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Tag Archives: government
I was just reading in the BBC Chinese ab …
I was just reading in the BBC Chinese about a recently released report from the Chinese govt’s national audit office, whose job it is to figure out where corrupt officials are stashing their ill gained loot. Here’s the article in … Continue reading
China sends “stability” teams to regional areas ahead of sensitive anniversaries
Just got this courtesy of a fanfou feed: the Chinese government is sending “stability” teams to local governments to help maintain social stability. Of course, as this fanfou person pointed out, this year marks several sensitive anniversaries: uprising in Lhasa, … Continue reading
Stuff about Shanghai cop killer Yang Jia （杨佳）
Some interesting statements during the court proceedings: 杨佳当庭直言：我是无罪的，是他们违法，有罪的是他们。（指警察，发人深思啊） [Yang Jia: I am innocent, is they who are guilty of breaking the law.] 法官问：你有什么补充意见？杨佳说：“这些警察之所以敢这样，都是因为他们的背后有你们”。 [Judge asks: do you have any thing to add to your statement? Yang Jia: “the reason the … Continue reading
Chinese reporter: why I quit being a journalist
This too is a thread from Xici, and in it a reporter talks about the various things that he/she has seen or done in a ten year career as a journalist in China. 说不清我为什么要告别记者生涯，尽管在几年前我已厌倦了这份工作，但真正咬牙下定决心离开，还是年初的事。我揣着记者证，我的社会身份是“记者”，可是这些年来我何尝有机会做过真正的记者？两千多年前太史公秉笔直书不讳君恶，我们今天都做不到。不能真实地记录，不能自由地表达，我还算什么记者？无非是为稻粱谋而已！这样的“记者”生涯，为什么不向它说再见？ [rough trans: I left this work … Continue reading
Financial Times reports on China’s (political?) use of forex reserves
The Financial Times has a series of reports on the different government organizations and agencies in China that control the use of its massive, 1.8 trillion USD forex reserve. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is more secretive and … Continue reading
China: Not your typical “Party School” or the use and abuse of ideology
Blogger and author Chen Xingzhi on Bokee talks about his experiences at the Chinese Communist Party School, where they study Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao Zedong, Deng, and Jiang Zemin. He is, of course, a Party Member and no doubt in … Continue reading
Notice to Chinese petitioners: if you fight the law, the law will win.
徐贲：善待底层民情_网易新闻中心 via kwout These two pictures, from Hunan province, have been making the rounds on the internet because of what it says on the banners: the first one says “谁不依法信访就打击谁” which means “whoever unlawfully petitions the government will be attacked” … Continue reading
The troubles in Weng’an and Jiang Jie He village: gangs, dams, mines, gambling, death
I was reading Southern Weekend’s investigation into the Weng’an region: the common wisdom now is that the problems didn’t begin or end with the June 28 incident, but that the latter was merely what happened when long simmering problems reached … Continue reading
Three elderly Hainan residents protest government use of land
What’s interesting about this is that their land was taken and used for a police sub-station (pai chu suo), but that was not something recent, but rather happened way back in 1974. They felt they were shafted then, and kept … Continue reading
Criminals in the Bush administration: the unofficial list
Criminals In The Bush Administration « Suzie-Q via kwout Read it to believe it. This is a list of all the criminals in the Bush administration. And they didn’t even include all of them. You can find the exact methodology … Continue reading