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.
From the AFP: A rising incidence of birth defects in some parts of China is being attributed to environmental pollution, unhealthy lifestyles and poor nutrition. The trend has led some experts to debate the reintroduction of compulsory pre-marital health checks which were scrapped in 2003, the Xinhua news agency reported. Figures released by two populous […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Beijing citizens will not be allowed to park at Olympic venues as part of government plans to discourage the use of private cars during the 2008 Games, local media reported on Monday. The authorities in China’s capital, which has an official population of 15 million and notoriously congested traffic, are considering a […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Top diplomats from Japan and China are set to meet in Tokyo at the weekend amid speculation that Shinzo AbeÔºàÂÆâÂÄçÊôã‰∏âÔºâ may hold a summit with Chinese President Hu JintaoÔºàËÉ°Èî¶Ê∂õÔºâ after he becomes Japan’s next prime minister. Relations between the two nations are at their worst in decades, and China has refused to hold […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China will host a summit of top U.S. and Asian energy officials next month, government officials said on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks a greater say in coordinating global consumer-nation policy to help rein in oil prices. Government officials from China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United States will attend the October 23-26 […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China’s police chief said the country faces rising conflict and crime as market-driven growth tears away old controls, a government Web site reported on Monday. Public Security Minister Zhou YongkangÔºàÂÖ¨ÂÆâÈÉ®ÈÉ®ÈïøÂë®Ê∞∏Â∫∑Ôºâissued the warning during a recent tour of central Hunan province, an epicenter of rural protest in past years. “Our country’s economic and social […]
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