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Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
An investigation by...
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Since the imposing of United Nations sanctions against North Korea after its second nuclear test on May 25, everyone has been looking toward China for its...
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Out of fear that history might repeat itself, the authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of Iranian...
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Nothing goes ahead in China before the government’s kick in the rear, as an appreciation to begin. This time the nod of approval is an insightful go-ahead for the...
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Any hope that an ever more prosperous China would slowly lead to an opening in the realm of free expression and all the consequences thereof were given a setback this...
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Somehow Mr. Liu became stuck in the machine, his sister Liu Yan recalled during a tearful interview in a village near the factory.
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China’s top legislature Monday reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the cutoff of Internet or other...
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oseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, said the Vatican should harden its line towards Beijing and that a planned meeting of China’s officially sanctioned...
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The residents of Guangzhou, one of China’s most affluent cities, are already used to sticking to the country’s strict one-child rule, but a new regulation...
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Today is the last day for residents of one of the last surviving ancient cities in China to claim a bonus for agreeing to move out to make way for the wrecking...
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The edict, issued from the highest level of China’s government, comes less than six months after China described the short-lived ‘Buy American’ clauses in the US...
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I thought it happened only in movies especially Bollywood movies where many a times you see the hero or heroine killing the whole gang of criminals single handedly...
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In his history of the erotic obsession Western men have felt toward “the Orient,” Richard Bernstein begins with what must have been the most inflammatory...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that it was imperative for all countries to genuinely cooperate with one another and on a global scale to resolutely defeat...
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In China’s cities, the fines for having a second child can run up to 200,000 yuan (£20,000). The payment is intended to cover the schooling and healthcare costs...
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Recently, researchers in China have investigated an enzyme from the bacterium bacillus cereus DQ01 that has the capability to absorb hydrocarbon n-hexadecane. The...
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Fourteen to 16 hours a day, he studied for the college entrance examination, which this year will determine the fate of more than 10 million Chinese students. He took...
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A few days ago, I was returning home from a friend of mine here in my city and, to my surprise, a company donated a land and made that area a public garden space.
I...
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Filed under: News, Happy Hour Hero, Science, Nature Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Trains and buses aren’t always better for the...
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In May, I went to Guayaquil, with sewage as my calling card!
Guayaquil is Ecuador’s largest city and center of commerce and shipping, located at the mouth of the...
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Senior U.S. and Chinese officials began three days of talks here Monday in hopes of making a breakthrough on climate change, but they remain far apart on the basic...
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Afghan government officials claim that diseases originating from the pollution of living environment in Kabul city only, kill at least eight (8) in every 24 hours. This...
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Conceived by the Fing Foundation under the program Cities 2.0 of Fing (Fondation internet nouvelle génération), the “Green Watch” is an innovative timepiece that...
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As climate change, pollution and industrial consumption place increasing pressure on Chile’s freshwater supply, a growing chorus of voices is demanding serious reform...
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“Viable resources” exhibition has just started on April 8, 2009 and will continue till 30 June 2009. For all art lovers, here is an opportunity to watch the...
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As we are moving forward with advancement in new technology and innovating new things in the same way the next generation wind turbines will be no longer small now. The...
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This blog features 10 basic things that one can to do to contribute towards the long journey of saving the earth. Besides being green it is cost effective way of...
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A Swedish advertising agency, Acne, installed a very innovative advertisement for a Swedish bus service company, Flybussarna, on the way to the airport. At the...
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Pursuing its endeavor to reduce air pollution in Lima (Peru), Tierra Nuestra SAC has installed its first air purifier, called the Super Tree, in the district of...
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Eco Factor: USB-powered gadget to warn you of bad indoor air quality.
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Environmentalists claim in a lawsuit that federal agencies violated the law by approving plans that would expand oil and gas development in New Mexico’s San Juan...
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The big cities have fallen prey to the men’s short-sightedness. We seem to have bid adieu to environmental concerns in a mad rush to stuff them with so-called...
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After humans failing to keep waters clean, polluting them to the core in contrary, some wise hooded scientists from the University of Essex have created a school of...
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Eco Factor: Pollutant sniffing robotic fish developed to monitor water pollution.
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Kolkata is unable to breath.The great mass of people living here and commuting everyday for work are silently chocking to death.But see,in spite of taking such...
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