From Reuters: Hong Kong interim leader Donald Tsang resigned on Wednesday in order to run for the city’s top political job in July elections, the government said. Tsang has the blessing of Chinese leaders and is sure to win, political sources say, because the city’s chief executive is currently chosen not by Hong Kong citizens […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily Online: China has become a major dumping ground for electronic waste and risks becoming the world’s high-tech waste bin, posing hazards for people and the environment, Greenpeace warned… Although China has banned electronic waste from being imported, companies still export the waste there illegally while a lot more is generated domestically, said […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily Online: China’s State Administration of Industry and Commerce issued a notice this weekend banning meals served on naked bodies, officially canceling the service offered by a restaurant in southwestern China that served sushi on unclothed female university students, a Beijing newspaper reported Sunday. The Saturday pronouncement forbids the service because it “insults […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Today, Beijing’s streets are flooded by every sort of motorized conveyance. Cab drivers complain there is no “rush hour” ” it lasts all day. City officials have tried everything to relieve the daily gridlock caused by about 2.6 million vehicles. Road construction is fast and furious, which makes sense. Beijing’s […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via People’s Daily Online: The number of overseas students in China hit a record high of 110,844, of which 6,715 were sponsored by the Chinese government, the rest studying at their own expense, sources with the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE) said here Friday. According to the MOE statistics, overseas students from 178 […]
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