NET CHANGE FOR CHINA CHAT ROOMS GIVE CHINESE A FORUM FOR DEBATE AND DISSENT
BEIJING -- On a recent evening, Zhang Aijing sat at her terminal at the Internet division of People's Daily, watching comments drop from cyberspace into the Communist Party newspaper's chat room.Zhang is an ``editor'' assigned to ``anchor'' discussions, and her responsibilities include weeding out comments overly critical of the party. With a click of her mouse, ugly thoughts disappear.She had just posted a...
China Chat: SNEED
Hmmm . . .Steal 'em & lure 'em? Sneed hears Joe Ahern, WLS-Channel 7's former GM who now heads ABC affiliate KGO-TV in San Francisco, is trying to lure away a few Chicago TV personalities for his California operation. And the rumble is one of them works for WGN-Channel 9. Isn't that one reason the boyo was in town last week? Don't turn that dial.A Jordan update . . .A Sneed snoop says Michael Jordan was...
TAIWAN AND CHINA CHAT UP POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED TALKS
With pleasantries and a few barbed comments typical of their long estrangement, rivals China and Taiwan held their highest-level meeting in five years yesterday, and edged closer to resuming ruptured talks.Koo Chen-fu and Wang Daohan, elder statesmen charged with shepherding Taiwan-China ties in the absence of formal channels, hugged, smiled and said the lapse since their first and only meeting in Singapore in 1993 gave them much to talk about. After their hourlong discussion in the gilded...
Letters to the Editor: China Chat, Part II,
Favorite group tours, independent travel, romantic Hong Kong, vendors, bargains and bargaining and much more
Jan. 28 - To the Editor: To the Editor: I visited the Shanghai area several years ago and I agree that there is not a more fascinating and wondrous country. The works of art, the Buddhist temples and the friendly people are just a few of the many attractions that are not to be missed.A WORD OF CAUTION: unless things have changed in the last few years, stay away from street vendors and check out the cleanliness of restaurants when choosing eating places In addition, be aware that...