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China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
From RFA: Chinese civil rights activists organized an online campaign to support the nomination of jailed AIDS activist Hu Jia to receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize, while others supported the official line warning the Oslo-based committee not to “hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.” While Beijing's leaders will probably heave ...
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VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Britain’s The Guardian yesterday published a fine, utterly chilling investigative report: ‘It is down your street and in your lane’ Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy Saturday October 11, 2008, deals with the enormous racket which has sprung up in Britain involving Chinese immigrants from the province of Fujian bringing into the country astonishingly large numbers [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fujian is the centre of Chinese people trafficking - the immigrants who suffocated in the back of a lorry and drowned picking cockles in Morecambe Bay all came from there. Now, Fujianese girls are being recruited into brothels across the UK. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy report on China's missing
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Chinese sailors in port in Auckland yesterday were stocking up on baby formula - grateful they could buy safe product as their Government deals with the San Lu scandal. The company, which is part-owned by Fonterra, has...
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ThinkingShift (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
A bunch of Canadian human rights activists and computer security experts have discovered something that really doesn’t surprise me. An extensive Chinese surveillance system. Quell horror! To think that the Chinese could be monitoring electronic communications! I’m so shocked (not). Customers of Tom-Skype (a joint venture between a Chinese wireless operator and eBay, who owns Skype)...
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Don't Try This At Home (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
There are many food items we attribute to other cultures that are actually American inventions. Fortune cookies are one of those foods.
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Life Lessons Learned While Running (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... via email. We have to listen, repeat, translate, answer the questions. And let me tell you. THOSE CHINESE PEOPLE CAN SPEAK FAST!GAH!!!The first listening exercise was 3 nminutes of sheer hell. Took me about 20 replays and 30 minutes.The second listening exerise is about 5 minutes of sheer hell. I am only half way through. And I am thinking, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT'??So the first...
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China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... make the right decision and not challenge the original purpose of the Nobel Peace Prize or hurt Chinese people’s feelings,” said Liu Jianchao, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, on Sept. 25. The prize should go to those who “truly contributed” to world peace, he said.
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Mysterious China (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Heroes of the Marshes Author: Shi Naian. There are 960,000 Chinese characters altogether. Heroes of the Marshes is the long hero novel. This novel take “the story of peasant uprising in the end years of Sung Dynasty” as the background; take “the feudal local authorities force the people to rebel” as the theme. Describe the story [...]
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E-commerce portal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Why Making Money Online is Easier Than Making it Offline Every business venture is a gamble. All entrepreneurs know that. And somehow part of them has accepted that fact when they decided to invest their money in the business 46 Million Chinese Learn Online With over 46 million Chinese people now taking part in online [...]
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[Geeks are Sexy] technology news (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in the refrigerator? It didn’t make any sense, Stan.” But this is ADULT humor! I think sometimes people forget that. In the midst of people crying out “what about the children?!”, people forget that this is not actually a children’s programme. Raping Harrison Ford aside, the episode tries to make the point that Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull sucks big time (or “sucks donkey...
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Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said China's staging of the recent Olympic Games has shown that its people are united, organised and back on their feet.
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in the Square and the queue to get in is phenomenal. Strangely, the queue is made up of mostly Chinese people themselves......but who are we to say I suppose....... We then go into the Forbidden City which is located just off the Square. This is where the Emperors of China spent most of his time, until the last Emperor was overthrown in 1912.Apparently the film The Last Emperor is...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The vast majority of Chinese people still cannot afford luxuries"Chinese wallets are getting bigger, but the scale is just hugely different. In China you've got an [annual] income on average of £1,000 ($1,700), whereas in America you've got an income of £15,000 ($25,000)," said Stephen Green, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Shanghai.
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
For more than a decade, Yang Zhong has profited from the capitalist system. The 39-year-old Beijing businessman earns a comfortable income by buying and selling stocks on Chinese stock markets, the ultimate expression of confidence in global finance.
