On Saturday 3 October 2009, from 6pm until late, we will be holding a public meeting in London to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet with comrades from the People’s Republic of China, hear some fantastic speakers (full line-up to be confirmed within the next … [Read more…]
Via People’s Daily China’s top trade union leader, Wang Zhaoguo, and a group of visiting U.S. union leaders Wednesday agreed to explore new ways to cooperate. Wang told Anna Burger, president of Change to Win, a coalition of U.S. unions representing 6 million workers, that Chinese trade unions hoped to strengthen cooperation with Change to … [Read more…]
(Provided by the Press Section of the Chinese Embassy in London) July 7, 2009 I. The Urumqi rioting of July 5th On 5 July, violent rioting took place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A large number of innocent people were killed and injured, among them police officers. At about 6:20pm on 5 July, over … [Read more…]
Download PDF. On the face of it, the Free Tibet movement seems to be one of those ‘feel good’ causes nobody can argue against, like helping disabled children, or saving the rainforest. All kinds of disparate groupings, from socialists to socialites, and fascists to fashionistas can be found outside the Chinese Embassy, shouting themselves hoarse … [Read more…]
Via The Guardian China’s ambitious wind and solar plans represent a direct challenge to Europe’s claims of world leadership on cutting carbon emissions. Photograph: Keren Su/Getty China is planning a vast increase in its use of wind and solar power over the next Âdecade and believes it can match Europe by 2020, producing a fifth … [Read more…]
Very useful paper from FRSO on Tiananmen can be found here.
Statement by Congressman Ron Paul before the US House of Representatives, June 3, 2009 I rise to oppose this unnecessary and counter-productive resolution regarding the 20th anniversary of the incident in China’s Tiananmen Square. In addition to my concerns over the content of this legislation, I strongly object to the manner in which it was … [Read more…]
Via New York Times TIANJIN, China — China’s frenetic construction of coal-fired power plants has raised worries around the world about the effect on climate change. China now uses more coal than the United States, Europe and Japan combined, making it the world’s largest emitter of gases that are warming the planet. But largely missing … [Read more…]
Via Xinhua. WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) — China is of great help to African countries in their efforts to deal with the current global financial crisis and the worst world economic downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930s, Zambian Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane told Xinhua here on Saturday. Musokotwane, who is in Washington … [Read more…]