Sophia Cao

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.

China Needs 3,400 Planes Over 20 Years, Boeing says – China Daily

From China Daily: Boeing said on Tuesday that China will require 3,400 new airplanes worth about $340 billion over the next 20 years, raising its forecast for the Asian giant’s booming aviation arena. Previously, the plane maker had projected China would need 2,800 airplanes for the next two decades. “China domestic frequencies have increased more […]

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Heavy Fine for Violators of One-Child Policy – Zhang Ming’ai

From China.org: In recent years, tycoons and celebrities flouting the birth control regulations have become a hot social issue. Recently, 11 ministries and commissions, including the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Family Planning Commission, collectively issued the Notification on Strengthening the Policies and Measures concerning the […]

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China to Delay Investment Approval to Cool Growth, Planner Says – Li Yanping

China is to curb the investment from rebounding by delaying approval of some local government investment projects. From Bloomberg: The government wants to “control investment growth that is expanding too fast in some regions,” the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top planner, said on its Web site late yesterday. China’s spending on factories, […]

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China Still Has Food Safety Problems, Official Says – AFP

From AFP: China’s government vowed Tuesday to continue to crack down on shoddy and fake food products, but a top official cautioned the task was far from easy and problems remained unsolved. We have “undertaken the heavy task of inspecting product quality and food safety, this task is arduous and the responsibility huge,” said Zhou […]

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Shanghai Braces for Fierce Typhoon – AP

AP reports that fierce typhoon has reached Shanghai and 200,000 people have been evacuated ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Wipha, via Time: Whipping up waves up to 36 feet high, Wipha was moving northwest across the sea north of Taiwan and was forecast to make landfall south of Shanghai early Wednesday, weather reports said. […]

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