‘Chaos’ of China’s Music Industry

In China, illegal music downloading from internet and pirated CDs make it hard for pop stars to earn money. That’s also a key reason why they “rely heavily on commercial performances, which make up more than half of...

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Green Cost of Sleet: $8b of Forest Wealth

Yes, China lost a lot of tons of vegetables and crops in the wake of mega snowstorms. Also gone are slowly recovered forests, says China Daily: About 18.6 million hectares of forests were destroyed or damaged – it is equal...

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Diabetes Becoming “Major Problem”

China has the second largest number of diabetes patients in the world, but that’s still an underreported figure, reports China Daily: Diabetes is fast becoming a major health problem in the country with close to 40 million...

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Baidu Slammed Over Porn Pics

While Hong Kong authorities start cracking down on those involved in spreading nude photos from Edison Chen’s party, Beijing also shows its fist, according to Xinhua News Agency: Web search engine Baidu.com was asked this...

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China Defends Relocation Policy

Beijing says no one was forced to leave for the sake of the Olympics; the Washington Post finds otherwise. Beijing officials on Tuesday defended their relocation of nearly 15,000 people as part of the massive construction...

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