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 | China has 20 percent of the world’s population but only seven percent of the world’s freshwater resources. With the South-North water project water will rush to cities and leave rural residents high and dry. Water - Freshwater - World population - China - Environment (National Geographic, 2010-08-30 01:07:52) |
 | Grief and anger at the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a bus siege in Manila spilled over yesterday at a march where demonstrators condemned the Philippines authorities for bungling the rescue operation. (Independent, 2010-08-30 01:00:01) |
 | AT least 14 people were injured and more than 7,300 houses damaged in an earthquake that jolted Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in southwest China yesterday.
The earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, hit... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:59:14) |
| HAWAII is courting tourists from China's mainland with improved services and its World War II stories, after the number of Chinese travelers to the US state soaring in recent years.
The number of Chinese visitors... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:58:58) |
| TENS of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong yesterday in honor of eight local people killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, denouncing the Philippine police for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:58:29) |
 | China's Wen bluntly warned Japan that its companies operating in China should raise pay for their workers. (Wall Street Journal, 2010-08-30 00:32:59) |
 | While China owes its rapid growth to private business, it is often the state’s companies that are on the march, in part because of state-bank financing and stimulus spending. (New York Times, 2010-08-30 00:13:01) |
 | While China owes its rapid growth to private business, it is often the state’s companies that are on the march, in part because of state-bank financing and stimulus spending. (International Herald Tribune, 2010-08-30 00:13:01) |
| PREMIER Wen Jiabao told a visiting Japanese delegation yesterday that Japanese companies operating in China should address workers' unhappiness over low wages that he said led to labor disputes this year.
Wen's... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:12:02) |
| CHINA'S navy is to stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week.
The Beihai Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy will conduct exercises from Wednesday to Saturday in the sea off the... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:09:42) |
| THE early verdict on the revamped Shiliupu Dock is not good as people complained about poor services and facilities.
Although people said the dock looks beautiful upon its reopening on Saturday, they complained... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:09:21) |
| A YOUNG woman was sent to hospital by traffic police after she was found lying nearly unconscious inside her car on an elevated road in Jing'an District yesterday.
There were no apparent injuries and she was... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:09:09) |
| PUPILS at Changning district elementary schools have good reason to look forward to the start of the semester on Wednesday: they will not be given any homework.
The Changning District Education Bureau announced... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:08:28) |
| METRO passengers can be rerouted to buses as the Jing'an Temple transport hub becomes more integrated, traffic officials said.
Two bus routes are now based at the hub and two more will be added soon.
Hu Zhiyuan,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:06:58) |
| CITY police plan to continue their crackdown on prostitution by introducing undercover inspections at massage parlors and karaoke venues.
Police said they are now planning to train dedicated teams of police officers... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:06:34) |
| ENJOY the cooler weather for a couple of days, but be prepared for the mercury to rise again by the middle of the week, weathermen said yesterday.
But the respite from the heat will be accompanied by rain. Due... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:05:58) |
| WHEN Fudan University student Fang Tianhao started selling wearable fans he invented to other students, he never thought he would have to recall the products after only a week due to reports of short circuits.
Fang's... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:05:41) |
| SHANGHAI will open 94 new kindergartens on Wednesday to address a chronic shortage, especially in the suburbs.
The kindergartens will have space for an additional 30,000 children.
The 94 preschools include... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:05:16) |
| A TAOIST priest accused of fraud has resigned his positions as deputy of the country's top Taoist body and as an adviser to local government.
Li Yi, 41, head of two Taoist temples in Chongqing Municipality, has... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| POLICE in Yichun City of Heilongjiang Province have apologized for detaining four journalists reporting Tuesday's jet crash at the city's airport which left 42 people dead and 54 injured.
Three reporters and... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| PAVILIONS are now preparing to step up security measures, including extending the length of guardrails and restructuring waiting areas, to get ready for the anticipated increase in attendance for the World Expo's... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| FANG Zhouzi, a popular science writer known for exposing frauds in China, was reportedly attacked and injured in Beijing yesterday.
Fang told reporters... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| BEIJING is China's rapidly changing and endlessly exciting capital, a modern metropolis clinging on to the vestiges of a proud imperial past. Punishingly hot in the summer, numbingly cold in the winter, and often... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| A NETWORK of "surveillance" hospitals from each province and municipality has been set up by the Ministry of Health to monitor and research the so-called superbugs.
Research into multi-drug-resistant bacteria,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| JAZZ violinist George Washingmachine will bring his 20th century music to the Australian pavilion from September 8 to 13. His repertoire includes everything from the jazz of the roaring 1920s to 1970s soul and everything... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| SPANISH artists will demonstrate soap bubble art at the Pavilion of the Future from September 1 to 4.
The artists can create many different forms out of bubbles. The show is free at the lecture hall on the third... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-30 00:00:00) |
| Fans of the Beijing Opera Academy of China fear that it could fall victim to modernization as the economy surges, but the government is helping support the art form. (International Herald Tribune, 2010-08-29 23:44:49) |
| Fans of the Beijing Opera Academy of China fear that it could fall victim to modernization as the economy surges, but the government is helping support the art form. (New York Times, 2010-08-29 23:44:49) |
 | Movie tells the inspiring true-life story Chinese dancer Li Cunxin (Voice of America, 2010-08-29 22:51:49) |
 | (BEIJING) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday urged Japanese companies operating in China to raise workers' wages, after a series of strikes led to costly factory shutdowns, Japan's foreign ministry said. (Business Times, 2010-08-29 22:30:00) |
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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