Harbin, home to ice lanterns and snow sculptures, is beginning to feel the heat from rising temperatures, reports Reuters: – Read also China’s “City of Ice” Feels Effect of Global Warming via CDT
Read MoreFrom International Herald Tribune: There are some telling signs of economic rapprochement between China and India. During wintry mornings in the Indian city of Gurgaon, home to call centers, offshore software companies and luxury high-rises near New Delhi, dozens of busy Chinese 20- and 30-somethings rush off to work in software companies and manufacturing facilities. […]
Read MoreFrom The Age: China, the world’s largest coal consuming nation, used more coal than it produced in 2007 and will stay short through at least 2010, a coal industry official said on Tuesday. China’s demand for coal is expected to rise to 2.76 billion tonnes in 2008, from 2.62 billion tonnes in 2007, said Wu […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Gordon Brown is to make his first visit to China since becoming prime minister seven months ago. The three-day trip, starting on Friday, will include a tour of the venues for this summer’s Beijing Olympics and talks on trade and education links. A Chinese government spokesman said it was hoped the visit […]
Read MoreA Hong Kong designer invented a tricycle home for the local residents to beat the city’s soaring housing prices and cramped living conditions, Reuters said:
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese Language and Culture Education Foundation (CLCEF) has received its largest yet donation of 30 million yuan (4.11 million U.S. dollars), according to the CLCEF here Tuesday. The money will be used to support the education of Chinese language in foreign countries, the CLCEF source said. …Although overseas Chinese are eager to learn […]
Read MoreFrom Time: As far as live television goes, it doesn’t get much more compelling. What was supposed to be a stately ceremony inaugurating China Central Television’s 2008 Olympics coverage turned into a public spectacle after a popular Beijing newscaster grabbed the mike, interrupting the festivities to accuse her husband, a CCTV anchor, of adultery. For […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: The top commander of the US Pacific Fleet raised concern Tuesday over China’s military build-up and urged Beijing to clarify the intentions of its increasingly sophisticated armed forces. Admiral Timothy Keating said he urged Beijing to increase transparency in military affairs during talks with government and defence officials here which focused largely on […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India described Tuesday an ascendant Asia in which India and China had a special opportunity to overcome historic hostilities, promote regional development and collaborate on concerns about energy, food security and water supplies. “Our systems are different, but people in both countries are united in […]
Read MoreFrom The Los Angeles Times: Amid all the futuristic vehicles, “green cars” and much-hyped “crossovers” being unveiled this week at the Detroit auto show , one of the biggest game changers coming to the American automotive market may be a simple price sticker. How’s this for innovation: $14,000 for a fully loaded, mid-size sport utility […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: When Pan Gang, the chief executive of one of China’s largest dairy companies, attended a top-level meeting of the Communist party in Beijing in October, he complained about the growing role of foreigners in the industry. “Many of the foreign firms are only looking for short-term gain when they come here […]
Read MoreThese are some excerpts on the anti-Maglev demonstrations in Shanghai over the past two weeks. These different voices are from the bolder media (Southern Metropolis Daily), Shanghai netizens, and newspapers controlled by Shanghai authorities. The first one is an editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily on Jan. 14, 2008, translated by CDT: Editorial: Taking a Walk […]
Read MoreA frozen river through Changting village in Heilongjiang, by Graemetric
Read MoreFrom AFP: The United States on Monday congratulated the people of Taiwan for a “succesful democratic election,” adding it sought to maintain close “unofficial” ties with the island nation. Taiwan’s opposition nationalists, who favor closer ties with China, on Saturday won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, boosting their party’s chances of regaining the presidency […]
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