From Radio Australia: Chinese dissident writer Zhang Lin has pleaded innocent to charges of subversion, saying his Internet postings should be protected by freedom of speech. His lawyer, Mo Shaoping has told AFP newsagency, the state’s evidence is based on six articles that Zhang Lin wrote and one interview he gave to the press. Zhang […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: More than 26 million Chinese suffer depression, but only 10 percent of them go to doctors, according to a medical expert in Beijing. Some 10 to 15 percent of those with the depression problem in the country are likely to commit suicide, but only less than 10 percent of them are taking medicines […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Australia: In China, fresh evidence suggests the gap between the nation’s wealthy and poor is widening. A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics shows 10-percent of China’s richest enjoy 45-percent of the country’s wealth, while the poorest 10-percent share just over one percent. The survey, which polled 54,000 urban and rural households, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua,via China Daily: A large number of China’s colleges and universities are unaware of their intellectual property rights, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by the Zhejiang Polytechnic University at the request of the State Intellectual Property Office, shows that 75 percent of China’s colleges and universities have never or have applied […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China is expected in 10 years to have at least 200 million people who suffer from obesity, a disease that carries the danger of early death, Chinese medical experts have warned. China has now over 90 million obese people, whose weight exceeds the standard 20 percent, according to the Information Times… Among the […]
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