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.
From Chinanews via China.org: A French cosmetic maker conducted a survey in Shanghai recently, finding that averagely a woman in Shanghai uses no less than 20 different cosmetics every day, the top figure in the world. Miss Xue, who works in a foreign bank in Shanghai, earns a monthly income of some 10,000 yuan (US$1,200), […]
Read MoreFrom China.org: Because of the grass quality, golf courses require several times more water than normally used. And to keep the grass up to golfing standards, pesticides and other chemical preparations are used heavily on it. Relevant statistics show that over 50 chemical preparations are applied to golf course grass a year. And some seep […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via China.org: The Chinese government has launched a 2.6-billion-yuan (US$333 million) project to protect Shanhaiguan Pass at the eastern end of the Great Wall, the Ministry of Culture has announced. The one-year project involves two sections: 1 billion yuan for on site building repairs, and 1.6 billion yuan for the protection […]
Read MoreBeijing traffic congestion comedy via Danwei: According to trustworthy rumor (source: http://dazhe.haomaiba.com), Beijing will completely ban the old and middle-aged from the streets starting on 1 January 2007. To relieve transportation pressures in the city, to continue the positive social trend of restricting small vehicles, motorcycles, and electric bicycles, and in response to insistent requests […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes: Li Ka-Shing is playing host on the top floor of his cheung kong Center tower in Hong Kong’s Central. It is where he often mixes business and pleasure, though rarely with a pair of reporters, his guests this day. Next door to the chairman’s dining room is a canopied swimming pool, complete with […]
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