MarketWatch reports that China’s industrial growth in July hit its weakest point in the past 18 months, falling to 14.7%, compared to 16% in June. The obvious reason for the slowdown is the Olympics, which has–in an effort to beautify Beijing and divert resources to the games–put large curbs on factory output in the Beijing [...]
With the Olympics in full gear things are happening at rapid fire speed in China. Rather than track new things occurring, then, Dongcha thought it might be appropriate to give updates on a few topics from the last few weeks.
First, the Uyghurs. Homemade explosives killed 11 in hotels, supermarkets and government offices in the town [...]
Big news on the internet wires is about the failure of Beijing’s much-touted pollution controls and the more extreme measures government is planning on introducing, if the pollution does not dissipate in the coming days. These measures include further vehicular restrictions in Beijing itself, and expanding the current restrictions to the entire province of Hebei [...]