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.
Dongting Lu, a Beijing-based reporter, says that Zibo ÔºàÊ∑ÑÂçöԺ⠓hopes for clear water and blue skies have been shattered by companies that continually flout environmental regulations.” From Chinadialogue: Chang Benfeng, Wang Bingwen and Zhou Jingxin live in a residential compound in the town of Zhongbu, near the city of Zibo in east China’s Shandong province. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Hong Kong’s high court has dismissed a plea by campaigners to save a British colonial-era pier, giving the go-ahead for the government to demolish it. Protesters had challenged the legality of a government’s decision not to declare Queen’s Pier a historic monument – which would have saved it….[Full Text] – Read also […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Restaurant owners and patrons should abandon the use of disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment, an official with the China Cuisine Association (CCA), has said. Bian Jiang, its secretary-general, recently called on restaurant operators to phase out one-use cutlery, especially wooden chopsticks, in preparation for next year’s […]
Read MoreDanwei carries an article — “These Ten Years” — written by Tony Leung Ka-fai (Ê¢ÅÂÆ∂˺ù) via Soho xiaobao, looking at the film industry in Hong Kong over the past ten years. …In July everyone was discussing the tenth anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to the motherland. I will gladly stand up and, from […]
Read More2007, the year of the Golden Pig, is expected to be a baby boom year for China. It also looks to be a big year for marriages. From CRIENGLISH via China Daily: Some 3,390 couples registered for marriage in Beijing on Wednesday, August 8, which is considered highly auspicious date. The figure “8”, whose prenunciation […]
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