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Five years ago, Chen Tianqiao started a bare-bones online gaming company with five employees, two of whom were his wife and brother. Today, after a dazzling IPO, the 31-year-old is one of China's richest men, worth more than $1 billion, with a staff of more than 1,000 and building an interactive-media empire that soon could turn him into a local Rupert Murdoch. Even in the turbo-charged world of Chinese business, Chen's firm, Shanda Networking, has posted stunning growth, expanding 20% each quarter, with $73 million in net income last year. "China...
...well as the pace of globalization more generally) and it's clear that Canberra's China nannies are a busy bunch. A single incident or issue - hardball iron-ore price negotiations, the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual movement or the defection of a Chinese diplomat, such as Chen Yonglin, the senior consular official in Sydney who has sought political asylum in Australia - is not likely to bring about an irreversible deterioration in relations. The diplomatic game quickly moves...
...episode involving Chen is worth a pause and exploring, if only to be reminded of the cultural and political gulf between the two countries; to take a reality check on the diplomatic dynamic; and to get a sense of where the relationship is heading. For some, Chen's lurid allegations about kidnapping, a vast system of espionage involving Chinese nationals in Australia, and the harassment of Falun Gong, seem out of kilter with a China making its reputation on the fecundity of its factories and new millionaires. The wonder of China's economic progress has tended to blot out other...
...fault the Chinese for trying it on? But such spinelessness debases Australia, its traditions and its pride in speaking truth to big powers. Australia loses face when its leaders fail to robustly denounce human-rights abuses or to show a semblance of support for an individual such as Chen (to at least hear his story, investigate his claims, and make a prompt decision about his status: Chen first wrote to the Immigration department on May 25; he and his family remain in hiding...
...Chen's case has attracted so much mealy-mouthed comment among Australia's political leaders, you wish they would speak less and do more. Not so long ago, it was clear where Australia's leadership stood on such matters. The Australian public is less equivocal. Already there is strong support for Chen's claim for asylum; ordinary people can readily identify a (crazy) brave act and seem grateful for Chen's heads-up based on his allegations of an army of Chinese informants operating in their country. Ambassador Fu Ying offers the idea that Chen is an opportunist...