http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375_1947252_1947256,00.html
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The Chinese Worker
In China they have a word for it. baoba means “protect eight,” the 8% annual economic growth rate that officials believe is critical to ensuring social stability. A year ago, many thought hitting such a figure in 2009 was a pipe dream. But China has done it, and this year [...]
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/china.pollution/index.html
Choking in China’s polluted city
By Emily Chang, CNN
December 16, 2009 — Updated 0207 GMT (1007 HKT)
Linfen, China (CNN) — On the road into Linfen, the cars seem to disappear into dense smog that clings to vanishing buildings.
The sun shines through a murky haze, if at all. The smells of industry are [...]
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/12/15/china.internet.crackdown.ft/index.html
(FT) — China has banned individuals from registering internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal websites in the toughest government censorship drive so far on the internet.
As of Monday, people applying to register a domain name in China must present a company chop and a business licence, [...]
Was on the Google and found a funny blog on this cool site: http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/china-expat-advice/why-do-foreigners-in-china-drink-so-much/#comment-15006
http://chineseculture.about.com/
You get what you pay for
Friday October 23, 2009
The Chinese saying is 一分钱一分货, “yi fen qian, yi fen huo” (pronounced ee fen chee-ahn, ee fen hoo-oh). This translates literally to one cent gives you one cent’s worth of merchandise. Makes sense, right?
There’s a whole industry of fake goods in China that lots of visitors to [...]
http://chineseculture.about.com/
The Human Flesh Search Engine phenomenon in China
Tuesday October 27, 2009
The renrou (“ren row”, 人肉) or human flesh search engine has been at it again. Today the Shanghai Daily reported that after angry netizens (wangmin or 网民) viewed a video posted of a girl beating up another girl at school, 300 of them descended on [...]
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/
The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean. Because silk comprised a large proportion of trade along this road, in 1877, it was named ‘the Silk Road’ by Ferdinand von Richthofen, an eminent German geographer.
Culture: The Silk Road is not only an ancient international trade route, but also [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7000931.stm
In the first of a series of pieces on China’s one-child policy, the BBC’s Michael Bristow looks at whether the country’s controversial regulations are working.
Some parents in China are happy with one child
China’s family planning policy has prevented 400 million births, officials say.
Since the regulations were introduced in 1978, China has kept its population in [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8383424.stm
Over 2,000 trafficked children have been rescued since China’s government began a crackdown on the trade in stolen children earlier this year.
But as the BBC’s Damian Grammaticas reports from Beijing, many thousands of children are being snatched off the streets to be sold every year and most are never recovered.
The footage from the CCTV [...]
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/china.plane.crash/index.html
Beijing, China (CNN) — Three American crew members died when a Zimbabwean cargo plane crashed early Saturday at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said.
The embassy said one of the injured crew members was also an American.
The crash happened at about 8:15 a.m. (7:15 p.m. ET Friday) during takeoff in Shanghai, according [...]
