Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
The Year of the Dragon in China
Celebrating New Year of the Dragon in China! (via http://mgedwards.com)My wife Jing, son, and I spent the 2012 Chinese New Year with Jing’s family in Shanghai, China. It was a special New Year’s for us, not only because it ushered in the auspicious Year of the Dragon but also because it marked a first for our family…
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Education Reform Begins in China
A talk with Yuk-shan Wong on China's education reform, Chinese Dream (via GlobalPost)Editor's note: The author, Zhenyu Li, is a contributing columnist for some of the world's premier publications and editor-in-chief of the business channel at the People's Daily Online, a publication of China's Communist Party. BEIJING, China — Education…
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
China's growing military prowess
China shows off new aircraft carrier to US defence chief (via AFP)China will show off its new aircraft carrier to US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday, allowing the Pentagon chief a first-hand look at a symbol of the country's growing military prowess. Hagel will kick off a three-day tour of China with a visit…
Saturday, March 8, 2014
How much Chinese Censorship for LinkedIn?
LinkedIn launches China version despite censorship fears (via AFP)Business networking site LinkedIn has launched a Chinese version, attempting to tap the huge market while navigating a strict censorship regime that has seen other foreign social media giants banned. China has the world's largest online community with…
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
China woos Taiwan
China woos Taiwan with offshore 'common homeland' (via AFP)A few kilometres off the Chinese coast, Beijing has appointed a Taiwanese citizen as deputy chief of an experimental "common homeland" that is an unusually forward overture to Taipei. Pingtan island is physically China's closest spot to Taiwan, and…
Monday, February 17, 2014
Nixon Goes to China
Labour and the state: Nixon goes to China? (via The Economist)WESTMINSTER types are all abuzz about Ed Miliband's lecture on public-sector reform. They are odd like that. Still, it was an important intervention. In his comments this evening, delivered in memory of the Guardian journalist Hugo Young, the Labour…
Friday, February 7, 2014
China woos Taiwan
China woos Taiwan with offshore 'common homeland' (via AFP)A few kilometres off the Chinese coast, Beijing has appointed a Taiwanese citizen as deputy chief of an experimental "common homeland" that is an unusually forward overture to Taipei. Pingtan island is physically China's closest spot to Taiwan, and…
Monday, February 3, 2014
The Lunar New Year in China
Money and pride keep families apart at China New Year (via AFP)As millions join the world's largest annual human migration, some in China will not return home for the Lunar New Year, fearing the rising costs of seasonal gifts and ridicule from their families. Nanny and cleaner Tian earns 3,500 yuan ($580) a month…
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Chinese ivory smuggler gets record sentence
A court in Kenya in January applied a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler.
Tang Yong Jian, 40, was ordered to pay 20 million shillings (170,500 euros, 233,000 dollars) or else go to jail for seven years.
Tang Yong Jian, 40, was ordered to pay 20 million shillings (170,500 euros, 233,000 dollars) or else go to jail for seven years.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Fishing the South China Sea
China defends South China Sea fishing rule (via AFP)Beijing on Friday rejected US criticism of a measure requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, which it claims almost in its entirety. The rule -- which comes as tensions have escalated over overlapping…
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
China: Facing the Historical Truth
Facing the Truth in China (via Moyers & Company)Gail Pellett is a Bill Moyers veteran, a producer, director and co-writer who over 13 years worked on a variety of projects with Bill, including including Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction, On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying, God & Politics and The…
Monday, January 20, 2014
Manufacture Shangri La
China attempts to manufacture 'Shangri-La' (via GlobalPost)UPDATE, Jan. 13, 2014: Over the weekend, a fire erupted in the “old town” of Shangri La, China, destroying hundreds of wooden shops and homes in a majority Tibetan area. GlobalPost visited this town last year for a series of stories about the ways…
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
China wants brutal labour camps to be more humane
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Monday, January 13, 2014
China Conducts First Test of New Ultra-High Speed Missile
“We routinely monitor foreign defense activities and we are aware of this test,” said US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Jeffrey Pool.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
China lifts a 14 year ban on foreign games consoles
Suspension of the game console ban will allow games companies to enter the country's $14bn market
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Meat pumped with pond water in south China
(Reuters) - China has held seven people in southern Guangdong province for injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to swell its weight and raise its price, state television reported in the latest food scandal to hit the world's second largest economy.
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Chinese ship in Antarctica rescue stuck in ice
(CNN) -- The Chinese icebreaker that sent out a
helicopter on Thursday to airlift dozens of passengers from a ship stuck
in the Antarctic ice is now beset by ice and unable to move, according
to Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA).
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Friday, January 3, 2014
China Wal-Mart recalls donkey meat because of contamination
Donkey meat is a dining delicacy in northern China. Fox is not.
Wal-Mart has just recalled donkey meat products from some of its stores in China because tests show that the meat is contaminated with fox meat.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis
China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis (via PR Newswire)LONDON, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: China Telecom Industry IT Solution 2013-2017 Forecast and Analysis This IDC study presents our in-depth analysis of the development of the telecom industry…
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