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.

Police target surging gun sales – Xinhua News Agency

From Xinhua News Agency via Shanghai Daily: Serving a two-year jail term for gun-running, Xu Junyou longs for freedom and an honest job in Guangdong Province, south China’s economic powerhouse. Xu had been a farmer in Songtao Miao Autonomous County, of the southwestern Guizhou Province, before his conviction. “I know it’s a crime to sell […]

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Call for Mandarin lessons in schools to boost trade with China – Lucy Ward

From Guardian Unlimited: Chinese languages and culture should be taught in British schools and universities if UK firms are not to miss out on multi-billion-pound opportunities in China, according to business leaders. A poll of chief and senior executives by the Hay Group revealed directors believe differences in culture, language and communication pose the greatest […]

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How did fake reporters become so savage? – David Bandurski

From China Media Project: In China the problem of “news extortion”, in which reporters (or supposed reporters) arm-twist officials or companies into paying up to keep stories under wraps, has complicated causes. One key problem is the awkward marriage of official control and commercial wantonness in China’s current media climate. While media are still regarded […]

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Scientists say the ‘Yangtze goddess’ is effectively extinct – AP

From AP via China Environmental News Digest: A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is effectively extinct, an international expedition declared after ending a fruitless six-week search of the mammal’s Yangtze River habitat. The baiji would be the first large aquatic mammal driven to extinction since hunting and overfishing killed […]

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