Flickr.com has over 1,600 pictures that people have tagged with the keyword "China." Many of the pictures are fantastic!
Friday, May 13, 2005
Local Stories
Exchanging institutions for families: Robert Glover has brought about a mini revolution in China, one that he envisions will spill out to other parts of the world. [from China Daily]
Adoption facilitators honored at event: Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England on Thursday held an open house for Xue and Ma. The married couple help those who would be parents adopt children in their native China.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Chinese Music
AsianClassicalMP3s.org has a nice (but somewhat small) selection of music from different Asian countries, including China.
The music on these web pages is all from recordings, most often cassettes, that are either out of print, only available in the country of origin, or both. In most cases, they appear here with the gracious permission of either the artists or the recording companies.
News
In China's richest village, peasants are all shareholders now—by order of the party : Model community with spectacular industrial growth owes as much to feudalism as to communism.
Bad Lifestyles Sicken Guangzhou's Elderly: A survey in Guangzhou suggests that more than 90 percent of older people in the city are not healthy. Poor diet, smoking, drinking alcohol and eating spicy food have been blamed for the situation.
Shanghai Ferris Wheel To Top London Eye: China's wealthiest and most architecturally advanced city is planning to build the world's tallest Ferris wheel. The Shanghai Star Ferris, due to start spinning by 2008 when the Chinese capital, Beijing, hosts the Olympic Games, will stand at 200 to 230 meters (656 to 755 feet), stripping the world's tallest title from the 135-meter London Eye.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
News
White tigers born in Harbin: The photo taken on May 10, 2005 shows a newly-born snow tiger at a Manchurian Tiger Park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Google steps up fight for the China market: Web services leader Google Inc. has won a license to operate in China and has bought a Web address as it battles Yahoo Inc. in the world's second-largest Internet market.
Earliest states possibly in shape 5,000 years ago: Dozens of prehistoric states might have been developing in eastern China as early as 5,000 years ago,thousands of years before the birth of the first textually attested state that existed in Xia Dynasty (2100 B.C.-1600 B.C.), said a Sino-US archaeological research team.
Adoption movement comes to NU: Students hoping to facilitate the adoption of Chinese orphans are starting a Northwestern chapter of China Care, an organization founded by a Harvard student that is spreading to universities nationwide.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Diamonds in China
An article from Forbes, Wedded to the West, discusses the relatively new marketing campaign from the De Beers Group in China.
There was no such thing as a diamond wedding or engagement band in China until De Beers started marketing diamonds there in 1993. In traditional Chinese weddings the dress is red, not white, and the gift from the groom's family is jade or gold jewelry. Now many young brides wear white and often as not sport a crystalline rock. Diamond sales in China reached $1.2 billion in 2003.
News
Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in Beijing Under Renovation: According to administrative office of Temple of Heaven in Beijing, on May 7 the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in Temple of Heaven was closed for renovation, which will be officially started on May 17.
Mum's the Word for Chinese in New Trend: Mother's Day is yet another Western occasion to become popular among Chinese people along with Christmas and Valentine's Day.
China to build giant panda museum: China plans to build a new giant panda museum which aims to be the biggest of its kind to introduce efforts to save the endangered animal and its habitat. The main theme of the 5,000 square meter (53,800 square foot) museum in Chengdu, capital of the southwest province of Sichuan, will be "man, panda and the harmony of nature."
Crime time for Chinese net users: Around 20% of the world's hijacked computers sending out spam, attacking websites and hosting unsavoury material are in China, says a report.
Chinese families become smaller: China's reform and opening up has not only brought about great changes to the economy and society, but also transformed Chinese marriages and family structure in an unprecedented way. Population expert Tang Can believes that in the last thirty years Chinese families have shown diversified patterns. The scale of family is becoming smaller and the marriage functions of families are being gradually weakened.
Labor Camps That Operate Outside the Courts: Here in a bleak stretch of eastern China, Mr. Li, 40, spent two years in a prison called Shandong No. 2 Labor Re-education Camp. Mr. Li, who spoke on condition that only his surname be used, and other followers of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong have been jailed here despite never having a lawyer or a trial—rights granted under China's criminal law.
Local Story
Young eyes help couple see life anew: "We read her (Anchee) books. I tell her she was born in China," Michelle said, smiling at the memory of her daughter's response: "She asked me, 'What part of China were you born in?'"
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