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 Guardian Unlimited (link): China plans to build 48 new airports over the next five years in an aviation spending splurge that will delight architects and plane makers but heighten concerns among environmentalists. With the economy booming, hundreds of millions more journeys are being made by air every year, prompting a rush to buy planes […]
Read MoreFrom The Woshington Post (link): China accused the Dalai Lama on Wednesday of stirring religious conflicts in Tibet, pressing its criticisms of the exiled leader even amid sensitive negotiations on establishing a more permanent dialogue. A report by the official Xinhua News Agency cited officials in Tibet as saying the Dalai Lama inspired an attack […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily (link): TWO e-commerce stalwarts in China are switching to high gear in venturing into “business selling to consumer,” or B2C, to snare a bigger market share from the nation’s lucrative cyber-pie dominated by millions of individual buyers and sellers. Alibaba.com, the world’s largest online wholesale marketplace, launched its new B2C model for […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily (link): CHINA’S top environmental authority will look into charges that the film production team of “The Promise” damaged the environment around Bigu Lake in Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, during shooting of the motion picture. The State Environmental Protection Administration will order its Yunnan subordinate to investigate if the criticism is true, Zhu […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (link): Philosophy departments at local universities have had a tough time in recent years as few high school graduates are willing to take the abstract subject as their first major choice. During Fudan University‘s admissions open house last month, officials said that several parents tried to prevent their children with interest […]
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