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.
Chinese food safety issue hasn’t ended yet. Mercury News reports that “A Gilroy company’s recall of Chinese fresh ginger contaminated with a toxic pesticide is the latest scare involving imported ginger and other food products from China.” No illnesses were reported as of Monday, a day after California officials first issued a public warning to […]
Read MoreJackie Chan’s new movie “Rush Hour 3” makes Chinese officials unhappy and “it may not be released there,” BBC says. They are unhappy at a scene where a family involved in organised crime visit Paris, according to Variety Asia, which quotes sources close to the film. And this association with Triad gang members has angered […]
Read MoreChina is not considered an animal-friendly country. One key reason is that people in South China has the custom of wildlife consumption. Chinadialogue features Walter Parham’s report “on the habit that locals just cannot kick – even after the SARS crisis.” The destruction of south China’s wildlife habitats started about 1,000 years ago, and still […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese wildlife research centre has come up with a novel idea to profit from panda poo — make Olympic souvenirs out of it. Researchers at the centre in Chengdu, capital of mountainous Sichuan province, had sculpted photo frames, bookmarks, fans and panda statues out of the 300 tonnes of the stuff produced […]
Read MoreRodrigo Rato, international Monetary Fund managing director, says that “China overtook the United States this year to become the biggest contributor to world economic growth.” From AFP: “For the first time, the largest contribution to global growth will now be made by China,” Rato told a business conference in the Philippines. “Looking ahead, we expect […]
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