The NLF continues its efforts to popularize football in China by funding children’s programs and by advertising to young, urban middle class men. From the International Herald Tribune: Basketball has been played for 100...
Read MoreFrom Asia Times Online: In strategic groupings, India and United States are seen as being partners to dilute the influence of China. Recent events only underline such assertions. Suspicions refuse to die as far as India and China are concerned. Recently declassified Central Intelligence Agency documents detail what the US saw as Chinese deception and […]
Read MoreAfter the National Audit Office found out misused $1.9 billion in pension funds and other government money , NAO also figured out the China’s Three Gorges dam has mis-management problem. From Forbes.com: A six-month investigation into the bill for China’s huge Three Gorges dam has unearthed widespread mis-management, state-run news media reported. The official Xinhua […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: Ghost stories might have been recently exorcised from bookshelves by Chinese censors for the horror they inflict on the public, but equally grisly tales of “ghost wives” have been unfolding in real life. When Shen Wentang, a peasant from central China’s Hebei province, bought a “ghost wife” for his dead father, he […]
Read MoreFrom Channel News Asia: As Hong Kong marks the 10th anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule , entrepreneurs from the city are finding more opportunities in the mainland… While the motivation for most is profits, some have simply chosen to pursue their dreams and passions. Bing Chiu is an ad-man by day and runs […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: China is showing the first signs of fighting back against an avalanche of criticism and new restrictions based on safety concerns about its exports. But Beijing’s task is made more difficult by both its awkwardness in the public-relations game and the increasingly hostile political environment in Washington. Beijing’s campaign illustrates […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via China Daily: China’s ruling Communist Party turned 86 on Sunday vowing to make itself stronger, cleaner and more responsive in order to take on fresh challenges and meet the people’s new expectations. The party, which boasts 73 million members, needs to enhance “self-construction” in the face of “unprecedented opportunities and challenges” facing […]
Read MoreFrom Virtual China: You want to see a Chinese painting in a different way? See below: This Chinese painting animation (水墨动画) was made by the Shenzhen branch of the Institute of Digital Media Technology (IDMT), which is associated with the Global Digital Creations (GDC). Click here to see the original post on Virtual China.
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: Homegrown blockbusters were supposed to be China’s answer to Hollywood. And, to some extent, the extravagant budgets and eye-popping special effects of “Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Promise” and “The Banquet” did their job. For the past two years Chinese films have shattered box-office records here, while outperforming Hollywood […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A mysterious underground chamber has been found inside the Chinese imperial tomb guarded by the famous Terracotta Army, Chinese archaeologists say. Historical records describing the tomb of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China’s Qin dynasty, do not mention the room which is 30 metres (98 feet) deep….[Full Text]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: With helicopters pumping out streams of red smoke and boats carrying giant red Chinese characters ” and with demonstrators calling once again for the elusive goal of full democracy ” Hong Kong marked on Sunday the 10th anniversary of its return by Britain to Chinese rule.
Read MoreA man diving into a hole in the ice in Houhai Lake, Beijing, by China Chas via Flickr.
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Ang Lee‘s new film “Lust Caution Ëâ≤Êàí” has been invited to compete for a Golden Lion award at this year’s Venice Film Festival in August, the Shanghai-based Oriental Morning Post reported. All the cast members of the film are expected to attend the festival, which begins Aug. 29….[Full Text] – See trailer of […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Erosion could wipe away more than 61,600 square kilometers of land by 2010 as China gears up economic development, said Vice Water Resources Minister E Jingping on Friday. The figure represents an increase of 11.5 percent from the amount lost from 2001 to 2005, he added. E said the situation had deteriorated […]
Read MoreFrom the Hindu: China will send two cuddly giant pandas to Spain as “goodwill emissaries” and for research. A seven-year-old male “Bing Xing” weighing 140 kg and a four-year-old female “Hua Zui Ba” weighing 93 kg would be sent to the Madrid zoo, head of the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base, Zhang Zhihe said. […]
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