Africa: Chinese 'Container Hospitals' Ready to Deploy
Source: All Africa
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 13:31:32 -0700 | political-news
Africa's first 'container hospital', developed by Chinese scientists, could be ready for use by the end of the month (June), following two years of development. It will be located in either Cameroon or Namibia, depending on government approval. Its developers...
China's 'behavior' needs even larger PHL defense spending - NSC
Source: GMA News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 10:42:18 -0700 | political-news
14am A ranking official of the National Security Council on Thursday detailed China's aggressive behavior in the West Philippine Sea, as he called for additional defense spending to uphold the Philippines' interests in the region. Retired Navy Rear Admiral Vicente...
Chemical in Plastic and Metal Cans Link to Childhood Obesity
Source: Epoch Times
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 09:58:29 -0700 | political-news
One, a non-profit pee-review journal, took urine samples from 1,326 children, in grades four through 12, from three schools in China. It found that girls between the ages of 9 and 12 with high levels of BPA were twice as...
Ducking and diving: Swimmers chase after birds in Chinese contest where they win a prizei¿½ ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 09:14:11 -0700 | political-news
13 June 2013 0 View comments Festival organisers who staged a live duck-grabbing competition have outraged animal cruelty protesters in southern China today. Tourism officials thought they would liven up the annual Dragon Boat celebration with a bizarre contest in...
Workers reveal hellish conditions in Chinese labour camp where man hid letter pleading for help
Source: Mail Online UK
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 14:36:23 -0700 | political-news
If you occasionally buy this product, please kindly resend this letter to the World Human Right Organization. Thousands people here who are under the persicution [sic] of the Chinese Communist Party Government will thank and remember you forever.
Report: NYU Boots Chinese Activist
Source: Fox
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 16:19:17 -0700 | political-news
Published June 13, 2013 FoxNews.com New York University has reportedly booted a blind Chinese political activist from its campus under pressure from China over a deal to build a branch campus in Shanghai, according to the New York Post. Chen...
High-school students learn to speak Chinese
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 04:07:35 -0700 | political-news
China has solidified its spot as one of the country's main imports partner and has inked several bilateral agreements with the island. It is for this reason the Confucius Institute at the University of the West Indies, Mona, is seeking...
Chinese Students Opting Out of College Entrance Exam
Source: Epoch Times
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 03:00:25 -0700 | political-news
Tweet High school students from elite families who went abroad to study have said that university education in China has fallen vastly behind. You may also like Each June China's annual college entrance examination, known as gaokao , has been...
Jiangshan city official commits suicide
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 01:48:31 -0700 | political-news
The 51-year-old male, surnamed Zhou, was seen jumping into the Xu River, a tributary of the Qiantang, from the city's rainbow bridge. Zhou was the director of the Jiangshan municipal Party committee office. Passers-by who witnessed the incident immediately called...
Shanghai Education Fair held in Bulgaria
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:39:37 -0700 | political-news
Nearly 30 universities and schools from Shanghai participated here on Friday in 2013 Education Fair Shanghai China, in a bid to attract the interest of Bulgarian students. Bulgarian Consulate in Shanghai. "The purpose of our visit here is to present...
Officials apologize to Yan'an bike salesman
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:39:03 -0700 | political-news
Zhang Jianchao, chief of the Yan'an Urban Management Bureau, apologizes to Liu Guofeng (right). Members of the bureau used excessive force against Liu in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, on June 7, 2013. On top of the formal apology, bureau officials said...
Healthlines: Avoid cheap...
Source: Arab News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-13 00:23:58 -0700 | political-news
Alva Carpenter Wednesday 12 June 2013 Last Update 13 June 2013 4:08 am Globalization affects people's eating habits all around the world...More than 10 years ago, the Chinese people lived on a simple diet of mainly rice and vegetables: Everyone...
Still strong at 100
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-08 20:38:51 -0700 | political-news
Now at the age of 100, renowned calligrapher and painter Yao Dianzhong is living proof...The centenarian has been practicing Chinese calligraphy every day since he was very young and is still doing it today...His uncle was a noted scholar who...
Head of bureau accused of registering luxury car
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-08 04:12:23 -0700 | political-news
Zhang, head of the bureau, registered a Toyota SUV, worth more than 400,000 yuan ($65,000) as a service car under the Yan'an Tap Water Pipeline Network Installation Services Company, a company within his jurisdiction. Criteria for a Shaanxi province service...
Funds misused in Three Gorges Project
Source: China News
Shanghai :: China | updated 2013-06-07 17:31:42 -0700 | political-news
In an auditing report on the project's financial accounts, the National Audit Office (NAO) said construction mismanagement led to an extra investment of 808 million yuan. the Three Gorges dam, file photo [Xinhua] Other irregularities relating to project contracts and...
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