Lessons in Chinese: On a beautiful spring morning in Hangzhou, China, a small group of Americans laden with baby bags and diapers maneuvered through a flood of bicycles to get to the registrar's office. In a few hours, they would walk out of that cramped little building as parents.
[The article has a nice photo-gallery. If you are asked to register, you may use "canews" as the username and "canews2" as the password.]
Stamps issued to mark tsunami relief: The State Post Bureau of China issued special stamps Friday commemorating tsunami relief in southand southeast Asia.
Power Shortage Causes Blackouts Nationwide: Twenty-one Chinese provincial power grids have been obliged to impose blackouts since this January as a result of the surging demand for power caused by the cold winter and rapid economic growth.
China Launches Health Education Program to Reduce Chronic Diseases: China launched a massive health education program Friday in a bid to curb the fast increase of non-communicable diseases in the country. About 160 million Chinese suffer from hypertension. Meanwhile, more than 20 million Chinese have diabetes and about 200 million are overweight.
Post Office Set up in Antarctica: China resumed a post office at the Great Wall Station in Antarctica at 5 pm Beijing time on Friday. This is the first time in the past two decades that mail from China has been delivered to Antarctica. People can now send a letter or a post card to China's Antarctic Great Wall Station from any post office in Beijing and the Great Wall Post Office will send it back postmarked: China Antarctic Great Wall Station Post Office.
Iraq Insurgents Say They Have Freed 8 Chinese Hostages: Insurgents in Iraq said they released eight Chinese hostages on Saturday. A man with his face covered by a traditional checkered headdress shook hands with each of them before they walked off camera. The speaker on the tape said they were being released.
Our Lovely Lily: It seems impossible to believe that this time last year, 23-month-old Lily Xin Hao Min wasn't a part of her mum and dad's life. The bubbly toddler has transformed Alison and Andrew Bernard's lives by making their 15- year dream for a child a reality.
Pandas' prospects improve in China: Endangered giant pandas have boosted their numbers in the wild by almost half in just a few years thanks to enlarged habitat and improved ecosystems.
Rio Rancho family embarks on Chinese adoption: About the only two words that Theresa Yamasaki now knows how to say in Chinese is "xie xie." Before the end of the year, however, Yamasaki will know how to say a lot more than thank you in Chinese. If she wants to adopt a child from China, she'll have to become more accustomed to the language.
Treasure Mountain Consulting teaches businesses to "wear Chinese glasses."
Respect comes from knowing why Chinese are like they are. Many Westerners think all they need is a long list of cultural dos and don'ts, tips and techniques on everything from how to give gifts to who sits where at dinner, negotiating contracts to making invitations. Such tips are important, but unless you know why you should make such changes to your normal behavior you often only change part way.
China's greying population: But basically it does seem clear right now that China is in the midst of a demographic boom where there's a bulge of young people and that bulge is going to get older and older.
Forests Growing in China: China's total forested area increased by 16.0 million hectares from 2000 to 2003 to reach 175 million hectares, the State Forestry Administration announced in Beijing.
Chinese workers abducted in Iraq: Eight Chinese nationals have been abducted in Iraq, the Chinese embassy in Baghdad has confirmed.
