Yang Huiyan, a 26-year-old woman worth $16.2 billion, is China’s richest person, according to the new Forbes list. From USA Today: The China list’s rankings change sharply from year to year, reflecting the rapid evolution of the booming economy, which expanded by 11.9% in the most recent quarter. This year, there were 20 new names […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via The China Post: Cautious and efficient are words often used to describe Hu Jintao, the 64-year-old leader of China’s Communist Party, but beyond generic adjectives like these, surprisingly little is known about him. As the October 15 start of the 17th Party Congress approaches, observers wonder what makes one of the world’s […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, via china.org.cn: South China’s Guangdong Province is drafting a regulation to restrict the employment of foreigners and to ban them from certain jobs. Under the proposed regulation, the provincial labor and social security department will divide jobs into three categories — “encouraged”, “restricted” and “forbidden” — to be published annually, said a spokesman […]
Read MoreFrom AsiaMedia: Relations between Taiwan and mainland China are pretty bad at the present, right? If so, someone forgot to tell the hordes of Taiwan businessmen living in China, the considerable numbers of tourists, especially Taiwanese, making their way across the Taiwan Strait and the small, but significant, number of students, lecturers, researchers and others […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The number of Communist Party of China (CPC) members had reached 73.36 million by the end of June, an increase of 6.42 million over 2002, according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. From 2002, when the 16th national congress of the CPC was held, the CPC has welcomed 13.16 million […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: While their old school friends are walking up the aisle, China’s homosexuals have been left on the shelf. Despite the nation’s rapid development, society remains deeply conservative, and gay weddings are unimaginable for the majority of citizens. But a new generation of scholars is challenging the idea that marriage can only ever […]
Read More“One World, One Dream” is the official slogan of the 2008 Olympics and can be seen everywhere in Beijng. There are other lesser known slogans that foreign guests may not see. For example, the above photo taken in a back street in Beijing emerged recently in the Chinese blogosphere. Those political slogan banners are often […]
Read MoreThe BBC reports on a classroom experiment in Wuhan where eight-year-old students are allowed for the first time to vote for the class monitor, a coveted position. And it turns out to be a cut-throat competition: The three candidates were all thoroughly determined to win this prized position of power, and they used a variety […]
Read MoreVia 24 hours Online, summarized and translated by CDT. View also the slide show of what Laohu Miao has seen along the Great Wall: On December 1, 2006 the State Council passed “the Great Wall Protection Ordinance”[150 State Council executive meeting], the first chapter of which holds the potential for hidden dangers to the protection […]
Read MoreBeijing will order cutbacks in industry and auto emissions for the Olympic Games, and the effects may be measurable worldwide. From LA Times: By now, most of us are keenly aware that emissions resulting from the burning of fossil fuels are causing our planet to heat up, altering our climate and putting the survival of […]
Read MoreWhile thousands of people in Hong Kong demonstrated for full democracy in the former British colony, Hong Kong and China join hands at a trade meeting in Dubai. From AMEINFO: Under the terms of this agreement, DMCC and HKGMA will design initiatives aimed at promoting the coloured stones and pearl trade through trade forums, exhibitions, […]
Read MoreTyphoon Krosa affects the air, the sea traffic and approximately half a million people in Taiwan. In southeast China over a million people were evacuated before Krosa landed. From AP: A typhoon lashed Taiwan with intense winds and rains Saturday, cutting power to thousands of homes and leaving at least two men missing in the […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: “Made in India” could be the next big economic story with the country challenging China’s position as the leading global manufacturing hub within five years, says a new report. Right now China is the favourite choice for outsourcing manufacturing while India is preferred for information technology, finance and customer services, said Capgemini, Europe’s […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via World Business Council for Sustainable Development website: Teenager Zhu Xiaotong’s home a few hours’ drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China’s energy-hungry capital. Cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions rise up from a little garden patch that forms […]
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
