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Millions of Chinese graduates out of work after fivefold rise in university places

Su Yinyin's family were thrilled when she won a place at university. As impoverished farmers, they knew it promised a comfortable middle-class life and a giant step up the social ladder for their daughter. But now Su, 21, is wondering whether she can reach the next rung. As she looked around the...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-03-2008
Video: Job shortages in China

The economic crisis has dashed the hopes of six million Chinese students who left university this year

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-03-2008
Timothy Garton Ash: China's economic success may soon bring trouble. It would be ours too

Timothy Garton Ash: The country's reformers seek incremental political changes to complement its gobsmacking growth. If they fail, it could be war

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-03-2008
Timothy Garton Ash: Only a strategic partnership with China will keep this new dawn bright

Timothy Garton Ash:This hard-nosed power does not share the west's enthusiasms. Deep engagement is the best way to fend off conflict

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-26-2008
World Bank cuts China growth forecast

Growth in China will slow to the lowest rate for approaching two decades next year, the World Bank predicted today. It cut its 2009 GDP growth forecast from 9.2% to 7.5%, amid concerns that the sharp downturn in the export and property sectors is spreading through the economy. China's shares fell...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-25-2008
Chinese tycoon Huang Guangyu 'held' in share trading mystery

One of China's richest tycoons is under police investigation for alleged share trading violations, according to local media reports. Trading in shares in Gome, the country's largest appliance chain, was halted amid talk that its billionaire founder, Huang Guangyu, had been detained. Gome Electrical...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-24-2008
Generations fail to agree on Tibet's future

The Dalai Lama yesterday warned Tibetan exiles against mounting a separatist movement against Beijing after a younger generation issued calls to break off talks with China and "pursue complete independence or self-determination". At the end of a week-long conclave in the foothills of the Himalayas...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-23-2008
Dalai Lama tells Tibetans to pursue talks with China

The Dalai Lama today warned Tibetan exiles against mounting a separatist movement against Beijing after a younger generation issued calls to break off talks with China and "pursue complete independence or self-determination". At the end of a week-long conclave in the foothills of the Himalayas...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-23-2008
China denies stealing US space technology

American physicist pleads guilty to selling rocket technology to Beijing officials

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008
China to make mime a crime for performers

Miming at live performances could be banned from next year, China's ministry of culture has announced. Singers who lip-synch or musicians who pretend to play their instruments twice or more in a two-year period, face having their business licences revoked. Only professional performers will be covered...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-14-2008

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