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A job fair in Hefei in east China’s Anhui province.
Song Hao, a bearded video editor in his late 20s,earlier this year began to feel that the job he’d been doing for nearly four years was boring, leading nowhere, and certainly not worth the overtime he was made to do every evening.
Continue reading… “For China’s young people quality of life as important as work”
China’s Invisible Man
This is Liu Bolin, also known as ‘China’s Invisible Man,’ who specializes in camouflage body-paintings. The seamless blending-in with his environment is the result of hours of painstaking work. Check out a couple more of his opuses. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Liu Bolin’s camouflage body-paintings (Photos)”
The number of Americans who lack access to basic necessities like food and health care is now higher than it was at the peak of the Great Recession, a survey released Thursday found. And in a finding that could worsen fears of U.S. decline, the share of Americans struggling to put food on the table is now three times as large as the share of the Chinese population in the same position.
Continue reading… “19% of Americans struggle to put food on the table”
Spectators watch as Jeb Corliss hurtles though the mountain’s natural arch hundreds of feet in the air
Jeb Corliss, a wingsuit pilot, has taken the sport of sky diving to new heights after hurtling through a narrow slit in a mountainside. (Pics and video)
Continue reading… “Wingsuit stuntman flies through narrow hole on side of mountain”
China send the price of CFL bulbs soaring.
China has sent the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs soaring in the United States as it takes steps to fight pollution.
Continue reading… “China tightens grip on rare earth minerals sending CFL bulb prices soaring”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past couple years, internet-fueled uprisings in Egypt, Lybia, Syria, and other parts of the world have made Chinese officials very nervous. They have exerted a firm hand in controlling any communications deemed detrimental to the ruling party and have now gone so far as to block any Google searches of the English words “democracy” and “freedom.”
Continue reading… “The Great Information Wall of China”
Liang Wengen, founder of Sany Group is China’s richest man with a fortune of 70 billion yuan ($11 billion), according to the Hurun Rich List 2011.
Continue reading… “China’s billionaires group continues to grow rapidly”
Medical staff deliver a baby by cesarean section at a hospital in China.
Caesarean sections are on the rise globally. But China’s sky-high C-section rate is out of control and they are trying to get a handle on it.
Continue reading… “China’s c-section baby boom”
Goldlink Go-Abroad Consulting Co., an immigration consulting firm in Bejing assists Chinese to immigrate to Canada and the United States.
One of the people powering China’s economy on its path to becoming the world’s biggest is Chines millionaire Su, who builds skyscrapers in Bejing.
Continue reading… “What’s at the top of wish list for China’s wealthiest? To leave China”
Ebonite International, manufacturer of bowling balls, is located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
The United States dominated global manufacturing for most of the last century. There was no country that could compete with America’s output.
Continue reading… “Still made in America – 10 U.S. industries that have survived”
Most Americans (64%) say that parents are not putting enough pressure on their children to do well in school as U.S. students are underperforming on international tests. By contrast, 68% of the Chinese public take the opposite position and say that parents in their country are putting too much pressure on their children to succeed academically.
Continue reading… “64% of Americans say parents do not put enough pressure on students”
More Wikileaks released!
Wikileaks just dropped thousands more embassy cables today. These centered around China, Taiwan, and Libya.
The first batch to drop were 2170 cables about Taiwan. Some 3004 cables from China followed quickly behind…
Continue reading… “Wikileaks releases thousands more cables Covering China, Taiwan and Libya”
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