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...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...
...policy. One source close to CNOOC's top management believes the government "tolerated" the bid. But once it became clear that CNOOC's ambitions had become a flash point in an already tense relationship with the U.S., whatever enthusiasm there was began to wane. In mid-July, Beijing's Xinhua news agency opined that, in the future, perhaps it would be best if Chinese companies did "friendly" mergers with foreign companies. Later the Chinese media docilely parroted the government line, which was that whatever happened to the deal, U.S.-China trade relations would continue to benefit both countries. That...
...tells the story of a girl who fought in the Chinese emperor's army in place of her crippled father, was originally rejected for showings in China. Hollywood executives saw that as retaliation for the political incorrectness of Kundun, but an anonymous Chinese official quoted by the country's Xinhua news agency blandly attributed it to "a complicated issue." When Mulan finally hit Chinese theaters in 1999, it flopped at the box office, reportedly in part because the story was too Westernized. Although Disney doesn't reveal specific figures on its China business, a former executive who wished to remain...
...Xinhua News Keep up-to-date on China's latest news. Browse the featured sections to learn about the latest developments in life and health, science and technology, culture and education, sports, entertainment, business and travel...
Some students on Harvard’s own campus believed the farce, and news outlets such as China’s state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported on the agreement. According to the Xinhua article, the Shaanxi International Trade College believed that Harvard would send teaching materials, equipment, teachers, and students through an exchange program with the Chinese school...