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Press Reviews
Press Reviews
From 2007 to 2018, and in 2021, the CEFC Research Assistants produced a regular review of the press covering news in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
The news clippings below were collected from both Chinese and English newspapers and now constitute a useful and original resource for researchers.
04 July 2008
Keywords: social unrest, political reform, literature, China-France relationship, human right, Tibet, environment protection POLITICS AND SOCIETY Weng'an Riots Riots torched the public security bureau, country government and county party committee buildings and burned vehicles in Weng'an County (瓮安), Guizhou province. (080628RT) Number of injury was unclear and the country was...
READ MORE19 June 2008
Keywords: Sichuan Earthquake, disaster relief, media censorship, Tibet, welfare, tax reform, labor, oil, Olympic, KMT POLITICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES Sichuan Earthquake and various implications 1.11 Causes of Suffering (080609NYR) a) A natural disaster beyond theology 道家天演論：天地無情以萬物為鄒狗 b) A punishment for sinful behaviour 陰陽家漢儒天讉論：治亂的昭示/君權的約束 c) A test of virtue or ultimately...
READ MORE23 Nov 2007
Keywords: central leadership, anti-corruption, GDP, carbon emissions, property trading tax, labour, Huawei, HIV Politics Xi Jinping, a new Politburo Standing Committe member, has officially succeeded Vice-President Zeng Qinghong as Beijing’s top man overseeing Hong Kong affairs. A local delegate to the CPPCC said Mr Xi who has served as Fujian governor and party secretary of...
READ MORE21 Sep 2007
Keywords: anti-corruption, media censorship, migration, consumer price index, labour, religion, drug, internet security, Hong Kong air pollution Politics President Hu Jintao has manoeuvred one of his closest aides into a key post ahead of next month’s major party congress. Ling Jihua, 50, had been appointed head of the General Office of the party’s Central Committee, the main...
READ MORE22 Jun 2007
Keywords : Tibet, carbon dioxide emissions, labour, Taiwan joining UN, Hong Kong income gap Politics The Dalai Lama’s recent claim that he would ‘abandon Tibetan indepedence’ in exchange for a ‘high degree of autonomy’ does not hide his separatist nature, the chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region said. He also voiced ‘deep regret’ over Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s...
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