80 people are still missing and feared buried in a landslide in the remote area of Wulong County in the Chongqing municipality of China. A mountain collapsed onto an iron ore mine and six houses in the area. The workers, residents and even passers by could be trapped. Seven...
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China and Taiwan split in 1949 after a civil war, but Beijing still considers the self-ruled island to be part of its territory awaiting reunification. Taiwan is very close to USA and american army...
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After baby milk food scandal China's products have been under intense scrutiny all over the world. High levels of industrial toxins were found last year in exports ranging from toothpaste to toys. The milk scandal has resulted in recalls and the blocking of Chinese...
For Western viewers, one of the amazing things about this story is Zhang's attack on the west and its people while praising North Korea. Zhang launched ample criticisms of performers he worked with on a Chinese...
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Remember watching Star Trek and thinking to yourself, "Dang, those Romulans have it all, with their invisible ships, pointy eyebrows, and astonishingly triangular hairlines?"It looks like we humans are one step...
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"Michael Phelps may rule the American sports universe for these Olympics, but in China, ask local fans who they're supporting and you'll start hearing names like Lin Dan (badminton), Zhang Yining (table tennis)...
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The Opening day of Olympic games in China will witness mass marriages as well. Thousands of young Chinese have chosen the auspicious day to get married on the eight of the August. Highly superstitious Chinese consider eight as one of the most lucy...
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A number of Beijing hotels are cutting down their room rates by 20-50% for the Olympic period. Originally, hotel owners were hoping to capitalize on the Olympics buzz by hiking up their room rates. Now, they are...
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The ten-day survey and charity visit to Vietnam by Miss World 2007 Zhang Zi Lin and Miss World Organisation Chairwoman Julia Morley is said to be the first bricks to build the foundation for Miss World 2010...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008China denied politicizing the Beijing Olympics although the International Olympic Committe accused that it had injected politics into the Games. The IOC had sent a letter this week to the...
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" JIXI, Anhui Province -- Postman Zhang Yudong completed his 56-m run as a torchbearer in Jixi county, the fourth leg in Anuhui province, on Friday. But most people did not know him.Zhang said he understood...
China: Rising demand for meat due to more wealth in the hands of Chinese spell trouble for world Food Prices. China emerging as fastest growing economy means that aveage chinese has more in his pocket for meat. The vegetable ingrediants pices added with the meat also go up...
Beichuan, the most seriously damaged town in the Sichuan earthquake, will become a museum and memorial to the now 55,000 people that were killed in the disaster. The death toll is still rising however."The local...
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Amazing considering the ongoing earthquake damage to modern irrigation systems in China. When it ain't broke..."From the hillside platform, the workings of the ingenious irrigation project that is now a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site are clearly visible.Built from 256 BC,...
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" Microsoft will spend US$280 million on a Beijing research and development center and double its full-time R&D staff in China to 3,000 over the next few years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Microsoft China's chairman, Zhang Ya-Qin, said during the center's...