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Gambling: Beijing keeps closer eye on Macau

With little fanfare, China is sending an official with a 'tough cop' reputation
to be its top man in Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, as Beijing puts
tackling corruption center stage. Li Gang, a veteran of handling contentious issues in Hong Kong, is slated to
this year take control of China's liaison office in the former Portuguese colony. Read more

Kinas "Twitter" stiger i verdi

Weibo er Kinas mest populære sosiale nettsted og er nå verdsatt til mer enn 3 milliarder dollar, ifølge Financial Times. Mandag ble det kjent at det kinesiske medieselskapet Sina selger 18 prosent av aksjene i Weibo. Les mer

The Real Reason to Worry About China

The recent slowdown is not a temporary cyclical blip or solely the knockoff
effect of the tepid global recovery. China’s growth model is broken and can’t be
so easily fixed. Read more

"Everywhere you look, the signs of rot are apparent." Michael Schuman, TIME

China in Africa: Soft power, hard cash

China has committed $75bn (£48bn) on aid and development projects in Africa in the past decade, according to research which reveals the scale of what some have called Beijing's escalating soft power "charm offensive" to secure political and economic clout on the continent. Read more

Buddhism: 'Violence for the sake of peace?'

Buddhism, with its emphasis on
karma and samsara -- the idea that the cycle of birth and death is driven by the
actions of an individual -- is traditionally deeply averse to killing, believing
it creates negative karma that will be revisited on a person in their own
lifetime or in subsequent reincarnations. So how do the largely Buddhist
state security in these countries square their

What happened to China's rivers?

As recently as 20 years ago, there were an estimated 50,000 rivers in China, each covering a flow area of at least 60 square miles. But now, according to China's First National Census of Water, more than 28,000 of these rivers are missing. To put this number into context, China's lost rivers are almost equivalent, in terms of basin area, to the United States losing the entire Mississippi

Hongkong forsøker å stanse fugleviruset

... men det blir ikke så lett når fire millioner kinesere kommer på besøk de nærmeste dagene. Les mer

Around 4.2 million people are expected to cross to Hong Kong from Shenzhen between April 27 and May 1 to celebrate the Labor Day holiday. What can the city do to keep the virus at bay?

Kan sotfylte Kina redde solrike California?

Solrike California sliter med nullvekst, konkurser og høy arbeidsledighet. I håp om å få kinesisk drahjelp reiste delstatsguvernør Jerry Brown til Kina, ledsaget av en stor delegasjon av håpefulle kvinner og menn. Hva oppnådde de? Les mer

Kinesisk konferansesenter i stål

Endelig har Dalian, en storby i det nordøstlige Kina, fått sitt konferansesenter - en gigantisk bygning bestående av 40 000 tonn med stål. Som havneby har Dalian kontakt med hele verden, ikke minst naboene Sør-Korea og Japan. Les mer

Kina satser på fornybar energi

Kina er i ferd med å ta ledelsen i den globale klimakampen, hevder en klimakommisjon med base i Australia. Kommisjonen peker på at verdens mest folkerike land nå satser på fornybar energi som aldri før. Les mer