Gateway to the outside
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1109038,00.html
The internet has brought new freedoms - and problems - for China's
youth. Chris Gill reports
Thursday December 18, 2003
The Guardian
The future of China's internet is being decided in a battle between
hard nosed businessmen, hardline party censors, obsessive teenagers
and ordinary white collar workers.
To say China's internet industry is booming at present is an
understatement - a recent copy of the Liberation daily ran a patriotic
headline lauding the "Launch of a second wave of Chinese internet IPOs
on the Nasdaq". Ctrip.com, a travel website, has just raised $300m,
and Shanda.com, an online game website is expected to raise a similar
figure in the New Year.
Wall Street warms to China
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1109355,00.html
David Teather in New York
Thursday December 18, 2003
The Guardian
Investors on Wall Street were yesterday clamouring to take a stake in
the explosive growth of the Chinese economy when one of the nation's
biggest insurers floated on the New York stock exchange as part of
$3bn (£1.7bn) fundraising move.
Shares in China Life gained 34% in value to $25 before falling back in
line with the market. The initial public offering was the biggest this
year.
Life for organisers of Chinese orgy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1108801,00.html
Associated Press
Wednesday December 17, 2003
A Chinese court today sentenced two people to life in prison for
organising a three-day-long sex party for hundreds of Japanese
tourists that caused an uproar in China.
Twelve other people were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison, the
government announced.
Go West, Young Chinese!
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/18/international/asia/18CHIN.html
By REUTERS
China, with a shortage of farmland, plans to send 3,000 farmers to
till land in Kazakhstan.
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://tinyurl.com/t8i2
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