The Los Angeles Times reports from Luojiang, Sichuan about accusations of embezzlement of relief goods by local officials:The Chinese central government has been widely applauded for quickly and effectively mobilizing national resources for rescue and relief efforts, but the magnitude
Angry, Grieving Parents Press Officials for Action, Not Words, on Crushed Schools" Jill Drew reports in the Washington Post from Dujiangyan:"Talk! Talk! All the time talk! If you cannot make a decision, why do you keep us waiting with all
World Changing introduces a remarkable photography exhibit now on in Rome as part of Fotografia festival, which chronicles the Chinese presence in Africa. From the introductory text by photographer Paolo Woods and journalist Serge Michel:To quench its thirst for oil,
From the New York Times: Liu Xiang, Chinese Olympic track and field star, appears soft-spoken and playful, posing for pictures and speaking through a translator atop the Empire State Building in New York City. Liu Xiang is featured in a
exhibition at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, featuring works by Mark Jenkins and Miho Kinomura. The show runs until August 15.time savedtime saved
a beautiful new tome from Rizzoli that covers Tokyo's creative output of the past few years. I have the great pleasure of getting a project coordination credit in the book, and hope that you get a chance to have [...]
My weekly Tokyo post is up at MoCo Loco, this time covering Masato Tokuno's ECO POKE MAI chopsticks, the MUJI Award 03 competition, and Jo Nagasaka's Long Chair.The last item is news of Keiji's one-day exhibition at his studio this
and covers all things horror in Japan. From their site: KAIDAN is the term used for the Japanese ghost stories, and, extensively, for the J-Horror culture. The Buddhist moralizing stories were rapidly transformed into international shockers; people wanted more frightening
Illustrating the sense of urgency, the Finance Ministry said it was funnelling an extra 1 billion yuan ($144.2 million) into relief work on an estimated 35 quake lakes in addition to 400 million yuan already alloted to work on smaller,
The agreement to gather in Beijing in two weeks came a day after Chinese President Hu Jintao met the head of the island's ruling Kuomintang party, Wu Poh-hsiung, the highest-level contact since China and Taiwan split in 1949. Their historic
The US actress also offered to help with the earthquake relief effort in a statement issued by the China branch of French luxury goods maker Christian Dior, where she is a top model. 'My erroneous words and deeds angered and
The most direct and effective way to help Sichuan earthquake victims is to support earthquake relief donations in Hong Kong, a spokesman from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Thursday. The spokesman sai ...
A second shipment of quake relief supplies from Belgium arrived in Shanghai early on Thursday and was transferred to southwest China's Sichuan Province later in the day. Accompanying the shipment was a team of eight specialists, inc ...
This is a tear-rendering story and also a paean of the friendship between China and Israel.Recently, this reporter met two Israeli officials in Chengdu, capital of quake-ravaged Sichuan province, while covering rescue and relief mission ...
According to reports, Japan's third-largest car manufacturer, Nissan, announced on May 28 that it will build a new light commercial vehicle (LCV) production plant in cooperation with Nissan's local partner in China.Dongfeng Motor Co., L ...
Between 450,000 and 500,000 tourists from home and abroad are expected to come to Beijing during the Olympic Games, predicted Zhang Huiguang, Secretary of the Municipal Tourism Bureau. He made this announcement during a press conference ...
A special mental health team consisting of 6 world champions Gao Ming, Deng Yaping, Yangyang, Mo Huilan, Xie Jun, and Sun Haitao, as well as 10 psychological experts arrived at Huagai station, in An county, Sichuan Province, where 400 fire
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, a heavy summer grain harvest is in sight. If no major weather disasters occur, China's summer grain yield will achieve a record high. It will be the first time since the founding of the
