From The New York Times: At 5:45 in the morning the cabbage line outside the Old Drum Tower Outer Street New People’s Produce Market is nearly two hours old. First in line is a 72-year-old woman named Mrs. Wang, who awoke at 3, arrived at 4 and would wait until 8:30 for a single head […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg News: China, the largest source of overseas children adopted in the U.S., plans to bar would-be parents who are obese, single or over 50, according to notices posted on the Web sites of three leading U.S. adoption agencies. Under rules effective from May 1, applicants must be married for more than two years […]
Read MoreFrom Keralanext.com: The decision by McDonalds to churn out Big Macs 24 hours a day in some of its restaurants in Beijing has proved an unexpected bonus for the capital’s homeless population this winter. It is becoming common for Beijing’s homeless people to use the fast food chain’s outlets as a respite from the biting […]
Read MoreFrom xinhua via People’s Daily Online: As part of an ongoing drive to improve the efficiency with which state funds are used, China Monday published a list of seven sectors critical to the national economy and in which public ownership is considered essential. The sectors are armaments, electrical power and distribution, oil and chemicals, telecommunications, […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg News: Of all the questions facing Asia in 2007, none looms larger than what to expect from China. The last 12 months proved more than ever how much Asia is relying on its second-biggest economy. Japan may be back and the U.S. economy is by far the world’s largest, yet China’s 10 percent […]
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