Regional, "an interdisciplinary design and research network," commissioned self-portraits from the artists at the famous painting reproduction village Dafen, outside Shenzhen:Dafen is a village surrounded by the thriving metropolis of Shenzhen, and the origin of most of the world's reproduction
A few hours after a message appeared on an Internet forum alleging relief tents destined for earthquake victims had been embezzled, millions of Internet users in China got outraged and prompted officials to investigate the scandal. A netizen who named
Beijing-based Tibetan writer/blogger Woeser has been writing the "Tibet Update" series on her Middleway blog, hosted outside of China. About 3 am Beijing time on May 27, 2008, her blog was hacked by a group calling themselves "Chinese Hongke Alliance."(A
From The Wall Street Journal:... China's new generation of metropolitan newspapers, current affairs magazines and Internet media have all reported on the quake with an intensity and professionalism that has not been possible in the past, when stories were banned
ArmInfo. For a couple of days, the media spotlight was on Davit Zakaryan, a Cincinnati man who wound up spending the better part of a week in a southeastern Iowa jail, Chicago tribune reports. That was last Fourth of July,
ArmInfo. Russian Vneshtorgbank (VTB) will provide the metallurgical company Armenian Copper Programme (ACP) with a loan worth $249,5 mln for development of the Teghut copper- molybdenum deposit in the north of Armenia. President, Chairman of VTB Board Andrey Kostin and
ArmInfo. "New Times" oppositional party leader Aram Karapetyan is still in "Erebuni" Medical Center where he undertakes intensive treatment. As "NT" party told ArmInfo today, it is yet difficult to say how long the treatment will last, however, Aram Karapetyan
ArmInfo. Earthquake of magnitude 5 happened today in the territory of Iran at 10:18 AM by Yerevan time at 19 km to the South-east of Zanjan town. The earthquake shock in the epicenter was of force 6-7on the Richter scale,
A Lebanese-born man who has been imprisoned in Israel for six years for collaborating with Lebanon's Hizbullah will be released on Sunday, his family said. Nessim Nisr, who held Israeli citizenship at the time of his arrest in 2002, was
Security forces arrested Tuesday a female prisoner who escaped the Baabda prison last week. Press reports said a police patrol re-arrested Rouwaida Hasan al-Sayyed as she stood outside the Sayyed building in the Beirut southern suburb of Chiyah. Five female
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Tuesday morning visited the Zipingpu dam, over the Yangtze River's main tributary of Minjiang River in quake-hit Sichuan Province. Previously, he visited the Yingxiu town of Wenchuan County, the ...
According to the report, the phones are ringing non-stop! The two "earthquakes separated children adoption counseling" hotlines, opened by the Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province, are still busy after more than 10 days. Ms. Chen ...
Another aftershock struck southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday afternoon, and it was strongly felt in the provincial capital Chengdu. The aftershock hit the quake zone at about 4:05 p.m., a local resident surnamed Jiang said. ...
The free trade deal with China and mounting concern about securing food supplies are helping New Zealand in its efforts to secure agreements with major Asian economies, Radio New Zealand reported on Tuesday. There have been breakthr ...
The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by more than 2,100 to 67,183 as of midday Tuesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. A total of 361,822 people were injured and 20,790 others were missing ...
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung arrived in Beijing, the second stop of his six-day mainland trip, on Tuesday afternoon after a one-day trip in Nanjing. Source:Xinhua ...
As soon as a truck loaded with candles, mosquito-repellent incense and flashlights arrived at thedistribution center in Dujiangyan, one of the cities worst hit by China's May 12 earthquake, workers and volunteers hurried to count, register ...
Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung Tuesday afternoon left Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, and flew to Beijing, the second stop of his six-day mainland trip. Source:Xinhua ...
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo on Tuesday afternoon visited quake victims in a relocation center in Dujiangyan, one of the worst-hit cities in southwestern Sichuan Province. Earlier in the morning, Wu also visited Yingxiu town of ...
The international community continues to offer aid and donations to China following the deadly earthquake in the country's southwestern Sichuan province. The Norwegian Red Cross, which has already donated 1 million U.S. dollars, sen ...
