In this Issue:

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CDYF Updates--Recent News&Plans

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China Development in News -- Headline News

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CDYF Forum--CDYF-Exclusive Essays

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Perspectives--Editors' Select

[Environment]
Wuxi's Dilemma between Economic Development & Industr ial Pollution
Southern Weekend's special coverage on Wuxi's battle against pollution. (in Chinese)

[Education]
Low-cost PC aimed at Poor Rural China
Lenovo Group Ltd. said  that it will sell a basic personal computer aimed at China's vast but poor rural market and priced as low as 9.

[Public Health]
US, China Pledged Increased Cooperation on Food Safety
The Bush administration says a senior health delegation sent to Beijing has reached an agreement to improve the safety of food and drug imports from China.

[Economics]
One China, One Dream? 
by Fan Gao
On June the 24th, 2007, Beijing announced its official slogan for the 2008 Olympics, ‘One World, One Dream’. The slogan conveys China’s desire to create a bright future for people all around the world, according to Liu Qi, president of BOCOG, the organizing committee for China’s 2008 Olympics. Yet even in China, a universal dream for everyone appears too Utopian to be able to materialize – if one were to take a look at its rural villages.           Read more

[Education]
Low Cost PC, Why Not Free?  
by Shane Wang
Companies planned to sell low-cost PCs to developing countries and help the local education, but can families living in those countries especially in rural China really afford it? Meanwhile, world generate millions tons of electronic trash every year and people have to spend huge money to dispose of them.  
Read more

[Environment]
China's Green Evolution
"One of the best articles I've read on the interwoven economic and environmental relationship between the U.S. and China.  I encourage you to read it too.  As the article clearly states, China's problems are our problems."    -Steve    Read more

[Public Health]
China Newsweek's Coverstory on Food Safety
An in-depth analysis of recent turmoils and scandals about food safety in China  Read more

[Others]
WSJ's Pulitzer Winning Coverage on China
 WSJ's China team was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for their 2006's special coverage on the cost of growth in China, very very nice journalistic reading materials pertaining to our topics of concerns.    Read more

Aug 15, 2007

- Official release of the first newsletter and CDYF-Dialogue Blog

July 27, 2007

- Website version 2.0 released with enriched contents. Beta version resource database set up.

July 25, 2007

- Leadership structure re-organized. Dartmouth College Operations Center formally established.

July 21, 2007

- Official website launched at http://cdyf.stanford.edu/.

July 10, 2007

- Group strategic re-orientation approved. China Development Youth Forum recognized as the official name.

July 4, 2007

- Group leadership structure established.

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