Thursday, July 28, 2005

News

Sanmao, China's favorite son turns 70: Three generations of Chinese children have grown up reading about the adventures of the country's most popular comic book hero.

Wal-Mart accelerates expansion in East China: Wal-Mart is scheduled to open its first store in the Pudong District of Shanghai on July 28. The 18,000-square-metre hypermarket, which the company calls a "supercentre," sells about 20,000 commodities. It is learned that taking South China as its main battlefield, Wal-Mart has started rapid expansion of its market share in East China.

Chinese Legend Becomes Animated Movie to Rival Hollywood: Wang Film Productions Co, the largest animation production firm in Taiwan Province, is one of these pioneers and is bringing its latest production The Fire Ball to Asia's screens this summer to compete with the DreamWorks production Madagascar.

China picks its first spacewomen: China has picked its first group of women to be trained as astronauts.


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