From The Associated Press, via The International Herald Tribune: Stocks rose, dropped and then recovered Friday ” just as they did over the course of the first quarter, as Wall Street showed nervousness about rising inflation and dollar weakness but took solace in resilient consumer spending and slow but steady economic growth. The Dow Jones […]
Read MoreFrom Gil Azouri Photo Gallery: The following photos were taken by Gil Azouri in China. These beautiful scenes of China are rich in color and natural wonder. [Click to see more photos] Waterfalls in Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan.
Read MoreA sandstorm in Beijing, from A Date With Forests blog, via sohu.com
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: “China’s fastest-rising currency isn’t the yuan. It’s the QQ coin — online play money created by marketers to sell such things as virtual flowers for instant-message buddies, cellphone ringtones and magical swords for online games. In recent weeks, the QQ coin’s real-world value has risen as much as 70%.
Read MoreFrom Asia Pacific News.Net: Only about 2.2 percent of women in China consider sex as the most valuable factor to make them happy, a recent survey has found. About 22.5 percent of the women surveyed prioritized love as the big happiness maker, because the word ‘sex’ was still considered as a taboo. Notably, the factor […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: The Bush administration, in a major escalation of trade pressure on China, said Friday that it would reverse more than 20 years of American policy and impose potentially steep tariffs on Chinese manufactured goods on the ground that China is illegally subsidizing some of its exports. The action, announced by […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: On March 22, even as Chinese President Hu Jintao was preparing to leave on a state visit to Russia, an unusual visitor arrived in Beijing. Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was embarking on a four-day official tour of China. Beijing lost no time signaling how […]
Read MoreFrom AP: Police have detained 10 people in charge of building a new subway line for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after one of the project’s tunnels collapsed, trapping six workers, state media said Friday. After more than two days of clearing debris, rescuers had yet to reach the workers who were trapped underground Wednesday morning […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Sina.com has opened a special minisite about a fan of pop star Andy Lau (ÂàòÂæ∑Âçé) whose father committed suicide. Below is a translation of Sina’s introduction to the affair: After crazed star chaser Yang Lijuan (Êù®‰∏Ω®ü) became obsessed with Andy Lau in 1994, her father bankrupted the family trying to help her realize […]
Read MoreFrom The Chicago Tribune, via RedOrbit: The Country’s Internet Community Expands, but the Boundaries of Where It Can Go Are Hazy at Best One week, one Web, two very different outcomes. An angry Chinese father posted his tale of a vacation gone wrong and triggered an Internet uproar that ended last week when the government […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: The standoff in central China’s Chongqing municipality is nothing new. Government-backed development projects have been eating up private homes across the country, creating a wave of resistance as millions of residents are uprooted, with many complaining of unfair compensation or forced removal. But since the National People’s Congress passed landmark […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: The Dalai Lama makes such public appearances once or twice a month. The aim is to provide everyone who comes from Tibet the opportunity to be able to see him. He seems cheerful and relaxed — and doesn’t give the impression of a man whose time is running out. But he also […]
Read MoreFrom The Guardian: A NEW study by foreign policy experts has said there can be no durable peace in the Sudanese region of Darfur unless major world powers take swift and effective measures to protect civilians and punish those responsible for committing crimes against humanity. Titled ‘The Answer to Darfur: How to Resolve the World’s […]
Read MoreThree Gorges Probe has compiled and translated news relating to China’s rivers from the recent NPC/CPPCC meetings: Cai Qihua, director of the Changjiang (Yangtze) Water Resources Commission and a delegate to the National People’s Congress, has called on the government to pay more attention to the safety of areas below the Three Gorges dam, and […]
Read MoreFrom ChinaDialogue: Scientists think there are around 320,000 different plant species on Earth – and China is home to around 10% of them. It is a treasure-house of biodiversity, yet it is growing and industrialising at breakneck speed. The pressure on China’s plant life is intense, as agriculture and industry demand ever more land. More […]
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