A Chinese-born engineer convicted in the United States' first economic espionage trial was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in prison for stealing sensitive information on the U.S. space program with the intent of passing it to China.
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One Xinjiang babysitter babysat the boy by taking him out on the street to beg. Parents beware.
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A nice little tutorial by James on how to get your media fix from a China-based p2p streaming service.
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A year ago, China Daily gushed with upbeat epithets about the co-operation between the US and China. The relationship was already effective and smooth on trade, Taiwan and global warning. With two firm multilateralists, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, now in power, it would be positively strengthened and constructive, the official mouthpiece opined.
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Taiwan has cleared the first direct flight by a private aircraft to military rival China, officials said Friday, continuing a thaw in ties. The aircraft belonged to Terry Gou, one of Taiwan's richest people and chairman of the Hon Hai group involved in electronics, a source close to Gou said.
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Zhang Ziyi's earthquake donation scandal, where the mega-star defaulted on a promised amount of 1 million USD, is causing a celebrity credibility crisis in China. Publicists of these celebrities, on the other hand, feel resentment about having to prove themselves.
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Thousands miles away, but so similar after all ...
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A really interesting collection of photos: "I looked for young Chinese aged from 16 – 30 years, gave them a piece of paper and simply told them they could write what ever they wanted to on the piece of paper, I then photographed them holding the paper."
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They’ve been on sale for a couple weeks now and if it’s your animal’s year in the Chinese zodiac, you’d best be wearing your lucky red underwear. Bonus points for a big fú or tiger on the front.
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On EastSouthWestNorth: ' The Internet can bring an environment of equality, democracy, freedom plus a natural sharing. But when the veracity of Internet information is deliberately muddied up, this natural ecology is destroyed...who should ordinary citizens like us believe?'
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The dubious foundation of video game culture and society in China rests on – you guessed it – software piracy. Mega-developer Activision is not only not making millions from sales in China but there isn’t even a Chinese language localization because they’re too intimidated by ubiquitous 5 yuan burned copies. In China, the rules are very different.
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The United Nations Development Program says it is very concerned with the last-minute cancellation of a groundbreaking show aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding HIV carriers and the widespread ignorance surrounding AIDS.
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If you want to flog something, it helps to speak your buyers' language. Hence Australia, purveyor of commodities to China, is governed by Chinese-speaking Kevin Rudd . US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner , obliged to park huge tranches of US debt with the People's Bank of China, is another Mandarin speaker.
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Need to freshen up an old hard loaf of bread? Chinese morning customs work a treat - steam it. Anyone that's lived in China for more than a week knows that drinking anything other than hot water leads to a short and sickness filled life. China has a love affair with hot, or at least fears cold...
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CHINA'S reckless use of antibiotics in its health system and agricultural production is fuelling an explosion of drug-resistant superbugs that threaten global health. Scientists have warned that Chinese doctors routinely prescribe multiple doses of antibiotics for sore throats, while farmers' excessive dependence on the drugs has tainted the food chain.
read more »[Not linked to SCMP directly, as it is behind a paywall.] Today’s South China Morning Post reports how Hong Kong’s political opposition has faced repeated deletion of their Facebook groups. "A Facebook group with 84,298 members formed to oppose the pro-establishment DAB was deleted... This is not the first time it has happened to Hong Kong opposition groups..."
read more »This is incredibly useful. A 5-post series on online payment methods that can be used in China. Here's a link to the first part, ALipay. Also covered are Tenpay, online bank transfers, credit card payments and China Mobile Payments.
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The irony is that this Facebook group and all of Facebook is currently blocked, yet the group says this, "While Google holds a record on internet filtering and blocking of contents questioning the US Department of State policies, the so-called torchbearers of "freedom of speech" (whatever that means to them) have been so bold to accuse China of censorship."
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I learned the Chinese word for deport the other day. Contextually. As in, “You should be happy that we are only going to fine you 5,000 kuai, and not deport you.” That was what the uniformed man at the public security bureau said.
read more »Making a living in China with your ideas! Here are some tips.
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