Chinese Site Lists Missing Children, Cracking Down on Abductions
Chinese authorities are using a Net site to try to re-unite families with their missing children. The trafficking of children and women in the PRC is a widespread practise due to old cultural mores. " The Babies Looking for Home website is part of a nationwide...
created by Barbara McPherson | 5 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago
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China Marks 60th Anniversary of Modern Republic
October First will mark the 60th anniversary of the modern People's Republic of China(PRC). The preparations for celebrating the achievement of 60 years of Communist rule in China are elaborate. Premier Wen...
created by Barbara McPherson | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago
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China Warns Taiwan Over Uighur Film
Taiwan has managed to tweak China's symbolic nose over the screening of an Uyghur film and has received a warning that it might stir up trouble for relations between the two countries. While most of the world...
created by Barbara McPherson | 10 wks ago | updated 10 wks ago
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China Investigates Kang Rixin, Nuclear Power Chief
China is investigating Kang Rixin, president and party secretary of the China National Nuclear Corporation(CNNC) for "grave violations of discipline".China is spending the equivalent of billions of dollars to...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tiananmen Pro-Democratic Movement
This year in commemorating 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Students' Democracy Movement, Tibetans in many part of the world joined to show their solidarity with the Chinese people who are seeking justice and freedom. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and...
We are with you, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar for the last couple of decades was blended with trauma under the bloody realm of Military Juntas which makes headline every other day. Rangoon, despite being a member of United Nations plainly nullifies the international principles on human rights and carries out...
Freedom House Condemns Pakistan, China for Uighur Extraditions
The ethnically distinct Uighurs of China face an uncertain future. Recently Pakistan extradited Uighur exiles to China in violation of international agreements. "China increased its repression of...
Project Runway Canada Season 2 Episode 4 (SO2EO4) Review
Episode 4 of Project Runway Canada, "Re-Fashioning the Houses," aired last night and brought the second group challenge, as designers had to group in threes and design three couture outfits based on an iconic...
Danio Frangella of Project Runway Canada Dies of Cancer at 34
Project Runway Canada contender Danio Frangella passed away on February 10, 2009. Danio had had a long battle with Leukemia and made the decision to bow out of the competition on the first episode of season 2...
created by Terri Potratz | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago
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Project Runway Canada Season 2 Episode 3 (S02E03) Review
Episode 3 of Project Runway Canada, "Colour me Right," aired last night and brought the first group challenge, as designers had to pair up and design two outfits inspired by the L'Oreal Spring 2009 makeup line.... 1121 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Project Runway Canada Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) Review
Episode 2 of Project Runway Canada, "Claim to Fame," welcomed Canadian actress Elisha Cuthbert as a celebrity muse for the designers. Season 2 has introduced Canada to 14 new faces, some of which we will... 868 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Project Runway Canada Premiere and Interview with Kim Cathers
The second season of Project Runway Canada, the successful spin-off of the popular US reality TV show Project Runway, premieres tonight on Global TV. Fourteen fashion designers will compete for a top prize of...
created by Terri Potratz | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Project Runway Canada: Interview with Christie Clayton
The second season of Project Runway Canada, the successful spin-off of the popular US reality TV show Project Runway, premieres tonight on Global TV. Fourteen fashion designers will compete for a top prize...
created by Terri Potratz | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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Steven Pinker: It's hard to see how China will ever compete with the West
In the latest issue of Edge the well-known Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker questions the popular assertion that "China will be the next scientific and economic power." What prompted Pinker to question that...
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