From The Guardian: After wrestling for years with Beijing’s appalling traffic and pollution problems, city planners have come up with a distinctly old-fashioned solution: bicycles. Municipal officials want to boost the...
Read MoreFrom the Times of India: The state-run China Tibet Information Centre has said that the Dalai Lama’s recent statement describing himself as “son of India” show he has become subservient to his “Indian...
Read MoreFrom the SF Gate: While still struggling with the aftermath of a decade-long Islamic insurgency, oil-rich yet impoverished Algeria is getting a makeover: a new airport, its first mall, its largest prison, 60,000 new homes, two...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that American elementary school enrollment in Chinese has increased, in part due to the Chinese government subsidizing Chinese language instructors: Some schools are paying for Chinese classes on their...
Read MoreThe Times of India reports that 300,000 more people will be moved from the area surrounding the Three Gorges Dam: The English-language China Daily said the relocations were aimed at preventing pollution from adjacent communities...
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