STRAWS IN THE WIND: Too many bulls in the China shop? / Anti-corruption conference / Logging onto other people’s forests / Report from (another) conference / Little social protection*

Too many bulls in the China shop?Amidst all the adulatory talk of China as the coming giant with whom we can bond so as to make staggering profits (where have we heard all that before?), warning notes are being sounded as to the parlous condition of Chinese society and its political system as against its booming economic activity.And as to the condition of human rights there? Forget it. Our Beautiful People have done so, along with our traders who never took any of this “sentimentality” seriousl…

Sorry, you don’t have access to this content. Please log in or email [email protected] for help.