

The former director of China’s top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death on Tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes.

China Urges Western Nations to Enter Extradition Treaties

China has called for Western countries to put aside their fears that its justice system is unfair as the Communist Party seeks the return of suspected criminals who have fled overseas.

China Disputes Defense Assessment

Chinese state news media reacted sharply to Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on China’s military capacity.

Chinese Officials Extol Benefits of U.S. Relations

Chinese leaders appeared to make little headway in quelling Congressional anger over China’s economic practices.

China’s Leaders Confront Their Manic Market

China’s bigger challenges lie in how to rein in the soaring stock market and whom to pick as the next governor of the central bank.

China Talks Don’t Resolve Major Issues

The Bush administration failed to achieve an increase in the ownership ceilings that the Chinese impose on joint ventures with American firms, officials said.

Chinese Police Arrest 28 in Riots Against Family Planning Laws

As many as 3,000 people erupted in violence over measures to impose tighter family planning controls in a rural part of the Guangxi autonomous region in China.

Snubbed by U.S., China Finds New Space Partners

Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor to countries whose natural resources it covets here on earth.

Food Safety Joins Issues at U.S.-China Talks

Familiar disagreements erupted over trade, currency issues and at least one new concern, the safety of Chinese food exports.

Educating for the 21st Century – Part I

Aiming to increase the allure of its universities, China pursues foreign students.

Trade Talks With China at a Juncture

Some question whether efforts to open China to U.S. goods will satisfy a Congress irate over a staggering trade deficit.

Harsh Birth Control Steps Fuel Violence in China

An intensive campaign to enforce population-control measures prompted violent clashes between the police and local residents in southwestern China in recent days.

Before Welcoming World, China Tries to Clear the Air

Air quality remains a major concern ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an official organizing China’s first Games said last week.

Putting Aside His Past Criticisms, Teamsters’ Chief Is on Mission to China

The arrival of James P. Hoffa is a sign that America’s biggest labor unions are willing to meet with Chinese officials to deal with the consequences of globalization.

2 Activists Are Under House Arrest and Barred From Leaving China

China barred an AIDS and human rights activist and his wife from leaving the country and placed them under house arrest.

Exam security tightened up

With the national college entrance exam steaming into view, the Ministry of Education has issued a circular that aims to boost exam security and prevent the spread of fabricated exam papers via the Internet.

President Hu hopes Yale team will build ties

At least two Chinese universities could achieve "world-class" status within the next 20 years, the president of one of the United States' oldest higher education institutions said yesterday in Beijing.

Bush meets with Yale delegation to China

President George W. Bush ’68 met Friday afternoon with Yale President Richard Levin, China’s Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong and other participants in the upcoming Yale trip to China.

Confucian scholar hawks philosopher's teachings

With her clear, rapid-fire lectures, Yu Dan (于丹) has become an instant television celebrity, hawking the moral teachings of a 2,500-year-old philosopher to an audience of millions in China.

China turns to Confucius, with a modern twist

A professor's fresh look at the ancient sage is a bestseller in a nation where a booming economy has left some feeling spiritually bereft.

Confucianism reemerges in China after long oppression

The ancient teachings of Confucius, centering on peace and social harmony, are finding a new resonance amid the chaos and rapid development of modern China.

Yale hopes for green teamwork

Yale University wants to expand its reach in China with projects to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

This article mentions Yung Wing, the first Chinese to graduate from Yale. He also led an educational mission to Connecticut during the 1870s when China was desperately trying to "modernize" in the face of increasing Western imperialism.

Shanghai Daily Editorial: Officials who violate family planning must be punished, shamed

In China, bearing two or more offspring has become a privilege for a few officials and "elites," and a source of grass roots' righteous anger. It's time to put a stop to the outrage of officials and celebrities...

In China, It’s Not Always Clear for Whom the Booth Tolls

Drivers in China are trying almost anything to avoid paying fees on a growing number of toll roads.

Chinese scholars call for Mother's Day with Chinese characteristics

As many people around the world celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, a Chinese scholar and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has made it his mission to create China's own Mother's Day festival.

The article mentions that the Chinese holiday would fall on May 18, the birthday of the Confucian philosopher, Mencius 孟子. The stories of Mencius and his mother developed after the compilation of the text that bears his name. However, Mencius does make several references to filial piety (see for example 7A15 [scroll down to #15]).

Face of Abortion in China: A Young, Single Woman

Abortion is no longer just associated with married women complying with the country’s one-child policy.

The fascinating aspect of this story is that young, single women are having abortions because they are ignorant of other (safer) forms of contraception. It is not as though Chinese government is opposed to birth control. On the contrary, contraception has been a part of China's population policy since the 1970s. Unfortunately, the policy has not kept up with the changing sexual norms, and young women, who normally would have been more prone to abstain from sex, are becoming more sexually active with more partners. Without better sex education, the number of abortions have increased dramatically.

I am reminded of William LaFleur's study on abortion and Buddhism in Japan. The mizuko 水子 ("waterchild") ceremony in Japan functions as a way to "apologize" to the aborted fetus. Until recently, however, part of the problem was that Japanese women did not have access to the pill, helping to make abortion one the top birth-control methods in Japan.

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