The prevailing political wisdom is that the economy -- not foreign policy -- will determine who becomes the next president of the United States. When voters were asked in a Washington Post-ABC News poll this week what the single most important issue was for them in choosing a president, 52 percent said jobs and the economy (and they're evenly split on whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney would do a better job on the latter). To put that figure in perspective, the second most-cited issue was "Health care/repealing Obamacare" at a mere 7 percent, while foreign-policy issues such as terrorism and the war in Afghanistan each mustered a measly 1 percent of responses. In January, the Pew Research Center concluded that the American public is ... Continue reading →
BY JAMES T. AREDDY SHANGHAI—Chinese authorities have released a Standard Chartered PLC banker detained in March on suspicion she aided a fugitive during her work as a banker for high net-worth individuals, her fiancé said. Wu Yidian Eden was released on Thursday after being held by police in China's eastern Jiangsu province where she was questioned over the disappearance of a man who had been her client, said Jason David Tan, her fiancé. Mr. Tan said that conditions of the Singapore national's release require her to remain in China for one year and not speak with the media. Ms. Wu, 31 years old, had ...BY JAMES T. AREDDY SHANGHAI—Chinese authorities have released a Standard Chartered PLC banker detained in March on suspicion she aided a ... Continue reading →
The flight of China's first commercial plane has been delayed owing to the rescheduling done by Chinese authorities of its final airworthiness test certification. From an original schedule in 2008, Chinese regulators have push-penned to 2013 the schedule of completion of all tests on China's first passenger jetliner, otherwise known as ARJ21. Tian Min, chief financial officer of state-controlled Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd. (Comac), who spoke on the sidelines of a Beijing conference, revealed the information, Reuters News reported. No details for the delay were provided. "It is a process," was all Tian reportedly said. China has embarked into an ambitious plan to enter the global aerospace industry. Apart from the 90-seater ARJ21, a bigger 168-seater C919 jetliner is also in the pipeline. ... Continue reading →
GALLERY In photos: The flash cars of Beijing's poorly paid public servants Globe and Mail Update Published Thursday, May. 24, 2012 6:52AM EDT Last updated Thursday, May. 24, 2012 7:45AM EDT The Chinese government is shocked – shocked, they say – to discover one of its own rising stars, Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party boss in the southwestern city of Chongqing, was deeply corrupt. Many ordinary Chinese were less surprised to read the lurid details of how much money Bo and his family allegedly embezzled. After all, while Bo was preaching socialist values in Chongqing, his playboy son, Bo Guagua, was spotted buzzing around Beijing in posh cars. (I won’t dare to wade into the debate over the model and colour of Guagua’s wheels, ... Continue reading →
If you have trouble accessing our login form below, you can go to our login page. Continue reading →
Jonathan Campbell moved to Beijing in 2000 to study Chinese and "figure out what to do with" the Master's Degree in International Studies he received from the University of Washington. Almost immediately, he was thrust into China's fledgling rock music scene, first as a drummer, and later as a writer, promoter and agent. Red Rock: The Long, Strang March of Chinese Rock & Roll is his first book. Continue reading →
