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 | A TV anchorwoman and political advisor has been criticized for saying she has never voted against any proposal at the annual legislature meeting.
Ni Ping, a celebrity delegate to the annual Chinese People's Political... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 18:32:23) |
| A proposal to prolong the holidays for Spring Festival and May 1 Labor Day during the annual legislature has won approval in an online survey.
Congress delegate Ma Yuanzhu, the president of a Sichuan tourism company,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 18:31:07) |
| TWO jet pilots have been selected as China's first female astronauts, and one may join their male peers on a space mission by 2012.
They were selected after training since last May, General Zhang Jianqi, former... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 18:29:46) |
| THE family of a prisoner who died in custody in Yunnan Province has questioned the cause of death, said to be a sudden stroke.
Liu Chonglin, 47, was sent to hospital with acute cerebral bleeding and certified dead... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 18:17:10) |
 | Zhang Shiping, committee member of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), recently released a special survey of the income of workers, partly based upon analysis of the annual reports of listed enterprises. Statistics show that the average income of senior executives is nearly 18 times as much as the income of grassroots workers in 208 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and 20 percent of workers have not enjoyed a pay increase for 5 whole years.
Zhang said that the ACFTU had... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 17:35:47) |
| POLICE in northwest China are offering a reward of 100,000 yuan (US$14,600) in the hunt for a vegetable wholesaler who shot dead a policeman called to settle a domestic dispute.
Police have set up checkpoints at... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 17:27:17) |
| Over-supply of labor in China's vast rural areas will continue now and for years to come, as China's migrant workers numbered about 230 million in 2009, Vice Minister of Agriculture Wei Chao'an said in Beijing Wednesday.
Wei told a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, that he saw contradictions between current reports about "labor shortage" in coastal cities and massive underemployment in rural areas.
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&$The fourth plenary meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2010. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)&$&$
A Chinese political advisor said Wednesday the government should communicate more with Internet users and make better use of the online platform to promote ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 16:45:34) |
| CHINA will release the development of its emission cutting action every two years, Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said today.
Xie, one of China's leading negotiators... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 16:40:37) |
| The "new generation migrant workers" have become an inseparable part of urban cities. 89.3 percent of urban youngsters agree that a city would not operate efficiently without migrant workers, and those who disagree occupy only 6.4 percent, according to an online survey conducted by the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily as of 7 pm March 9.
The term "new generation migrant worker" was coined in the 2010 Central Document No.1, and immediately aroused the interest of the media. "As I... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 16:39:31) |
| MOIVE fans must say goodbye to 3D sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" next Monday as local cinemas will remove it from screens, the Oriental Morning Post reported today.
Fans can still enjoy the IMAX version of "Avatar"... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 16:35:41) |
| JAPANESE companies will build the world's most comfortable and cleanest toilets in the Japan Pavilion for World Expo 2010.
People will feel as happy and relaxed in the toilets as they would in a comfortable living... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 16:21:35) |
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Breaking things to vent frustration is a normal phenomenon when people get upset, but usually such behavior would be stopped by others.
Recently, a Shenyang shopping mall opened a special store for people to break all kinds of things to relieve pressure and bad mood for a minute. But beware! It's for women only!
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| Hu Xiaoyan, one of China's first three national legislators who represent the country's millions of migrant workers, has had her official residency status transferred from her rural hometown in Sichuan to the city she now works in Guangdong.
To become an urban citizen, Hu had to surrender her farm plot back in her hometown.
For this reason many migrant workers who have the opportunity to change their residency status, or hukou, to become urban citizens have second thoughts. They do not... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 15:55:04) |
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&$The portrait of Sun Shanwu (the ex-CPPCC Vice Chairman of Henan Province, bribery crime, stay of execution). Photo by HuaShang Newspaper.&$&$
It has been an entire year since Zhang Bingjin, a Chinese artist finished his studies in the U.S. and came back. Since then he started to draw portraits of Chinese corrupt officers. All the pictures have the same background color of 'Renminbi red' as well as a red seal. ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 15:53:32) |
| The United States, as the world's largest developed nation, should exert more efforts to tackle climate change, Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said Beijing Wednesday.
Xie, one of China's leading negotiators for climate change talks, made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.
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&$A press conference on the development of China's agriculture and rural economy is held on the sidelines of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)&$&$
China's Vice Agriculture Minister Wei Chao'an said in Beijing Wednesday that his ministry had never approved the import of any genetically modified seeds for commercial plantation ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 15:48:59) |
| AT least eight people are dead and about 44 are missing after landslide buried more than 10 homes in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, local authorities said today.
The landslide in Shaanxi occurred at 1:30... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 15:13:20) |
| A tea party was held to celebrate the 19th anniversary of Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taipei, March 9. SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kung and Koo Yen Cho-yun, the widow of former SEF Chairman Koo Chen-fu, joined the celebration.
In his speech, Chiang pointed out that the cross-Straits trade volume has developed from 8 billion U.S. dollars in 1991 when SEF was established to 100 billion U.S. dollars in 2008. There have been four rounds of consultations and 12 agreements have been signed... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 14:59:18) |
| Private new-energy vehicle buyers will be entitled to subsidies, said both the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) March 8 during the "2 Sessions."
Zhang Shaochun, vice minister of the MOF, said that the specific amount of the subsidy is still under consideration. Li Yizhong, minister of the MIIT, disclosed that a low subsidy will serve no use, so the subsidy for per new-energy vehicle is likely to amount to thousands of yuan. In regards... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 14:34:34) |
| SHANGHAI will build a fifth runway for the Pudong International Airport on land it will reclaim from the sea.
The new runway will be open by 2014 when China's large jumbo is due to take its maiden flight, today's... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 14:24:42) |
| A VEGETABLE seller has been charged with transporting fake notes with a face value of 600,000 yuan (US$87,895).
Minhang District People's Procuratorate Office said Lu Shanqing, 34, should be charged with a criminal... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-03-10 14:24:11) |
| Tibetan antelope along with other wild animals in the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve are now pregnant. The patrol team members of the Management Bureau of Wild Animal Protection in the reserve were in high spirits over the pregnancy of the Tibetan antelope, Tibetan wild donkeys, wild yaks, Tibetan gazelles and other female animals, which are all in good condition. Wild animal numbers will continue to recover in 2010.
The reserve's 2010 winter "Operation Hurricane" launched January 1 successfully... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 14:14:48) |
| Chairman Liu Mingkang of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) recently held an exclusive interview with Xinhua news agency, talking about hot issues in the banking sector this year.
Q: 2009 is the most difficult year for China's economy in the new century, and 2010 is seen as the most complex and uncertain year, what initiatives are the CBRC considering in 2010?
A: In 2009, China's banking sector's performance was very good, new yuan loans amounted to 9.59 trillion yuan, almost... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 13:41:06) |
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&$A 93-year-old woman does the splits at her house in Changzhi, a city in Shanxi province, on March 9. She stays healthy by exercising regularly every morning. [Photo/CFP]&$&$
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| At least three people are dead and about 20 are missing after a landslide buried more than 10 homes in northwest China's Shaanxi Province Wednesday, local authority said.
The landslide occurred at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in Zizhou county of Yulin city.
As of 10:40 a.m., a total of 20 buried villagers were rescued. Ten injured were rushed to hospital, and three died there.
Rescue efforts are continuing.
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| A cover-all monitoring and testing network has been established to ensure all the cowpeas shipped to the inland from south China's island province of Hainan are safe, a senior agricultural official said Wednesday after a pesticide scandal triggered worries.
All the cowpea wholesalers are now put under the monitoring network to ensure no unchecked or tainted cowpeas are sold to the inland, said Vice Agriculture Minister Wei Chaoan.
The government's measures to improve food safety have... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 13:12:15) |
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&$Villagers drive mule down the mountain to fetch water in Huize County of Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 7, 2010. (Xinhua/Qin Qing)&$&$
A severe drought in southwest China, which local people say is the worst in a century, is forecast to linger and extend till the start of the rainy season in May, according to two provincial meteorological stations.
The meteorological stations in Y ... (People's Daily, 2010-03-10 13:10:57) |
 | Hong Kong raised its travel warning alert for Thailand on Wednesday as antigovernment protests are being planned in the capital city Bangkok. The Thai government decided Tuesday to impose the Internal Security Act in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from March 11 to 23 to maintain order in the country during antigovernment demonstrations by supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that are expected to begin Friday. (Kyodo News, 2010-03-10 13:08:54) |
| Dozens of Tibetan monks and nuns clashed with police Wednesday afternoon around the Chinese visa office premises in central Kathmandu. The protesters, who were wearing Free-Tibet T-shirts and chanting anti-China slogans, tried to storm the office while police used force to stop them. (Kyodo News, 2010-03-10 13:08:54) |
Think Again: Asia\'s Rise (FOREIGN POLICY) Don\'t believe the hype about the decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian age. It will be many decades before China, India, and the rest of the region take over the world, if they ever do.
Is China Really an \'East Asian success story\'? (Policy ) State-controlled investment in China provides poor financial returns, explains John Lee
Chinese chukkas (BBC NEWS) How polo enthrals Shanghai's moneyed class
Business › Many Chinese seek Japanese celebrity names as trademarks for business (Japan Today) The names of Japanese celebrities, such as pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, have been registered as trademarks in China by businesspeople trying to take advantage of…
China's Dictators at Work: The Secret Story (The New York Review of Books) “If the Mafia boss thinks you might betray him, he will just kill you or throw you into prison.” That is not how the government of China should behave...
We're Not Selfish, They Are (Daai Tou Laam Diary) We're willing to pour billions and billions of our and their dollars in overruns to build transit links to ensure our commutes from pricey south island is fast and efficient. We've even cut the taxi fares for our weekend trips out to Sai Kung to eat seafood or travel home to Sai Kung/Clearwater Bay after those late nights in Lan Kwai Fong/Wan Chai. We've raised their transit fees twice in the last three years and dragged our feet since the last Central reclamation on spending...
Desertification worsening in Tibet: Report (Phayul) Desertification is worsening in Tibet, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. According to the report, authorities in Tibet aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and
Experts Say Chinese Filter Would Make PCs Vulnerable to Intrusion (New York Times) The program would let outsiders monitor a computer’s Internet activity, steal personal data or plant viruses, according to those who have examined it.
The Day China's Heart Froze (newmatilda.com) Twenty years ago today, thousands were being killed in the streets around Tiananmen Square. Dan Edwards in Beijing speaks to survivors about a wound that hasn't healed
Founding fathers (BBC NEWS) The French town with an unlikely Chinese past
China: A Threat to or Threatened by Democracy? (Dissent Magazine) How can one know whether China will or will not democratize? In general, as Karl Popper showed in The Poverty of Historicism, political futures in even the middle distance are unknowable because of the inherently uncertain and contingent dynamics of politics. Therefore, an analyst should focus on the multiple factors that make different futures more or less likely.
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