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 China Daily via China Net: While millions in south China are battling with heavy rain and fatal floods, residents in the northeast are suffering from a sustained drought, the Office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said yesterday. By the end of last week, severe drought had affected 10.4 million hectares […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily via China Net: Shanghai police yesterday warned local entertainment or catering businesses against any gambling practices related to the World Cup. Police said they would continue their efforts to stop online soccer gambling schemes or small gambling parties at local pubs or teahouses. In China, gamblers can be detained up to 15 […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: She had never used a computer before, and she had no idea what a blog was. But it was this online innovation she knew nothing about that helped save her life. Chen Dongxiang, 12, from a remote mountain village in Central China’s Hunan Province, had been suffering from blood poisoning since last […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via China Daily: Chinese authorities have admitted they are struggling to cope with a “rampant” illegal market in explosives and small arms, as they launched a crackdown. “At present the public security situation concerning explosives, guns and ammunition is not optimistic,” public security ministry spokesman Wu Heping told journalists at a briefing to […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via China Daily: A Chinese TV presenter issued a public apology after posing topless with two other women in hospital advertisements for women’s health, the Beijing News said on Tuesday. Chen Dan, a presenter on Changsha TV’s “Women’s channel” in the central province of Hunan, drew fire from Internet chat-rooms and station bosses […]
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