From Keralanext.com: China’s government is likely to scrap up its “golden week” holiday system and make public holidays of more traditional festivals by 2009, a Chinese tourism expert has revealed. The week-long May Day holiday would be shortened to one day and the National Day holiday to two days, Zhang Hui, dean of the tourism […]
Read MoreHundreds of migrant workers protesting over unpaid wages in Guangdong Province were beaten by thugs hired by their company, according to news reports. The AP is reporting that one protester was killed while Xinhua says no-one was killed but one man is in critical condition. From BBC: Nearly 300 workers went on strike last Friday […]
Read MoreNow that the celebrations marking ten years since Hong Kong’s handover to the mainland are over, Philip Bowring takes a closer look at the reality of post-1997 life in the territory. From Asia Sentinel: For those who thought the territory would fall apart under Chinese sovereignty, there is much to celebrate. But for the vast […]
Read MoreFollowing the recent scares over the safety of imports from China, a journalist finds out just how difficult it is to avoid “Made in China” items in the local stores in South Dakota: The quest began in the J.C. Penney shoe department. We soon found out this was going to be no easy task: Adidas, […]
Read MoreWhat may be China’s most famous painting, “Along the River During the Qingming Festival,” is now on display in Hong Kong to mark the tenth anniversary of the handover to Chinese rule. The painting, one of the few paintings from Imperial China that remains on the mainland, is very rarely displayed. The New York Times […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: When one of China’s top leaders in charge of the country’s architectural landscape recently berated Chinese cities for their breathless rush towards modernity, none deserved the reprimand more than Shanghai. This most forward-looking city in China is in a quandary. Driven by its overpowering desire to modernize, Shanghai wants to forge a […]
Read MoreIn 2000, Taiwanese engineer-turned-director Edward Yang won the Cannes best director award in 2000 for “Yi Yi.” The press reported his death today. Yang was 59. From Min Lee of AP, via The International Herald Tribune: Yang, an American citizen, passed away at his home in Beverly Hills on Friday, film consultant Norman Wang told […]
Read MoreMichael Manning, an American blogger living in Xinjiang noted following story on his The Opposite End of China blog: Hong Kong-based Phoenix Weekly magazine has written a story about those shifty-eyed Uyghur children often seen lurking in the dark corners of China’s eastern cities. It turns out that most of the children aren’t pickpocketing by […]
Read MoreA scene from the parade marking ten years since Hong Kong’s handover to the PRC, by das farbamt
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Last Friday, China Youth Daily reported that a young teacher with the College of Art at Shanghai Normal University had been punished by the school for failing a number of students who had plagiarized their term papers. During a grading session in February, Mr. Ma noticed varying degrees of plagiarism in the papers […]
Read MoreAs China becomes a prime tourist destination, officials look forward to the billions of dollars that tourists will spend in the coming years. From China Daily: With the Olympics as a launch pad and amid a rising global fascination in all things Chinese, China is expected to replace France as the world’s top tourism destination […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Residents of China’s capital have been assured that their tap water is “drinkable even without being boiled,” state media reported, a breakthrough of sorts in a country where boiling drinking water is second nature. The Beijing Waterworks Group said the 2008 Olympic host city’s water had passed 106 tests for contaminants set down […]
Read MoreFrom Market Watch: Chinese cell phone buyers, who are among the world’s most voracious consumers of mobile devices, will not see Apple Inc.’s (AAPL :122.04, +1.48, +1.2%) iPhone in local stores for at least another year. But the hype on China’s Internet surrounding the iPhone’s launch – even outside of the “geek” crowd – has […]
Read MoreBy signing the 1991 Montreal Protocol, China agreed to stop producing ozone-depleting chemicals, halon and chlorofluorocarbons, by 2010. Chinese officials announced today that they have already fulfilled their promise. From the Hindu: China today banned the production and import of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halon, two ozone depleting substances (ODS) with immediate effect, honouring its promise […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China’s Nanjing Auto and Italy’s Fiat have decided to breathe new life into their partnership by respectively investing an additional three billion yuan (389.6 million U.S. dollars) in their joint venture Nanjing Fiat. There had been reports that Fiat was likely to end its partnership with Nanjing Auto as the Chinese company […]
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