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From Newsweek Online: The rock bible’s debut points out the struggles rock music faces finding a wide market in Communist-ruled China. In many ways, the rock scene in China has never been healthier. Beijing has loosened up considerably toward big rock concerts. A dozen or so rock stars have become successful even by Western standards. […]
Read MoreFrom The Times Online: GOOGLE has offloaded its minority stake in Baidu.com, China’s leading search engine, freeing itself to focus on the growth of its own brand in the potentially lucrative market. The sale of the stake comes two years after the Californian technology group bought a 2.6 per cent holding in Baidu, prompting speculation […]
Read MoreA fisherman returning home on Zhoushan Island, via www.fengniao.com
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press: The murky green Dasha River has been dirty for decades, polluted by coal mines and steel mills that make it fit only for watering livestock and crops downstream. Then a truck overturned on a windy, mountain road this month, dumping at least 60 tons of potentially carcinogenic coal tar into the […]
Read MoreOriginally published in the Swedish Ordfront Magasin, this article was translated and posted by Three Gorges Probe: The Nu River valley contains representatives of 25 per cent of the world’s animal species, and more than half of China’s, including endangered species such as the snow leopard and the red panda. This stretch of the river […]
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