From Sichuan Net and Huaxi Metropolis News, translated by CDT: More than 20 women from Sichuan created a “Demanding Wages Wives Team” and went to Yunnan to seek more than RMB 200 million of their husbands’ hard-earned money. Two years ago, Tang Guangqiong and Liao Yi leased a construction project of the Mengxin highway for […]
Read MoreChina’s environmental watchdog is willing to become an underdog in producing real solutions to the snowballing pollution problem in China. Translated from Oriental Morning Post (‰∏úÊñπÊó©Êä•): SEPA, China’s equivalent of US EPA, has four times announced “environmental protection storms” over recent years, but the results are modest, admitted its outspoken deputy chief Pan Yue (ÊΩòÂ≤≥) […]
Read MoreA street barber in Dalian, by Elizabeth Thomsen
Read MoreYongfeng Feng, a Beijing-based environmental journalist, reports from the village of Cuochi on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. From Chinadialogue: …The first-time visitor to Cuochi will be struck by its peaceful air and the sense that the village is removed from the stresses of everyday life. The scenery is picturesque, its people are kind and welcoming. However, […]
Read MoreThe Amis tribe, an indigenous people of Taiwan, is going to have electricity, which causes different views. From BBC News: High-tech Taiwan is one of the world’s most wired societies and one of the globe’s largest economies. So it is something of a surprise to discover that there is still one place where people live […]
Read MoreFrom climate change to Darfur, public opinion polls reveal a global unease with the growing superpower. From The Christan Science Monitor: As China prepares to celebrate its emergence as a global power at next year’s Olympic Games, a rash of recent American and international opinion polls suggest that the Asian giant faces an uphill battle […]
Read MoreThe cheap prices of Chinese products are not cheap comparing to 10 years ago, 5 years ago or even 12 months ago, from the Shanghaiist: …Not surprisingly, surging food prices is the main culprit behind the latest headline number, up a staggering 18.2 percent: Fresh vegetable up 22.5 percent, eggs up 23.6 percent, cooking oil […]
Read MoreWith the British Museum about to exhibit an unprecedented (outside China) collection of terracotta soldiers from Qinshi Huangdi’s tomb, New Statesman Magazine writes about the First Emperor and his legacy: Standing next to me on the hilltop is Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, who is here in the name of cultural diplomacy. His […]
Read MoreDalian may be the Chinese city that has the best chance of challenging Bangalore, and it certainly looks a lot more like Silicon Valley than Beijing does, with its seaside fresh air and green boulevards. Now it hosts an Intel plant. From the Wall Street Journal: A decade ago, this northern port city was known […]
Read MoreChina’s Public Security Minister has said that terrorism poses the biggest threat to the 2008 Olympics: Experts say the terrorist threat to the Aug. 8-24, 2008, Olympics is relatively low, but they warn that Beijing faces a growing threat from Islamic separatists among the Uighur population in the western region of Xinjiang. However, only one […]
Read MorePower unplugged for the once headline-making anti-corruption online game. But why it went offline remains somewhat a mystery. From the Wall Street Journal: Ningbo created an elaborate online role-playing game called Incorruptible Warrior, in which players wield weapons and supernatural powers to kill corrupt government officials, their bikini-clad mistresses and even their families. Players could […]
Read MoreChicago Tribune China correspondent Evan Osnos and photographer Wes Pope are keeping a diary of their walking trip through China’s heartland. From Evan’s introduction: China’s jaw-dropping facts no longer astound: the glittering coast, the legions of yuppies, the factory towns powerful enough to affect what we buy, where we work, and the air we breathe […]
Read MoreRebecca MacKinnon and Isaac Mao provide a life action illustration of the “River Crab Wearing Three Watches” (see a previous illustration and explanation here). Via Rebecca’s RConversation blog: Over the...
Read MoreFrom AP: China’s trade surplus jumped nearly 33 percent in August to its second-highest monthly level, according to data released Tuesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease currency controls and narrow its yawning trade gap. The August trade surplus was $24.97 billion, up from $18.8 billion in August 2006, the Chinese customs agency said […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China is the only country in the world where suicides among women outnumber those of men, with rural suicides more common than those in the city, state media said on Tuesday. Village women committing suicide commonly drank pesticide, the China Daily said, quoting the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Centre. Stress and depression […]
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