The Telegraph has an excellent article and photo essay on Hu Jintao’s visit to Zambia, site of the troubled Chinese-run Chambishi copper mine. Last July, Zambian workers rioted in a wage dispute with Chinese managers that ended in the death of six workers. This weekend, Hu was forced at the last moment to cancel a scheduled [...]
UPI reports: “Five South Korean female short track players raised signs reading, “Mount Paekdu is our (Korean) territory” during an awards ceremony Wednesday.” The incident is the latest in a series of back and forth sniping between China and Korea in a variety of media including competing op-ed pieces, ‘scholarly’ articles, and even teledramas over [...]
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