Sophia Cao

Sophia Cao is an undergraduate business student at Baruch College in New York. She is interested in Chinese culture and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on multimedia.

Cosmetics Banned from Exaggeration, Medical Claims – Xinhua

From Xinhua via China.org.cn: Chinese cosmetic producers are to be banned from exaggerating the effects of their products, with wording like “100 percent effective” or “removes freckles instantly”. The Ministry of Health is seeking submissions on a draft regulation on the management of cosmetic labels and directions, which orders authentic and scientific product descriptions. The […]

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China: Reactions to the Virginia Tech slayings – John Kennedy

From Global Voices Online: In response to the slayings at Virginia Tech this week, upon seeing the shooter’s ethnicity prematurely declared to be that of Chinese, many de facto Chinese bloggers were in disbelief, some ran with the false news to further their political agendas, but most were sympathetic to the victims, their classmates, friends […]

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China’s Empty Forests – Yongfeng Feng

From Chinadialogue: Every year around this time, many cities and regions of China hold a tree-planting month. Employers in the cities often fund tree-planting outings for their staff. In counties, towns and villages, farmers are given support for tree-planting projects, which they hope will bring in some extra earnings. A renewed enthusiasm for greening the […]

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Chinese Epic Loses the Plot as Actors Quit £40m Project РJustin McCurry

From Guardian Unlimited: It is a film with as many twists and turns as any thriller. But the plot of The Battle of Red Cliff (˵§Â£Å‰πãÊàò), John Woo‘s (Âê¥ÂÆáÊ£Æ) multimillion-dollar Chinese epic, started to unravel as soon as the director snapped shut his clapperboard. …Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who won best actor at Cannes in 2000 […]

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