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| Extra! Extra! Hainan bulldozes beach scene for putting green, and other news |
- Beijing's hell-bent on making Hainan the world's best beach destination, and they've got an accomplice that was literally banned in the country just a few decades ago: the game of golf. While the island's government gleefully bulldozes ancient villages Cultural Revolution-style, we're just wondering whether or not a Tiger Woods-type scandal is in China's golf future. [Foreign Policy]
- It seems that Americans are now officially scared of the 21st century being China's time to shine. It also seems that they're ambivalent to this prospect. Curious? Yes. But so too is the fact that a major publication is only now reporting on this. [Washington Post]
- This just in! United States and Europe have been pushing China's buttons on a number of controversial issues as of late out of concern that their dominance in matters of international relations may be a casualty of China's rise. [People's Daily]
- The good news is that economic superiority has made way for tangible human rights progress, namely defusing nearly 60 mafia-style gangs and lessening the impact of human trafficking, to the tune of 3,455 children and 7,365 women. Way to go, Police! [People's Daily]
- In an effort to dispel rumors that it was involved in Google attacks, China's government enlists...China's government as witness, attorney and defense. It even plays the victim, citing unnamed "attacks from overseas." [People's Daily]
- Su Wei, China's leading environment negotiator, has, in the same breath, refused to cap China's greenhouse gas emissions and reaffirmed China's commitment to a greener environment. [Yahoo! News]
- The Proclaimers walked 500 miles to wind up at your door in the 1990's, but the Chinese have once again bested the rest of the world: a lovestruck Beijing man and his best friend bridged the gap between China and Germany over the course of three-and-a-half months, taking nearly 90 rides on soda trucks, tractors and cars, too. Sadly. the girlfriend for whom he made the journey suggested he just take a plane next time. [China Hush]
- So, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that North Korea appears once again to allow continuation of the so-called "six-party talks." The bad news is that it wants the conditions of the initial negotiations to be completely reset. [The Chosun Ilbo]
- Protesters have yet again come under attack in Beijing, only this time the government is not to blame. A group of 13 artists was boycotting demolition of the Chuangyi Zhengyang Art Zone has been the target of a counter-demonstration. The Beijing police has actually supported them, however, arresting nearly 20 men suspected as perpetrators. [China Daily]
     
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