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Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Here is the downside to China's hard-line stance on issuing entry visas.From The New York Times: BEIJING — The plush lobby of Beijing’s Kerry Center Hotel is usually crowded with foreign guests, many of them listening to jazz and sipping martinis in Centro, the hotel’s fashionable bar, or lining up for taxis after dinner at the Horizon restaurant. But Thursday evening, Centro had only a sprinkling...
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Peking Duck (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
In the US, I would nominate ”subprime.” In China, my suggestion is “visa policy.” With the Beijing Olympics less than two months away, hotel operators, travel agencies, and foreign businessmen say new Chinese visa restrictions are proving bad for business, casting a pall over Beijing during what was supposed to be a busy and jubilant tourist season [...]
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
* China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime. "Is...
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rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
As the Dalai Lama expressed hope that the talks between his envoys and China on the festering Tibet issue may resume next month, Beijing on Thursday said the dates for the parleys were still under discussion.
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rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukheree will begin a four-day visit to China on Wednesday with the boundary row and irritants surrounding it expected to be a key item on a wide-ranging agenda.
