From People’s Daily Online: China has made substantial breakthroughs in shipbuilding as the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship made in China, one of the most advanced in the world, will be delivered in September. Only the Republic of Korea, Japan and a few European countries have acquired the technologies to build such ocean liners. […]
Read MoreFrom new Kerala.com: Abortion rates among teens in Hangzhou, capital of China’s Zhejiang province have shot up this month as students rush to a free local clinic to terminate their pregnancies while on vacation from schools and colleges. Busy doctors from the Hangzhou Youth Reproduction Health Service Centre said they were struggling to keep up […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post For years now, nearly half the rice, wheat and vegetable farmers in this village (Guihua) in Henan province have been unable to make a living off their land. They have turned instead to more profitable migrant work in large, faraway cities. So last week — in a scene that will play […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via scotsman.com: A huge billboard of China’s late leader Deng Xiaoping presides over an intersection in the heart of Shenzhen, part shrine, part tourist attraction and part ad for market reforms. Hundreds visit each day. A few bring flowers. Everyone poses for pictures. For those without cameras, 20 yuan (1 pound) buys two […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Tuya’s Marriage, a Chinese film about a woman and her life in the steppes of Inner Mongolia, has won the Berlin Film festival‘s top honour, the Golden Bear. Accepting the award, director Wang Quan’an said he could not imagine a better gift for Chinese New Year. Joseph Cedar won best director for […]
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