Taiping

Princess Taiping docks in San Francisco

SFist (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Princess Taiping -- a motor-less, "handcrafted Chinese Junk and replica of a Ming Dynasty war ship" -- was supposed to head to Vancouver, but ended up here in SF after a tropical storm forced it southward. SF Weekly 's Janine Kahn , who snapped the shot above, says the crew offered her hot tea and apples from Taiwan. Delicious and good for digestion! Read more about the ship's sudden arrival,...

Pacific 'Princess' sails into S.F., bringing sense of Chinese history

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

A Chinese junk, as small as a yacht and as brightly painted as a child's toy, is in San Francisco this week at midpoint on the historical adventure of a lifetime. The boat is named Princess Taiping, and its crew of six men and one woman sailed it across the...

Petitioners Being Held in ‘Black’ Jails, Activists Say

China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

I arrived at the dilapidated Youth Hotel on Taiping Street, followed the alley that runs along south of the hotel up to the No. 62 Middle School on the corner. Turning right along the alley after a hundred meters or so I saw several residents. A fat, bare-chested middle-aged man was squatting there. I couldn’t see any sign of the black jail so I asked the bare-chested guy, where they lock up...

HFMD suspected in boy’s death

Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

NST: IPOH: A 7-year-old boy who died after developing rashes on his palms, soles and mouth could be the first casualty of the hand, foot and mouth disease in Perak. Toh Guan Hee, of Taman Assamara in Pokok Assam, Taiping, had shown symptoms of the disease when he was admitted to Taiping Hospital on Monday morning. [...]

HFMD Suspected in Boy's Death

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

HFMD Suspected in Boy's DeathPosted on: Thursday, 9 October 2008, 00:00 CDT By Jaspal Singh IPOH: A 7-year-old boy who died after developing rashes on his palms, soles and mouth could be the first casualty of the hand, foot and mouth disease in Perak. Toh Guan Hee, of Taman Assamara in Pokok Assam, Taiping, had shown symptoms of the disease when he was admitted to Taiping Hospital on...

• HFMD suspected in boy’s death - Materia Medica Malaysiana