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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cochina posts a series of videos showing yesterday's protest against the construction of garbage incinerator in Guangzhou Panyu. ESWN has translated the details of the protest.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of residents worried about property values and health risks protested against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou.
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Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Journalists and others have commented about how Putongua is supplanting the various Chinese regional languages, like Cantonese , that have traditionally dominated the diaspora. The Globe and Mail 's Mark MacKinnon is the first journalist whose work suggests that the language is threatened at home, too . At first, Rao Yuansheng didn't even realize he was doing it. He was sitting in the bustling newsroom...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world's auto makers appear ready to declare that luxury is back in China, with GM and Toyota both unveiling top-of-the-line models at the Guangzhou auto show.
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Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of residents worried about property values and health risks protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of residents worried about property values and health risks protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown of Guangzhou.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of residents protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou, a news report said.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hundreds of residents protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou, a news report said.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
GUANGZHOU, China -- Hundreds of residents protested Monday against the planned construction of a trash incinerator in the southern boomtown city of Guangzhou, a news report said.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Nissan said it is considering plans to make all-electric cars in Guangzhou, as the Japanese auto maker steps up its electric-vehicle activity in China's fast-growing car market.
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Chinese Dialogue On Racism Emerges Hat tip to readeer Dragon Horse for this one. U.S. President Barack Obama's first state visit to China comes as Chinese are, for the first time, engaging in unusual public dialogue about racism in their country . In recent months, several incidents involving the children of Chinese mothers and black fathers have sparked a vigorous debate on what it means to be Chinese....
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Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Property and leisure group Country Heights Holdings Bhd is targeting China as one of its overseas investment destinations to develop its integrated resorts, says its founder and deputy chairman Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew. He said Country Heights has been developing its prevention healthcare business over the past seven years, and is keen to grow the business both locally and abroad. "We are now looking...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Tucked into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at ivory tusks with chisels, fashioning them into the sorts of intricate carvings once prized by the Chinese emperors. A passion for ornaments such as these is what helped decimate African and Asian elephant populations until the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites)...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
GUANGZHOU, China (Kyodo) Chisato Fukushima fought a head-wind of 1.0 meters per second to win the women's 100 meters in 11.27 seconds at the Asian championships in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Fukushima picked up her first 100-meter Asian title. Vu Thi Huong of Vietnam finished second in 11.50 and India's Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi came third an additional 0.10 back.