Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.
From Xinhua News Agency via Shanghai Daily: Travelers planning to take the new rail line from Beijing to Tibet are advised to bring along a book to pass the time – maybe two. The 4,064-kilometer trip will take 47 hours and 28 minutes. Authorities in Beijing yesterday set the timetables for the first trains that […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via Xinhua News Agency: Guangzhou education officials have called for a rethink in sex education efforts, shifting away from textbook-based anatomy teaching and focusing more on morals and relationships. To protect young people and society as a whole from HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancy, the capital city of South China’s Guangdong Province began […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Scotsman: China is considering fines for media outlets which report emergencies without authorisation, a Chinese newspaper reported on Monday, reaffirming the Communist Party‘s control over the flow of news. The draft law would also fine news outlets that “illegally” report the handling of emergencies, the Beijing News said. Government agencies already tightly […]
Read MoreFrom Mail and Guardian Online: Abortions based on gender selection will remain legal in China after lawmakers could not agree on a planned law to criminalise the practice, state press reported on Monday. The planned amendment to the criminal law would have allowed jail sentences of up to three years for people involved in abortions […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Chinese artist Xu Beihong‘s early draft of “Yugong Yishan” was auctioned off for 33 million yuan (US$4.13 million) to a mainland collector yesterday in Beijing, setting a record high for an oil painting in China’s auction history, Xinhua news agency reported today. The draft was produced in 1940 during Xu’s stay in […]
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