Wu Nan

Wu Nan is a student of the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley. Wu Nan worked for the Boston Globe Beijing Bureau as a news assistant for three years. She also worked as a reporter for one and a half years at the Economic Observer, a Chinese national financial weekly based in Beijing. Her reports focused on the changes in modern China society and the world.

Nation’s one-child policy ‘will not change’ – China Daily

From China Daily: Beijing will not ease restrictions on the birth of a second child for people with higher educational qualifications, and the second-child policy is still mainly open to rural residents and couples from one-child families. “Beijing’s current family planning policy will not change,” Li Yunli, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Population and […]

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Former lawmaker executed for corruption – Xinhua

From Xinhua: A former Chinese lawmaker was executed Friday in the northeastern Jilin Province after being convicted of bribery, misappropriation of funds, rape, illegal possession of weapons, organized crime and organizing prostitution. Sang Yuechun(Ê°ëÁ≤§Êò•), former member of the Ninth National People’s Congress, was convicted of taking bribes and misappropriating 120 million yuan (15 million US […]

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China Carries Out Test of Fusion Reactor – Alexa Olesen

From AP: Scientists on Thursday carried out China’s first successful test of an experimental fusion reactor, powered by the process that fuels the sun, a research institute spokeswoman said. China, the United States and other governments are pursuing fusion research in hopes that it could become a clean, potentially limitless energy source. Fusion produces little […]

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Dream of the Red Mansions Actors’ Blogs Launch – Sina Web

Former actors from the soap opera Dream of the Red Mansions recently started their own blogs on Sina Web. Almost 20 years after the show was first produced, many people are still very interested in the stories, how the actors were chosen for the soap opera, and how the former actors make a living today. […]

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Beijing Denies Targeting Migrant Workers – Washington Post

From Washington Post: A Beijing official denied reports that the city will expel migrant workers during the 2008 Olympics, but said the Chinese capital is considering how to keep the mentally ill from “damaging the public interest” during the Games. Chinese officials have promised that hosting the Olympics will improve the country’s respect for human […]

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