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.
China.org reports on Tibet’s annual Shoton Festival held on Sunday in the western suburbs of Lhasa. …A 35-by-30-meter Thangka painting bearing the image of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, was unveiled at 8 AM on the hillside next to the monastery amid acclamations from spectators, marking the beginning of the traditional festival that is believed to […]
Read MoreBelow is a video clip carried by Youtube showing The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing:
Read MoreForbes carried AP’s reoport that Zhang Shuhong, the co-owner of Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd, committed suicide after “China announced it had temporarily banned exports by the company.” Lee Der made 967,000 toys recalled earlier this month by Mattel Inc. because they were made with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The plastic […]
Read MoreBBC carried Michael Bristow’s report on the effects of the railway line linking Tibet to China in its first year of existence. Lhasa’s railway cargo depot lies at the end of a partly-paved road, full of potholes, around 20km (12.5 miles) outside the Tibetan capital. Scurrying to and fro along its platforms, uniformed workers unload […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Drivers in Beijing have been urged to leave their cars at home from Friday to improve the city’s air quality during test events for next year’s Olympics. Over the four days of “Good Luck Beijing” test events, drivers are encouraged to use buses, subways, taxis or bikes instead. Extra public transport will […]
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