In December 2007, Asia Society interviewed Ang Lee and Tang Wei, the famous director and lead actress, respectively, of the erotic espionage thriller “Lust, Caution” which won Best Film at the Chinese-language Golden Horse Awards as well as the Venice Film Festival. [Click to see] – Read also previous news The Most Misread Person of […]
Read MoreFrom The Financial Times: China has threatened tough punishment for chronically late local airlines before this year’s Beijing Olympics. The move by the Civil Aviation Administration of China comes amid concerns that badly strained airports and airlines may not be able to cope with the visitors expected to flood into Beijing and other cities for […]
Read MoreBig plans for a renovated railway station were recently revealed on Friday. From CCTV: China’s railway station is integral for many of China’s 1.3 billion people – be it for commuting or when they travel home for the holidays. At a press conference of Friday, the Ministry of Railways says China will enter a new […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Guangzhou Daily: Chikan (赤坎) is a small town in Kaiping City (开平市), Guangdong Province. The Chikan water plant supplies drinking water to 50,000 residents in four towns. On January 7, a bag and luggage manufacturer, five meters from the water plant, dumped chunks of muddy black waste water into a river […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Jinchu Online (荆楚网): A stretch of sandy riverbed has surfaced in the middle of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, thanks to a lack of rainfall and a dropping feed from the upper reaches [obviously thanks to the Three Gorges Dam, but the article didn’t mention the dam at all]. This is […]
Read MoreXinhua reports on the number of accidental deaths in China. From Xinhua: A senior official with the Chinese work safety watchdog said Friday that 101,480 people died in workplace and transportation accidents in 2007, down 10.1 percent year on year. “The production safety situation is improving nationwide, but relevant agencies still shoulder arduous tasks in […]
Read MoreFrom FEER Forum: When historians of the future look back on 2007 from a decade or so down the road, what will they single out as the year’s big China story? They’ll certainly have plenty of options to choose from, since the international press has carried a dizzyingly wide range of China headlines lately, dealing […]
Read MoreGambling, a practice that has been banned in Mainland China for almost 60 years, will perhaps be legalized. From AP, via International Herald Tribune: Organized gambling on horse races may return to China next year for the first time since the ruling Communist Party seized power in 1949, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday. […]
Read MoreIn light of the murder of citizen Wei Wenhua, who was killed by “urban management” (城管）officials in Tianmen City, Hubei Province while filming their dispute with villagers, observers are asking who exactly are the “chengguan.” On China Media Project, David Bandurski says Wei could be considered “China’s first ‘citizen reporter’ to be killed while attempting […]
Read MoreA couple bows three times to a statue of Chairman Mao, via fengniao.com .
Read MoreSome young people in China have become fans of a new sport “Parkour(跑酷),” which was found by David Belle in France and involves utilizing efficient but physically challenging movements to pass obstacles in urban...
Read MoreAfter fastest increase in last year, recently, the house price in Beijing dropped 19.67 percent in December from the previous month, said Shanghai Daily: The average residency price dropped to 12,180 yuan (US$1,676) per square meter from 15,162 yuan. Prices in Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chongwen and Xuanwu, the districts with the highest house prices, slumped to […]
Read MoreAsia Times looks at how tensions between India and China are playing out in the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan: There is a fear of China in Bhutan. There are unresolved border disputes going back centuries and the issue was only addressed in Beijing in 1984. Bhutan has traditional trade relations with Tibet, but Bhutan closed […]
Read MoreIn order to cut waste and conserve resources, Chinese government has launched a crackdown on plastic bags banning production, sale and use of ultra-thin bags as of June 1. See the video news by AlJazeeraEnglish via Youtube: – Read also China Bans Free Plastic Bags by Environment News Service and China Bans Plastic Shopping Bags […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: “Olympic Fine Arts 2008,” a cultural event organized by the International Olympic Committee and Chinese Olympic Committee, kicked off here Thursday morning. The organizers will invite well-known artists from over 80 countries and regions to display their works in the event, whose themes are “Sports and Olympism” and “China, the World.” In addition, […]
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