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 | Senior Chinese leader Li Changchun called for the acceleration of reform and innovation in China's cultural system on Saturday.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, made the remarks at a working conference on the cultural reform.
Li urged that the building of the country's public cultural service system be promoted and to speed the development of the cultural industry.
Efforts should be made to build a vibrant,... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:36:11) |
| &$&$File picture shows the restored appearance of the ceratopsid dinosaur whose fossil was found in Zhucheng, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)
Chinese scientists have identified a new genus of dinosaur in a mountainous city of the eastern Shandong Province, a type of ceratops never found before, experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Saturday.
... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:28:11) |
| China took the lead in international relief efforts in Pakistan's worst flood-hit province of Sindh, the head of a Chinese international rescue and relief team said Saturday.
Huang Jianfa told Xinhua that the 55-member Chinese team, which arrived in the southern city of Thatta on Friday night, would do their best to provide medical help for those affected by Pakistan's worst floods in decades.
Huang said Thatta, about 100 km northeast of the provincial capital of Karachi, was o ... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 10:22:04) |
 | In August, China’s biggest job-search site released a survey of 200,000 Chinese college students, ranking their -preferences for employment. Only three non-Chinese multinational corporations made the list of the top 50: Google, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble, all in the top 10. That’s a steep decline from the 21 foreign firms that made the list last year. (Newsweek, 2010-08-29 10:00:00) |
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&$Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (7th L, front) and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (6th L, front) pose for a group photo with attendees during the third China-Japan high-level economic dialogue in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 28, 2010. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) &$&$
China and Japan pledged on Saturday to enhance dialogue and exchanges on climate change, energy conservation and environmental protection. ... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:58:56) |
| China's restrictions on rare earth industry will assist in protecting the environment, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Saturday.
"Mass-extraction of rare earth will cause great damage to the environment, that's why China has tightened controls over rare earth production, exploration and trade, " Chen told media during the third China-Japan high-level economic dialogue.
He said what China had done was also consistent with the rules of the World Trade Organization.
China is... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:56:30) |
| Xie Yun, a 24-year-old new graduate, felt excited when he opened the door of the 50-square-meter apartment he rented in Changzhou city of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Starting work in a computer company in July, Xie is one of the lucky few who enjoyed lower rents offered as part of the local government's affordable housing program. He pays 4.5 yuan per square meter for one month, around 10 percent of his monthly income.
Also, the apartment is equipped with an air conditioner, ... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:55:01) |
| Chinese legislators on Saturday passed the People's Mediation Law on the final day of the bimonthly meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature.
The law establishes the people's mediation committee as the legal organization to resolve everyday disputes, and sets down the procedure for formation of such an organization within community committees.
The law stipulates that governments at county levels and above shall provide financial... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:52:47) |
| &$&$Jia Qinglin (R, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), who is also a memeber of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with the actors and actresses after watching the Peking opera named "Female Warriors of the Yang Family" in Beijing, capital o ... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:50:43) |
| &$&$Jia Qinglin (8th L, 2nd row), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), who is also a memeber of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, poses for a group photo with the actors and actresses after watching the Peking opera named "Female Warriors of the Yang Family" in Beijin ... (People's Daily, 2010-08-29 09:50:41) |
| &$&$Jia Qinglin (L, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), who is also a memeber of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, watches the Peking opera named "Female Warriors of the Yang Family" in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 28, 2010. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
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 | CHINA and Japan pledged yesterday to enhance dialogue and exchanges on climate change, energy conservation and environmental protection.
The two countries, meeting in Beijing, agreed to make a combined effort to... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 08:09:47) |
 | Japan called Saturday for "transparent policies" governing workers in China, saying labor disputes that halted operations at dozens of factories this year were troubling to… (Japan Today, 2010-08-29 07:33:00) |
 | Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday Japanese companies operating in China should increase wages for Chinese workers in the wake of a series of strikes, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. ''Relatively low wages are behind labor disputes involving some foreign companies (operating in China). We would like (the Japanese government) to deal with this issue,'' Wen was quoted as telling six Japanese Cabinet ministers and other senior officials during a meeting in Beijing. (Kyodo News, 2010-08-29 07:10:05) |
| Goldman Sachs & Co, reviled in the U.S. for its role in the financial crisis, is now getting hammered in the world's No. 2 economy… (Japan Today, 2010-08-29 05:06:00) |
| Japan and China were at odds Saturday over ways to restart the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programs, with Tokyo showing a cautious stance… (Japan Today, 2010-08-29 04:26:00) |
| CHINESE scientists have identified a new genus of dinosaur in a mountainous city in Shandong Province, a type of ceratops never found before, experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said yesterday.
Fossils... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:11:51) |
| NINE people died and nine others were hurt when fire broke out at a real estate project office in Shenyang in Liaoning Province yesterday.
The blaze started at the sales office of Wanda Plaza in Tiexi District,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:10:16) |
| EXPO organizers are to stop selling standard-day and multi-day tickets from Wednesday to control visitor numbers over the event's final two months.
More than 520,000 visitors crowded the Expo site yesterday,... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:08:25) |
| POLICE disarmed a man threatening to kill himself with a knife at a noodle restaurant near Shanghai Railway Station yesterday.
After a two-hour stand-off, they tackled the man, who was later sent to hospital.... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:07:45) |
| CHINESE schools are making last-minute preparations in and around campuses to ensure students' safety before the new school year begins.
At a primary school in Qingchuan County in Sichuan Province, more than 20... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:07:11) |
| A COURT in southwest China's Yunnan Province has upheld the death penalty for three out of four gang leaders who appealed against a lower court's ruling last year.
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:06:52) |
| STUDENTS from nine of the country's most renowned musical schools took part in a piano competition organized by the Austria Pavilion at the World Expo site yesterday.
But the competition was unlike most other... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 01:06:35) |
 | The prime minister has revealed leadership concerns that the demands of the economy may require a new political model What to make of comments by the Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, during a recent visit to Shenzhen when he called – remarkably for such a senior official – for "political reform" and a loosening of the "excessive political control" of the Communist party itself? There's the symbolism of his visit to Shenzhen, the same place where Deng Xioaping triggered the country's... (Guardian Unlimited, 2010-08-29 01:06:24) |
| A Conradian river journey in search of a kidnap victim uncovers the human cost of the oil industry in the Niger delta The brutal mechanics of our lust for oil, as Hollywood thrillers from The Pelican Brief to Syriana prove, lend themselves to tales of heroic underdogs unmasking the machinations of big petrobusiness. Helon Habila's new novel turns these certainties on their head. Oil on Water follows two journalists – keen, young Rufus and ageing, cynical Zaq – as they pursue the kidnapped... (Guardian Unlimited, 2010-08-29 01:05:46) |
| CHINA is filled with brilliant and successful women in many fields and their ranks are increasing as they gain confidence and make contributions to society.
Shanghai Daily interviewed four of them, selected by... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 00:00:00) |
| I simply adore Chinese food and eat it all the time. Frequently, I also enjoy fine Western cuisine. But when I want something totally different, my first choice is Indian cooking for its special techniques and exotic... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 00:00:00) |
| PORCELAIN has been and always will be synonymous with China. It was somewhere around the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) that true white porcelain clay came into use in northern China.
For centuries, Chinese made the... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 00:00:00) |
| SCREENS are key elements in traditional Chinese interior design and decoration - they were often works of art in themselves and signs of their owners' taste and wealth.
Screens were used for privacy, partitioning... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 00:00:00) |
| VISITORS to the Expo between September 1 and 10, excluding the weekend, have the chance to win a 3,000 yuan (US$441) ticket voucher from China Eastern Airlines, an official global partner of the Expo.
Visitors... (Shanghai Daily, 2010-08-29 00:00:00) |
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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