Word: xinhua
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...burgeoning social unrest-Beijing's leaders are looking to soothe the masses by filling a spiritual vacuum left by the demise of Marxist ideology. In landmark comments earlier this month, China's top religious official, Ye Xiaowen, rejected decades of state ambivalence toward religion by telling the state's Xinhua News Agency that "religion is one of the important social forces from which China draws strength." Ye singled out Buddhism for its "unique role in promoting a harmonious society"-China's catchphrase for promoting social development along with economic expansion. The same week as Ye's comments, the World Buddhist...
Sources: AP (4); Xinhua; Reuters; World Health Organization...
...telling the public why it would endure dry taps for four days. "Why didn't we immediately announce the situation to people outside the system?" he asked. "There were three reasons. First, the pollution had not yet entered our province. Second, we had not received direct data. Third, the Xinhua news agency had just reported that there was no pollution." In fact, Xinhua doesn't seem to have issued such a report on its public newswire, although the agency also produces internal reports for top government officials...
...Harbin, the biggest panic came on the day the government announced it would shut off the water without saying why. When the truth came out a day later?in what the official Xinhua news agency admitted was a "U-turn"?the city calmed and the emergency response was efficient. Government engineers dug up to 100 wells around Harbin and plenty of bottled water was shipped in. Chinese newspapers jumped on the story and openly accused the government of a cover-up. "The panic and chain reaction caused by the failure to make information public," reported the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning...
...investment bank created by Morgan Stanley and the China Construction Bank, for example, shows how a clash of cultures can reduce a joint venture to a dysfunctional set of fiefdoms. But McGregor really hits his stride with his own tale?an epic struggle between Dow Jones and China's Xinhua news agency over the right to dispense financial news. McGregor goes to war against what he calls Xinhua's "thugocracy," playing it off against progressive forces in the government and enlisting support in Washington. Xinhua eventually backs down, giving McGregor a rare victory over Chinese officialdom...