Category: China

Following tensions with Taiwan, China is now in a war of words with Japan. Japan asked for an apology but Beijing responded: Beijing has no reason to apologise over a wave of anti-Japanese protests, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has said. His Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, had gone to Beijing seeking an apology, but Mr…

Interesting stuff on Newsnight tonight, I hope they archive this one: Our Science Editor, Susan Watts, has been speaking to the banned Chinese film director, Li Yang. His new film, “Blind Shaft”, was shot in the small private coal mines of northern China. Unofficial figures suggest up to 10,000 deaths a year occur in China’s…