"My fourth visit to China in the last two years coincided with the celebrations on October 1, when China turned 60. A two-and-a-half-hour long, outdoor super-show was put up in Beijing. I watched this, together...
Top tennis player Roger Federer announced today that he decided to withdraw from the next 2 tournaments in Tokyo and Shanghai to rest. The next tournament he will attend is the $1.8 million event in his hometown Basel, Switzerland, on November 2nd. Federer announced his plan...
created by swu | 6 wks ago 84 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Kenneth Nwannunu, a College senior, died yesterday while on a Penn Study Abroad program in Shanghai, Matt Waller from the Vice Provoct for University Life has just confirmed.Investigators have not found out what...
"The authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai are starting a campaign to try to spot and correct badly phrased English on signs in public places.Chinglish, as the inaccurate use of the language is known, has...
I recently read this article about architect Ruan Yisan trying to save architectural heritage in China. Whenever I read something like this, either about someone trying to save an old building or demolishing of...
Dali had once said that “the only difference between me and a mad man is that I am not mad.” Well, his exhibition in Shanghai showing 350 works surely created a mania in the city and I am excited to have had...
The following report from China Wrap News will be essential reading for those wondering what is going on in the news re. China's iron ore imports and take-over bids, and the recent Rio Tinto ‘espionage’ investigation claims.EXCERPT: "...changing the face of domestic iron...
A duplicate of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch may soon be built on an island north of Shanghai as a group of businessmen have proposed to build a replica that would be the centerpiece of a sightseeing park that...
created by amyjudd | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 201 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
China will maintain its eight percent GDP growth.Expressing confidence of China's drive to lead in global economic revival,Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew stressed that China has the capacity to achieve its...
opinion by WisdomMountain | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 134 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Update 06/10/09 11:41 pm EST Mayor Nagin released from flu quarantine in China earlier today and is headed to Australia.Chinese authorities had quarantined Ray Nagin, mayor of New Orleans, and his wife after...
Make sure you do not travel with an abnormal body temperature, in particular, not to China. When we flew back to Shanghai yesterday June 6, My son and I witnessed the seriousness of the preventive measure for...
created by chezjin | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago 1037 views | 11 recommendations | 1 comment
I wanted to write about science for a long time, now I decide to do this after now on. Being a biophysicist and a bioengineer, I've been doing actual science research for my career. For the past years working with science, I came to realize the very equivalent importance of...
opinion by chezjin | 22 wks ago 37 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
As of March 27, YouTube was available again in China following a four-day layoff, reportedly over a video showing police brutality in Tibet that authorities insisted was fake. In recent years, China's web censors (colloquially known as the Great Firewall or the Net Nanny)...
created by breningstall | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 299 views | 32 recommendations | 5 comments
"Former Spansion CEO, concerned about fired employees, returns severance " Declaring "I am literally in tears" over the firing of 3,000 employees at computer chip maker Spansion, the company's former chief executive...
created by kuuva | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 342 views | 26 recommendations | 2 comments
This is very funny but serious story from China. Due to ecobnomic downturn a married Chinese tycoon who could no longer afford to support his five mistresses so he held a contest to decide which one to keep. But the event took an unexpected finish. "THE loser of a bizarre...