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.
Reuters reports that a riot broke out among 2,000 retired soldiers. They smashed equipment and set fires in their school in Baotou in Inner Mongolia against poor living conditions. From The Star: …Similar riots occurred in Baoji, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, and Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in central China, on the same […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China’s Compulsory Education Law which took effect last September stipulates that the local average wage for teachers should not be lower than that of civil servant. Teachers’ wages generally comprise two parts: “basic income” and “structural income” which varies according to rank, school and region….[Full Text] See also “A Generation of Rural Teachers […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: China’s cola wars just got a little…confusing. In most countries, the major rival colas are delineated by color: Coca-Cola Co.’s can is red, while that of PepsiCo Inc. is blue. But in China, Pepsi has departed from tradition and launched a red can as part of a new marketing campaign. […]
Read MoreYongfeng Feng, a Beijing-based environmental journalist, reports from the village of Cuochi on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. From Chinadialogue: …The first-time visitor to Cuochi will be struck by its peaceful air and the sense that the village is removed from the stresses of everyday life. The scenery is picturesque, its people are kind and welcoming. However, […]
Read MoreThe Amis tribe, an indigenous people of Taiwan, is going to have electricity, which causes different views. From BBC News: High-tech Taiwan is one of the world’s most wired societies and one of the globe’s largest economies. So it is something of a surprise to discover that there is still one place where people live […]
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