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.
MarketWatch reports that China ranked the world’s largest gold producer last year, which pushes South Africa into second place: China produced 276 metric tons of gold last year, equal to about 9.7 million ounces, said London precious metals consultancy GFMS Ltd. in a report released Thursday. That’s up 12% from the year-ago and represented just […]
Read MoreRichard Lea talks about the impact of rapid social change on writers, and their books, from Guardian Unlimited: In 1985 there was just one skyscraper in Shanghai. Today there are more than 300. Chinese authors, living through a period of change so rapid that six months seems to be enough to change everyone’s way of […]
Read MoreWater pollution has long been China’s headache and an issue under the international spotlight. Although in recent years China has paid attention to this issue, industrial pollution is still widespread. Below is a...
Read MoreReuters reports on an English-language-learning craze among residents in Beijing, Reuters reports. The classes are all part of Beijing’s effort to get its population to speak English to welcome the millions of foreigners expected to flood to the city in this Olympic year. Worried that its citizens’ notoriously poor command of the language will embarrass […]
Read MoreRecently, some Chinese young women are in the training to become Olympics hostesses to carry the medals. Meanwhile, some youngsters compete hard to become Olympic cheerleaders where judges are looking for a bit of tradition in the performances, Reuters reports: Below are related photos from CRI.com
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