US2008@The event organizer, Lisa Anders, introduced herself and how the event was about the changes that are needed for the country. Then came a short video of Barack Obama speaking about uniting for change, which started...
There is no doubt that the disconnect between reality and the reigning societal mindset has never been more chronic than it is now, and probably will never reach this level again. In two weeks, "The Dark Knight" hits cinemas...
Presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio), "Xanadu" has been "digitally remastered," just not entirely cleaned up. Surely, the visual presentation is the best the picture has ever looked on...
Ran Asakawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on September 4, 1980. Her first sexual encounter happened when she was 19 and was with a businessman. She says that her first fully pleasurable experience wasn't until about the 10th time,
Na observed how media was only scratching on the surface of the events. He felt that there was a need to show more and started a webcast diary. Many times, he found himself present when no other media was present...
From Technology Review:To operate in China, search engine companies based in the United States have built products that cooperate with China's policies of Internet censorship. That much has long been recognized. But a new analysis suggests that search companies, including
From Shanghai Daily:Seventy percent of a China Youth Daily survey believe that the Internet has become a new medium where Chinese people can freely express their opinions.The survey was made after President Hu Jintao made his first public online chat
From The Wall Street Journal:The earthquake that rocked Sichuan province is emerging as an unexpected test of China's evolving legal system.Parents in Sichuan whose children were killed when schools collapsed in the May 12 quake are already demanding justice. Huang
From Washington Post:A group of Chinese human rights lawyers were detained and later put under house arrest by government security officials to prevent them from attending a dinner Sunday hosted by two visiting members of the U.S. Congress.The incident is
From Caijing Magazine:Hours after a May 12 earthquake disrupted the lives of 50 million people, killing 70,000, the popular Chinese Web site Bull Blog posted a detailed plan for collecting and distributing relief donations. Because the site is trusted among
Chinese airlines, currently suffering a sluggish aviation market, said the increase in jet fuel surcharges, effective as of Tuesday, was not expected to bring much benefit for them. From July 1, passengers who buy tickets on domesti ...
Membership in the Communist Party of China (CPC) reached 74.153 million people at the end of 2007, up 2.782 million over the previous year, according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. There were about 3.66 ...
Heavy losses of banks and other heavy-weighted shares drove Chinese shares further lower by more than 3 percent on Tuesday, amid concerns over possible interest rates hike and a slower economic growth. The benchmark Shanghai Composi ...
Chinese stock regulators approved the initial public offering (IPO) of Everbright Securities Co. Monday evening, the first domestic brokerage IPO since that of CITIC Securities Co. in early 2003. According to the prospectus Everbrig ...
Security services in east China's Shandong Province have held an anti-terrorist drill ahead of the Beijing Olympics that included simulated hijacking and bomb attacks. The drill dubbed "Mountain Tai 2008" on Monday simulated an atte ...
The Communist Party chief of southwest China's Guizhou Province has stressed the importance of social stability, as police reopened investigations into the death of a female student that sparked a violent protest over the weekend. P ...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beijing Tuesday afternoon, kicking off a three-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese government. During Ban's stay, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao w ...
Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend the G8 summit in Japan from July 7 to 9 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao announced here on Tuesday. Sourc ...
In the past week, more than 40 officials and technical staff went to the county of Huatugou in the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the city of Delingha in the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and other places to look
The China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) is expected to continue in substance thanks to the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship and the success of the last one during the Bush Administration.Prof. Jin Canrong of Bei ...
