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From the Los Angeles Times: Dai Aixiu, 41, leans against her doorpost and watches as a dozen chickens and ducks peck at small bugs beside a broken urn in the garbage-littered yard. Her front door is open, and the birds sometimes enter the house, leaving behind droppings and feathers before she shoos them out. As […]
Read MoreFrom Chinatechnews.com: The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad announced today that Sohu.com (SOHU) has been selected as the official sponsor of Internet Content Service for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. A sponsorship agreement was signed by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, internationally known as […]
Read MoreOn KQED’s Forum program, host Michael Krasny interviews author Jung Chang and historian Jon Halliday, co-authors of “Mao: The Unknown Story.” You can listen live to the program on the KQED site. The audio archive should be available on the site later today.
Read MoreFrom the Space Review: On November 4 a Reuters story reported that “state media” in China had quoted a “leading scientist” saying that China planned on sending a man to the Moon by 2017, a year before...
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China said Monday to lift its 30 million people who lack access to electricity out of the situation through developing renewable energies, especially solar energy. Zhang Guobao, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission said that a lighting project featuring the use of solar cells, has already helped three million people […]
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