With China’s economic boom, Shanghai “is on its way to owning the largest urban rail mass-transit system in the world.” Mitchell Lansberg also indicated in his report why China can always clear the barriers in the way when it decides to do something. From Boston.com: …In China, labor is cheap, the land belongs to the […]
Read MoreChinese people are well prepared, hairstyle wise, for the 2008 Olympics from head to toe: [Click to see the original photos here]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: The progress made in the development of cooperative relations between China and Australia has been so tremendous that no one could have imagined it 35 years ago when the two countries established diplomatic ties, Chinese ambassador to Australia Zhang Junsai says. Remarkable progress has been made in bilateral ties, marked by frequent high-level […]
Read MoreDalian News reports a short story about a lonely couple paying their grown children to visit them: A lonely retired couple of Dalian, Liaoning Province, have decided to pay their three grown children a “salary” to visit them every weekend. Lin and his wife, who are in their late 60s, live a comfortable life on […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: China said Sunday it will begin reporting its armed forces budget to the United Nations and rejoin a global register of conventional arms amid foreign pressure for greater military transparency. China said the moves were meant to show the world its commitment to military transparency, at a time when its massive armed forces […]
Read MoreJonathan Watts interviewed some mine workers and wrote a report about their working and life conditions “as rescue hopes fade for 181 Chinese miners trapped underground by flooding,” via The Guardian: …Dependent on coal for 70% of its energy needs, China is ramping up production to fuel its fast-growing economy. Many colliery bosses cut corners. […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi ranked No. 2 on the new Forbes magazine list of the World’s Most Powerful Women. She followed Angela Merkel, the first woman to become chancellor of Germany. Forbes noted that Wu continues to help lead a government that oversees an economy whose gross domestic product may soon […]
Read MoreToday it’s hard to avoid seeing Chinese products around the world, much like China’s power. What if the 1.3 billion Chinese sneeze together? Will the earth shake? From AP: …China, like the United States, is also learning that global power cuts both ways. The backlash over tainted toothpaste and toxic pet food has been severe, […]
Read MoreAnother project brought to you by Rupert Murdoch as he makes his way back into the China market: A travel book published by China’s military will be distributed around the world by a publishing arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the People’s Liberation Army Daily said. …Murdoch’s pursuit […]
Read MoreIf you google the Chinese key words ” food safety”, 12,200,000 web links appear. There are also lots of food safety sites, such as National Food Safety, Beijing Food Safety, Guangzhou Safety, Zhejiang Food Safety and so on. However, there’s no rural food safety net. More work needs to be done about the rural food […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China’s State Council, or the cabinet, Saturday announced that it has amended a property management regulation to protect the legal rights of owners and service companies. The amendment came amid efforts to ensure the smooth implementation of the Property Law, which will also come into effect on October 1. The 70-article regulation aims […]
Read MoreShenzhen is exposing all its true colors when it comes to displaying emotions, against Beijing’s intention to spruce up its image. Translated from Southern Metro Daily: In the cat-and-mouse game of people who post scam bills and those who try to catch the posters, Shenzhen is escalating the game with some verbal brutality, with signs […]
Read MoreCar bans will be introduced in many cities, but not throughout the cities of course. Translated from Beijing Morning Post: China will be introducing its first no-car day on the 22nd of this month in 108 of its cities. The car ban, however, will be only applied to selected spots in those participating cities, including […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: The government has ordered Chinese search engines to remove illegal and unhealthy information from their search results, the Ministry of Information Industry said yesterday. The Websites, including Google China, China Yahoo and Baidu.com, will have to clean up their results within a week, Xinhua news agency reported. They should map out a […]
Read MoreMen fall because of women, the Chinese saying hits the nail right on the head. Translated from China News Agency: Ninety percent of the fallen minister-level officials over the past five years kept mistresses, according to Chinese authorities and an exhibition of corruption cases by the Supreme Procuratorate of China in Beijing. Sixteen provincial governor- […]
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