Tuesday, August 05, 2003

News

Split PantsA New Policy of Containment, for Baby Bottoms: Urban consumers are embracing the diaper and turning China into one of the world's fastest growing markets. Annual sales for some brands are climbing by 50 percent or more. Upscale stores are no longer carrying split-pants outfits, but rather shelf after shelf of diapers. Just about all of the babies who grace China's sleek parenting magazines are wearing diapers.

Bird watching becoming more popular in China: Bird watching has become an increasingly popular hobby in the eastern coastal province of Fujian and a number of organizations have been set up to promote the activity.

Qing emperor concubines' mausoleum found in northeast China: Chinese archaeologists have discovered a robbed mausoleum of 11 imperial concubines of emperor Huangtaiji, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province.

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