Vanity Fair has yet another story about the architectural marvels going up in Beijing in time for the Olympic Games:Just as many of New York City's most iconic landmarks rose in breathtakingly brief succession a century ago, Beijing has been
From The Yomiuri Shimbun:Yang Yi has become the first Chinese author to win the Akutagawa Prize for promising new writers, after the selection committee announced Tuesday she had been honored for her novel "Toki ga Nijimu Asa," which translates literally
From Insidehighered.com:For a while, Calla Wiemer said, she held it close."We all hoped that the problem would be resolved quickly," said Wiemer, who counts four visa denials stamped into her passport. On a couple of other occasions, her application was
From the China Daily, via english.sina.com:Accusations labeled by some overseas organizations and people that China has arrested "dissidents" to ensure the safety and security of the Olympic Games are "groundless", a Beijing Olympic Games spokesman said Monday."To ensure a successful
Kaixin001.com is a Facebook-like SNS established in late April by ex-Sina people. Yes, it is a new-comer in China's already crowded SNS market, but in last three month, Kaixin001.com gained quite good growth curve. If we check the Alexa data
Credit Saison Co. said Wednesday that on September 1 it will absorb its fully owned subsidiary, Lawson CS Card Inc., to streamline sales promotion and administration work. Credit Saison will inherit some 1.73 million holders of the Lawson CS card,
Tokyo, July 16, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has developed a new competition car, the Racing Lancer, whose mission will be to target victory on next year's Dakar which breaks new ground in 2009 with a switch
These days, as more and more traffic accidents happened around us, we want to remand our friends to be careful while on trips. Safe comes first! While on trips, you need something interesting to keep you clear for your safe.
Two months after the May 12 earthquake, tens of thousands of earthquake victims in Wenchuan County are still waiting for a resolution of whether to reconstruct Wenchuan in a new safer site
From Reuters:Chinese forces in Kashgar in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have so far this year broken up 12 overseas-based terrorist cells, a report on a government website said on Wednesday.The report, carried on www.china.com.cn and citing Kashgar's
From BBC News:A Beijing family are refusing to move from their city centre home, despite a court order threatening to throw them out.Family members say they are not being offered enough compensation for the home they bought 60 years ago.Their
From EarthTrends:March 28, 2008, saw the launch of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). As stated in its mission, this new cabinet-level ministry will take responsibility for China's environmental governance. MEP is tasked to develop and organize the implementation of
Written by Bao Tong ( ), former Director of the Office of Political Reform of the CCP Central Committee and Secretary to Zhao Ziyang, from AsiaNews:The Beijing Olympics are a great opportunity for China to show off its splendour to
From AFP:The John Woo epic "Red Cliff", dubbed the most expensive movie made in Asia, enjoyed record takings for a Chinese film in its opening weekend in China, the movie's distributor said Wednesday.The film, which depicts events in the ancient
Two weeks ago, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a report on China's digital generation, which has some finding on China's Internet and users. If you are regular reader of this blog, you might be familiar with many of the findings
Tokyo, July 16, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited announced today the development and launch of a new microcontroller driver for its MB91460 Series of high-performance 32-bit automotive microcontrollers, jointly developed with EB, Elektrobit Corporation and compatible with
