Wed, Jan 07 2009
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09:43 am
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A new trap I frist time heard. »
Trip Advisor Exactly. At such spots I always walk around the next corner to get my cab there. Flagging down from... |
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09:43 am
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from Shezhen to Hong Kong »
Trip Advisor Ill be in Shezhen in a few days and then want to go from there to Hong Kong. What is the best (and... |
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09:15 am
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Economic slowdown leads uni graduates to seek work as maids »
Shanghai Daily UNIVERSITY graduates have begun to compete for jobs as domestic helpers due to the economic slowdown.
More than 2,000 university graduates, including 28 masters' degree holders, applied for domestic helper jobs... |
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09:15 am
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Taiwan Superior Court rejects Chen's appeal against jail »
Shanghai Daily TAIWAN'S Superior Court today rejected former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's appeal to the Taipei District Court, which had ruled that he must remain in jail.
Under Taiwan's criminal law, Chen can't appeal... |
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09:14 am
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100 quake victims invited to Philippines »
Shanghai Daily PHILIPPINES President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has invited 100 children from areas hit by the Sichuan earthquake to visit the country next week, China News Service reported on its Website.
The children will fly... |
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09:14 am
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Shenzhen zoo investigated over panda tricks »
Shanghai Daily PANDA keepers in a Shenzhen zoo were being investigated by the zoo authority for allegedly making money by forcing an old panda to pose for photos with visitors.
Safari Park Shenzhen said they would be punished... |
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09:36 am
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China's anti-smut Internet crackdown takes its first victims »
RConversation I just heard from a Chinese friend who works in the web industry. He says the anti-smut crackdown announced on Monday has already taken three victims at the Guangzhou-based web portal, Wangyi. He says that this morning， "high ranking officials"... |
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09:10 am
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Net tightens around China's richest man as wife is detained »
Times Online The net is tightening around China’s richest man with the detention of his
wife amid a police investigation into possible financial offences by the
businessman who founded the country’s biggest appliance chain. |
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08:55 am
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In Pics: Snow and ice fest in China »
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08:49 am
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Chengdu Logistics Report »
All Roads Just before the holidays Jones Lange LaSalle released their most recent report, Post-earthquake Chengdu Logistics Infrastructure Facilities Report.
Leaving little room for guesses with the title, the report is heavily focused on warehousing conditions... |
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08:31 am
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Bank of America in Chinese sale »
BBC News Bank of America is to sell a stake in China Construction Bank, in an move that could raise $3bn, the Chinese bank says. |
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08:26 am
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China investigates baby's death »
BBC News Chinese officials investigate the death of a baby boy soon after he was fed baby milk powder. |
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08:20 am
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China's mobile phone users receive more than 10 spam text messages per week »
People's Daily In 2008, China's mobile phone users received an average of 10.35 spam text messages per week, a decrease of 2.09 messages, or 16.8%, from 2007, as statistics released on January 6 by the 12321 complaint handling centre of the Ministry of Industry and... |
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08:20 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (2) »
People's Daily &$
&$UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, attends the meeting on Gaza crisis held by the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:20 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (3) »
People's Daily &$
&$United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:19 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (4) »
People's Daily &$
&$Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, attends the meeting on Gaza crisis held by the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:19 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (5) »
People's Daily &$
&$United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) meets with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, to discuss the crisis in Gaza at the United Nations in New York, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:19 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (6) »
People's Daily &$
&$United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009. (Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:18 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (7) »
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&$Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:18 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (8) »
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&$United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:18 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (9) »
People's Daily &$
&$Mahmoud Abbas (front, R), president of the Palestinian Authority, and David Miliband (front, L), British secretary of state, attend the meeting on Gaza crisis held by Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6,... |
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08:17 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza (10) »
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&$Israel's UN Ambassador Gabriella Shalev addresses the Security Council during the meeting on Gaza crisis at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 6, 2009.(Xinhua/Hou Jun)&$&$&$
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08:17 am
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China moves to prevent bird flu outbreak after teenager dies »
People's Daily Chinese agriculture officials have issued an alert against bird flu after a 19-year-old woman died of the disease in Beijing.
Workers disinfected the Yanjiaoxinggong market in Langfang, Hebei Province neighboring Beijing, on Wednesday morning. The... |
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08:17 am
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Seven die in north China bus crash »
People's Daily Seven people have been killed and 14 others injured when a bus crashed off the road in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local officials said Wednesday.
The accident happened at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday when a bus with 42 people aboard... |
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08:16 am
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China's fishing boats warned to keep away from dangerous waters »
People's Daily The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture recently issued a notice requiring local fisheries administrations to notify fishing boats that they should not enter waters of Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania for fishing operations. They should remain as far away as... |
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08:16 am
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China offers Comoros $1.4 mln in budgetary support »
People's Daily China has offered the Union of Comoros 1.4 million U.S. dollars in budgetary support to the efforts by the heavily-indebted Indian Ocean islands to overcome consequences of a coup foiled last year.
According to information monitored here, Comoros'... |
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08:15 am
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September 14 will be China's Netizen Day »
People's Daily Activities at the first Chinese Netizens Cultural Festival began in Beijing on January 6. The date for Netizen Day and its logo, both decided by netizens through voting, were announced. September 14 was ultimately chosen as Netizen Day.
On September... |
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08:15 am
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Taiwan Superior Court rejects Chen Shui-bian's appeal against jail »
People's Daily Taiwan's Superior Court on Wednesday rejected former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's appeal to the Taipei District Court, which had ruled that he must remain in jail.
Under Taiwan's criminal law, Chen can't appeal further, a legal expert in Taiwan... |
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08:06 am
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Woman dies of bird flu in China »
CNN A 19-year-old woman who handled ducks in northern China has died in Beijing from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. |
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08:05 am
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Reports: China begins anti-pirate patrols »
CNN Two Chinese destroyers and a supply ship were patrolling the waters in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on Wednesday, according to news reports, and at least 15 vessels have requested their protection. |
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07:01 am
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2009: The Year of Meetings »
Biz Cult Meetings are great, especially in China.
Drink some disgusting alcohol, eat some disgusting food, and meet a few more times before you close the deal.
Back in the West, meetings aren’t much better. I once had to attend mandatory office meetings to wat... |
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07:12 am
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China, US commemorate 30 years of Sino-US ties »
Channel NewsAsia BEIJING: The US Deputy Secretary of State kicked off a visit to China Wednesday to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations and give the Bush administration's farewell to the Chinese leadership. |
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07:10 am
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Suspected bird flu patient in Beijing dies »
Shanghai Daily A suspected bird flu patient in Beijing has died, local health bureau said today.
The woman named Huang Yanqing died at 7:20am yesterday. Her age is not known yet.
Huang, a native of east China's Fujian Province,... |
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07:10 am
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Chinese navy starts patrol in Somalia hijack zone »
Shanghai Daily CHINESE navy ships have officially started patrolling the hijack-infested waters off Somalia after arriving in the area early today.
The fleet with two destroyers, Haikou and Wuhan, and a supply vessel, Weishanhu,... |
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07:10 am
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Tough job market for new graduates »
Shanghai Daily "IT'S so hard to find a job in foreign companies nowadays," says Song Jingli, as she waits in line to submit her resume to a campus recruiter for a state-owned petrochemical company.
The graduating senior, who... |
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07:10 am
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Chinese epic to be recut for Western audiences »
Shanghai Daily JOHN Woo is preparing to introduce his first Chinese-language film in 16 years to foreign audiences after the historical epic proved a massive success in Asia.
The Hong Kong native said yesterday that he has finished... |
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07:09 am
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Official killed in Anhui hotel fire »
Shanghai Daily ONE person was confirmed dead and three others were injured when a hotel in east China's Anhui Province caught fire early yesterday, the local government said.
All the victims were officials of Changfeng County,... |
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07:09 am
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50 million Chinese now write blogs »
Shanghai Daily THERE were more than 50 million bloggers in China by the end of November 2008, a growth of 6.38 percent from the end of November 2007, said Gao Lulin, deputy head of the Internet Society of China, yesterday.
The... |
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07:08 am
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Actress angry at photos »
Shanghai Daily CHINESE actress Zhang Ziyi has blasted paparazzi for taking photos of her topless while vacationing on a Caribbean beach.
Use of each topless photo was being sold online for about US$390, the Hong Kong-based Wen... |
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07:08 am
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Websites reply to porn clampdown »
Shanghai Daily ONE of China's major Internet portals, Sohu.com, yesterday responded to a watchdog's accusations of being slow in deleting online porn and erotic materials by asking media and users to boycott obscene contents.
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07:08 am
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Difficult times for Guangdong »
Shanghai Daily DESPITE a 10.1-percent growth in GDP last year, China's economic powerhouse of Guangdong Province has warned of belt-tightening ahead as concern mounts over the effects of the international financial crisis.
"We... |
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07:08 am
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Baby, 7 adults are killed in ax attacks »
Shanghai Daily HUBEI Province police were searching last night for a man who allegedly hacked eight people to death with an ax.
The victims included a 2-year-old baby, and the motive may have been anger over a spurned offer of... |
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07:07 am
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19-year-old woman in Beijing dies of avian flu »
Shanghai Daily A 19-YEAR-OLD Beijing woman who suffered the city's first human case of bird flu since 2003 has died, municipal health authorities said yesterday.
There were no immediate reports of any other illnesses associated... |
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07:07 am
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Chinese warships ready for pirates »
Shanghai Daily AFTER successfully carrying out its first escort mission in pirate-plagued waters, a Chinese Navy task force is preparing to cover another 11 domestic merchant vessels that will travel around Somalia this week.
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07:07 am
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China moves to prevent bird flu outbreak after teenager dies »
Shanghai Daily CHINESE agriculture officials have issued an alert against bird flu after a 19-year-old woman died of the disease in Beijing.
Workers were disinfecting a market in Langfang, Hebei Province neighboring Beijing,... |
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07:06 am
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A-level circular issued for suspect in ax killings »
Shanghai Daily AN A-level wanted circular was issued for a man who allegedly hacked eight people to death with an ax in Hubei Province, the Ministry of Public Security said today.
Meng Jianzhu, head of the ministry, requested... |
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07:06 am
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Baby dies after drinking milk powder »
Shanghai Daily A TWO-MONTH-OLD infant in Zhejiang Province died on Sunday after drinking Yashili milk powder, his family members told media yesterday.
Li Junjie's family blamed the death on Yashili Group. They are waiting... |
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07:06 am
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In Henan, teacher tears student's facial skin »
Shanghai Daily A TEACHER in central China tore the facial skin of a 10-year-old student, a local newspaper reported today.
Primary school student Zheng Chaoqun is still in a hospital in Zhenping County of Henan Province for treatment,... |
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07:52 am
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BofA sells China Construction Bank stake at discount »
Financial Times Top US lender Bank of America, raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, was selling a $2.83bn chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank at a 12% discount |
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06:34 am
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Chinese web portal porn apology »
BBC News Three Chinese search engines apologise for linking to pornography sites after criticism from the government. |
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06:26 am
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China urges Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza »
People's Daily China on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to take swift action to push for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui made the appeal at a high-level meeting of the Security Council on the Gaza crisis.
"We hope... |
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06:26 am
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Chinese vice foreign minister holds talks with Negroponte »
People's Daily Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya held talks with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte Wednesday morning.
"Since you have participated and experienced the normalization of Sino-U.S. ties, your attendance at the... |
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06:03 am
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China: Parents chocked their daughter to give room for boys »
Global Voices Chinese blogger Yang-zhizhu (杨支柱） sighed for the tragedy that a pair of parents choked their daughter so that they can have a boy under the cap of birth control in China, railing against the policy as forcing people to abandon “excessiv... |
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06:03 am
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China: Due to a fire, 4 officials found living in a luxury hotel every day. »
Global Voices A fire burned down a hotel in a small town in An Hui province, 1 dead, 3 seriously injured when jumping down. It grabs the attention of blogsphere, however, not because it being thought as a tragedy, but that the 4 are all local officials long living... |
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06:02 am
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Chinese art and the credit crunch »
Danwei Shanghai Eye reposts an article originally written for Art Newspaper that looks at how the financial downturn has affected China's art market:
China's art scene is heavily laced with gossip, exacerbated by art chat websites such as artbaba and... |
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06:02 am
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Woman in Beijing dies of bird flu »
Danwei The Beijing NewsJanuary 7, 2009
The Beijing News reports that a 19-year-old woman who had been hospitalized since December 27 was pronounced dead on January 5.
A postmortem test conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention... |
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05:18 am
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BofA's Chief Decides to Forgo Bonuses »
WSJ Bank of America's CEO said he and his top executives should get no 2008 bonuses. The lender also trimmed its stake in China's CCB. |
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05:21 am
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Best of the China Blogs: January 7 »
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05:36 am
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Guilin Attractions List »
Trip Advisor Don't know what to visit in Guilin? Here is a list of recommended attractions in Guilin China:... |
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04:19 am
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Escort mission tests the Chinese navy »
People's Daily China sent its naval fleet on Dec. 26 2008 to join the international anti-piracy task force patrolling the waters off Somalia. The escort vessels had sailed from Sanya, a city in southern China's Hainan Province to Gulf of Aden, where they participated in... |
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04:18 am
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Internet changes political landscape in China »
People's Daily On his salary, public servant Zhou Jiugeng couldn't afford the expensive cigarettes and a Vacheron Constantin watch he was seen with in an Internet photo in 2007.
Moral outrage from web surfers on Zhou's extravagance triggered an official... |
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04:03 am
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This makes us happy we stayed in on New Year's Eve »
Shanghaiist A classic Hengshan Lu tale from Louis Lei Yu, Chinese-born DJ at CFUV 101.9 FM, radio station at Canada's University of Victoria: "[T]his is my bitter experience at the cold fairyland NYE show. So I saw cold Fairyland on NYE, I looked on the Internet and... |
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04:02 am
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Cutting down on "undesirable" content online »
Danwei The Straits Times (via Asia Media) examines the warnings given to websites about offensive content:
But a senior manager of a leading website in China told The Straits Times yesterday on condition of anonymity that the instructions and warnings were... |
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04:02 am
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China names 'netizen day' on the anniversary of first e-mail sent from China »
Danwei Rebecca MacKinnon writes at her blog RConversation:
Wang Xiujun of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's remarks are a good illustration of how the Chinese government is putting an increasing amount of energy into trying to shape and... |
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04:02 am
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January and February is the season for sexy photos »
Danwei ESWN translates Hecaitou's blog about Zhang Ziyi's naked beach photos, with animated pictures, also from Hecaitou's blog,
For the next few days, Zhang Ziyi will become the object of condemnation of all the Chinese guys who couldn't find a wife or who... |
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03:28 am
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The Sino-U.S. 'mature marriage' »
Tim Johnson The old joke about marriage goes something like this: At a social gathering, the long-married wife waxes on about her 30 years of matrimony, and her dutiful husband pipes up, “Yes, the 30 years seem like just 30 minutes!” He... |
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02:44 am
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A Look Inside China's Game Addiction Treatment Centers »
digg A Beijing treatment center for Web-addicted youths includes counseling, group games like laser tag, and physical exercise. |
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02:10 am
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BofA selling China Construction Bank shares »
Financial Times Top U.S. lender Bank of America, raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, was selling a $2.83bn chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank at a 12 per cent discount |
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02:08 am
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IAAF plans to raise gold standard for elite league jackpot »
Independent The elite Golden League series could be doubled to 12 meetings next year, taking the lucrative athletics circuit outside Europe with the creation of events in the United States, the Middle East and China. |
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02:48 am
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VP urges Party officials to play greater role in economic development »
People's Daily Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping urged officials with the Communist Party of China (CPC) to play more important roles when dealing with the international financial crisis.
Xi, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the... |
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02:47 am
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Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong »
People's Daily Gold price in Hong Kong dropped 212 HK dollars to close at 7,756 HK dollars per tael on Tuesday, according to the Bank of China (Hong Kong).
The price is equivalent to 840.61 U.S. dollars a troy ounce, down 23.03 U.S. dollars at Tuesday's exchange... |
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02:44 am
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HK's building unit sales dip 22.2% in 2008 »
People's Daily There were 113,298 sale and purchase agreements for all types of building units registered in 2008 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Land Registry said on Tuesday.
The figure is down 22.2 percent on 2007 but up 14.3 percent on 2006.
The total... |
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02:42 am
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China voices strong call for restraint in Middle East conflict »
People's Daily China's top envoy on the Middle East affairs has voiced a strong call for the involved parties in the ongoing conflict to exercise restraint, cease military action and armed conflict and create conditions for peaceful talks and political settlement.
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02:40 am
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China has more than 50 million web bloggers »
People's Daily There were more than 50 million bloggers in China by the end of November 2008, a growth of some 6.38 percent from the end of November 2007, said Gao Lulin, deputy head of the Internet Society of China on Tuesday.
The number of bloggers, or blog... |
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02:38 am
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China Enterprises Index ends 0.37% lower »
People's Daily Major indices tracking the performance of China-related companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed lower on Tuesday.
The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dropped 32.24 points, or 0.37 percent, to close... |
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02:37 am
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Naval escort fleet to protect 15 Chinese merchant vessels from pirates »
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&$Photo taken from missile destroyer "Wuhan" of a Chinese naval fleet shows four Chinese ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden under the escort of the Chinese naval fleet, Jan. 6, 2009. The Chinese naval fleet arrived Tuesday in the waters of the Gulf of... |
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02:32 am
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China corn futures dip after week of price increases, metals keep rising »
People's Daily Major commodities kept an upward trend on Tuesday, with metals continuing a strong rise. Corn, however, dipped after a week-long price increase following an unprecedented large-volume state purchase.
Corn contracts for May delivery closed 0.77... |
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02:23 am
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China plans to implement pilot programs of settling overseas trade with yuan »
People's Daily China's central bank said on Tuesday it plans to implement a pilot program of settling overseas trade with the Chinese currency instead of the U.S. dollar in 2009.
According to a press release posted on the website of the People's Bank of China,... |
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02:21 am
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Brunei Sultan meets with Zhou Tienong »
People's Daily Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah met in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Tuesday with Zhou Tiennong, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC).
China and Brunei are friendly neighbors and the relationship between... |
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02:18 am
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Special representative of Chinese gov't for Darfur arrives in Sudan »
People's Daily The special representative of the Chinese government for Darfur Liu Guijin arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday on a four-day visit to Sudan.
Received by high-ranking Sudanese officials at the Khartoum International Airport, the Chinese special... |
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02:13 am
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China warns of risks from "abnormal" cross-border capital flow »
People's Daily China faces a threat of "abnormal" cross-border capital flow because of global financial tumult, the country's foreign exchange regulator said Tuesday.
Such capital movement, resulting from the world economic slowdown and financial crisis, will... |
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02:11 am
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China's banking watchdog sets up office to help execute court orders »
People's Daily China's banking watchdog set up an office on Tuesday to help clearing up the country's commercial banks' backlogged cases of dead loans, in an effort to maintain economic stability amid global financial crisis.
At a seminar jointly held by the... |
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02:06 am
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Chinese portal calls for pornography boycott after being listed as carrier »
People's Daily China's major portal Sohu.com on Tuesday responded to a watchdog's accusations of being slow in deleting online porn and erotic materials by asking media and users to boycott obscene contents.
Chen Luming, vice president of Sohu, said the move was... |
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02:03 am
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Vehicle crash kills six, injures four in N.China »
People's Daily Six passengers were killed and four others injured after a truck and a city bus collided head-on in north China's Hebei Province on Tuesday afternoon.
The accident happened at approximately 2:25 p.m. in Qian'an City at an intersection, a municipal... |
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02:42 am
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Weird times, weird people »
Shanghaiist Yes, people are crazy and times are strange. Two days ago, a fashionably dressed young woman ate a RMB280 lunch at a Japanese restaurant somewhere near Nanjing Xi Lu and Chengdu Bei Lu. When it was time to get the bill, she told the wait staff that she... |
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02:38 am
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Shanghai skyline recreated in dice and poker chips »
Shanghaiist Boing Boing points us to this interesting art installation by Chinese artist Liu Jianhua who recreated the Shanghai skyline from dice and poker-chips. This was exhibited at the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy. A close-up shot follows after the... |
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02:25 am
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Chinese navy to be in Somali waters for 3 months »
Danwei From The China Daily:
After successfully carrying out its first escort mission, the Chinese Navy prepares to cover another 11 domestic merchant vessels planning to travel around Somalia this week...
...For the first phase of the escort mission, the... |
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02:15 am
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A migrant worker's guide to buying train tickets »
Danwei From a small town in Xinjiang, the Far West China blog describes the drawn out process of buying a train ticket before the Chinese New Year.
Link picked by Danwei.org |
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01:16 am
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Hong kong to Macau and Shenzhen »
Trip Advisor Plans to visit Macau and Shenzhen from Hong Kong Kowloon.Guys which means of transport would be... |
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01:16 am
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Early flight in Harbin »
Trip Advisor Hey all, I'll be arriving to harbin train station midday-evening Jan 26th and need to catch a flight... |
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00:44 am
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China's holiday rush begins early »
BBC News Migrant workers make an early start home for the Lunar New Year as China's economic slowdown leaves many jobless. |
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00:12 am
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Vice premier:China's countryside holds key for boosting demand »
People's Daily China's rural areas have the biggest potential in boosting domestic demand, said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan during visits to the countryside concluded on Tuesday.
China should "especially place priority on tapping the rural market and... |
Tue, Jan 06 2009
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22:10 pm
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Google-powered Laiba's Comments Warning »
Google Blogoscoped "Lái ba" (来吧) means "come here" in Chinese and is the name of the Google-powered social site by Tianya. (The site is moderated and disallows certain political postings, according to reports from a forum member here previously.) When you want to ... |
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22:06 pm
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In Hong Kong for a 1 day stayover »
Trip Advisor I guess I should add that I am more into learning about the cultural aspect of Hong Kong and China..... |
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22:05 pm
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