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.

HK ent industry slams privacy violation – Xinhua News Agency

From Xinhua News Agency: Over 100 members of Hong Kong’s entertainment industry, including action superstar Jackie Chan, attended a televised event Monday, denouncing the publication of a pop star’s photos when she was changing clothes at backstage. Chan said the secretly taken photos of Gillian Chung Yan-tung, part of the Canto-pop duo Twin, would encourage […]

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Group dating takes off in China – BBC News

From BBC News: The mass events, which draw hundreds of single men and women, have climbed in popularity since they were introduced in Chinese cities. One event in Zhejiang in April attracted 12,658 participants, Xinhua news agency said, while 10,000 showed up for another in Shanghai. The events appeal to China’s new ranks of urban […]

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FoxConn Sues Newspaper – ESWN

From EastSouthWestNorth blog: After an investigation, Apple has now basically said that things were not as bad as the two British tabloids reported, although some improvements will be required on the part of FoxConn. This was not terribly surprising since the British tabloid reports were deemed suspect by others already. Afterwards, FoxConn may have a […]

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Li to give third of $18bn wealth to charity – China Daily

From China Daily: Li Ka-shing(ÊùéÂòâËØö), 78, will bequeathe at least a third of his fortune – which is estimated at $18.8bn and rising fast – to his eponymous charitable foundation, as Asia’s richest man follows in the footsteps of his American peers Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Li, sometimes called “Superman” by the Chinese-language press, […]

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In China, learning is a rising burden – David Lague

From IHT: “It is natural that not everyone can afford excellent education resources,” a spokesman for the Education Ministry, Wang Xuming, was quoted as saying earlier this year in the official Beijing Review magazine. “A well-off man can go to a brand- name store to buy a 10,000 yuan suit while a poor person can […]

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