The rise of China and Russia has prompted a new and widespread version of self-loathing in the west, writes Bernard Keane.
Asia-Pacific
State of the Planet: Going green Beijing?
How friendly are the Olympics, really?
China diary: On a clear day, you can see Beijing
‘This was not the China we loved, this was just another city like all the others.’ Crikey’s China watcher takes the bus to Beijing.
The torch: we did but see it passing by. In a bus.
When is a torch relay not a torch relay? When its the relay for the beijing Games. In Chiina, an anonymous ex-pat tries to catch a glimpse.
China’s electricity shortage helps cut greenhouse gas
While Australian union leaders are concerned about the effects of an emissions trading scheme, China suffers electricity shortages. by Glenn Dyer.
Briefly Business: Company directors, Craig McDermott, Capitalism
Australian Institute of Company Directors needs some directions … China’s war on nature … Property to tumble.
Wayne Swan confuses everyone on Chinese takeovers
Chinese investment is completely lacking in transparency, writes Stephen Mayne.
Strange karma as Rudd snubs Dalai Lama
Everyone it seems is meeting the Dalai Lama. Everyone that is, except Kevin Rudd, writes Bernard Keane.
Blogwatch: Update on China and Burma
Burma, China and the greater international community are still struggling to come to grips with the devastating natural disasters of recent weeks. The political landscape of both countries is coming into focus and changing in interesting ways.
Time for the price of fuel to rise above politics
Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan might have picked a seriously bad time to talk about keeping grocery and petrol prices down, writes Bernard Keane.
Chinese government atwitter as clampdown continues
When China’s last big earthquake hit in 1976, rumours were spread by word of mouth. Now it’s twitter, not that you’ll hear a peep from the official press, writes Jane Nethercote.
Twitter fills the Myanmar/China media vacuum
The really interesting media story to come out of the media’s coverage of the China quake and the cyclone disaster in Myanmar? The role of twitter, writes Sophie Black.
Tips and rumours
In the face of declarations of insufficient funding for program making, which high profile ABC executive is about to embark on an exorbitant taxpayer-funded meet and greet cocktail party trip across the Pacific Islands for several weeks. Makes the pitch to government about the shortage of program-making funds seem rather empty really, doesn’t it.
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China standing up to the grim earthquake reality
A visitor to China’s earthquake affected areas outside Chengdu reports on the race to save the survivors of Monday’s tragedy. By Crikey subscriber Jenny Eather.
China quake toll rising as rescue efforts swing into gear
The known scale of the tragedy so far … The official response … No news is bad news … Earthquakes in China … A new relief call … Aussie tells of quake horror.
Eslake: What we can expect from the Budget
The ANZ Bank’s team of economists take a look at tomorrow night’s budget.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Graeme Samuel and the ACCC … Wong’s water plan and rainwater tanks … the 2020 PR tender that wasn’t … China’s resources grab … the ABC and latte …
China’s unprecedented Australian resources grab
Yes, China is hungry for Australia’s resources and yes, it is more than happy to pay for them, writes Stephen Mayne.
Briefly Business: China’s first hostile takeover, Customers ok with rate moves
China’s first hostile takeover … Customer satisfaction ratings weather interest rate moves … Asian Stocks Fall, Led by Commodity Producers; BHP Declines.
The torch relay was a jingoistic, carbon-belching success
So the Canberra leg of the Olympic Torch Relay was a huge success… according to the organisers, writes Bernard Keane.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Olympic Torch, the Chinese and the protests … inflation, tax and the RBA … the Republic debate … big ideas and sport …
Australian sensitivity singles out the Yellow Peril
Compare the response to the Chinese torch attendants with the reaction to the personal army that George Bush brought to Sydney not so long ago, says Jeff Sparrow.
Torch watch: Chinese out in force; others stay away
The Olympic Torch Relay got underway in Canberra this morning amid massive security and a major display of Chinese nationalism, writes Bernard Keane.
The torch waits quietly for its moment in the Canberra sun
The Olympic Torch is currently resting comfortably in a Canberra hotel after its flight from Jakarta, writes Bernard Keane.
