Politics & Economics

In my recent Blog, 'Mr Wen wants "mutual trust" with Canada', I quoted a comment in the FT about Stephen Harper's (Canada's Premier) recent visit to China. It said that Chinese leaders resent receiving lectures on their political system or human rights record from western politicians.

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"Execution of drug smuggler 'proper'" (China Daily headline 30 Dec) and "China defends execution - and criticizes Britain" (Shanghai Daily 30 Dec).
Britain rarely gets any press in China so to get such front page story headlines indicates the strength of feeling in China towards the British reaction to the "execution of heroin fiend" (Shanghai Daily) Akmal Shaikh on 29 December.

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The title of a wise thought piece by Jonathan Fenby in the Guardian (30 Dec) - the best I've read this year amidst all the 'huffing' comments towards China recently. Click to article.

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Whilst most of the world's "democratic" economies have entered unknown national indebtedness territory to survive the economic depression, China's economic growth surges forward as the government draws down massive funding, from its vast reserves, to maintain investment as a counter to the sharp decline in its export markets.

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