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 AP via The Washington Post: Four prison officials were sentenced to jail on bribery charges for giving preferential treatment to a jailed real estate tycoon, state media reported. Huang Jian, the former director Tilanqiao Prison in Shanghai, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after the court found that he took $53,000 in bribes […]
Read MoreDaniel Allen is a freelance writer and photographer from London who has lived in China for the past three years. He writes an article for Asia Times Online to alarm people to pay attention to the enviromental crisis at Yangshuo where “it has become popular with foreign backpackers.” Eyeing the sweaty crowd shifting along West […]
Read MoreA man cycles past a giant poster of China’s past three leaders – Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, by Life in Nanning via Flickr
Read MoreFrom China.org: China will soon launch its first circumlunar satellite as part of its ambitious moon exploration program enters the stage of implementation, sources with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Friday. Development of the satellite, called Chang’e I after the legendary Chinese goddess Chang’e who flew to the moon, and the carrier […]
Read MoreShanghai Daily reports on storm Pabuk in southern China: Tropical storm Pabuk edged into southern China yesterday, bringing strong winds and rain that shut Hong Kong’s stock market and schools as it skirted the special administrative region. Meanwhile, Tropical storm Wutip headed into Fujian Province, generating a weather system that should give Shanghai cooler weather […]
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