Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
A woman, Tang Fuzhen, in Chengdu set herself on fire in order to protest against the forced demolition of her home. ESWN translated a T.V news commentary on the incident.
PageantCast News Desk (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
clipped from www.mukamo.com 21-year-old Ana Gabriela Marroquin Espinoza of Mexico won the 49th Miss International 2009 pageant held at the Sichuan International Tennis Hotel , Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Other winners: 1st Runner-up: Korea, Eun Mi Seo 2nd Runner-up: United Kingdom, Chloe Beth Morgan Rounding up the Top 15 Philippines, Melody Gersbach; Belarus, Yana Supranovich; Belgium, Cassandra D’Ermilio;...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro, has opened a global delivery centre in Chengdu, China. Scalable to 1,000 seats, it will have labs and infrastructure for servicing customers. ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro, has announced the inauguration of its global delivery centre at Chengdu, China, to provide IT and BPO services to its customers. The centre will have secured ...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Husunzi from China Study group blogs about a recent teachers' strike from three privately-owned primary and secondary schools in Chengdu, Sichuan. The strike was against the government's taking over the management of one of the schools.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
CHENGDU, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two Russian tourists missing in ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Shares soared in a wild first day of trading on China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style board on Friday, with all 28 listed small and medium-sized firms rocketing on fevered interest from investors. Trading in all shares on the ChiNext in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen was suspended at least once as market circuit-breakers in place to curb rampant speculation were tripped. Chengdu Geeya Technology Co...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
husunzi at the China Study Group reports on a protest by construction workers at a hotel in Chengdu. Link picked by Danwei.org
AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
AirAsia, the world's best low cost airline today celebrates its maiden flight to Chengdu from Kuala Lumpur with a big celebration upon arrival at the Chengdu International Airport. This new...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
China Study Group takes a look at an agriculture project in Anlong, a village within Chengdu, Sichuan Province: This project was first initiated by the Chengdu Urban Rivers Association – an NGO spun off of the Chengdu government’s 10 year project to clean up the rivers in 2003. CURA discovered that 60% of the remaining pollution was coming from agro-chemicals, so it embarked on a project...
Maxxelli-blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
[ October 31, 2009; 11:00 am; ] Date: 31-Oct-09 Channel: Business Venue: Century City Convention & Exhibition Center Title: International Emergency Medicine Expo Descr: Aimed at governments, hospitals, The Red Cross and other charities, the expo will provide products show, academic discussions and related training. Price:TBA. Ends: Oct 31 Powered by Djini Activate City Pulse on your mobile SMS:...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Chengdu Evening News October 14, 2009 The Chengdu Evening News , like many Chinese newspapers, leads with this story: Lu Zhengcao, the last surviving army general from the first generation of PLA officers, died yesterday at the age of 106. Lu joined the Communist Party of China in 1937 and saw battle against the Japanese and the Kuomintang (KMT) army. Many newspapers also ran with the story of farmer...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The cancellation of CCTV's popular touring concert series, The Same Song (同一首歌), reported by the mainland media late last week and covered in this post , now seems to be little more than a rumor. The Beijing Times spoke to CCTV management and published a brief article on Saturday: Rumors have been flying saying that CCTV's flagship program The Same Song would be canceled...
Danwei (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Yangtse Evening Post October 9, 2009 The Same Song (同一首歌), a series of concerts that airs on CCTV and brings big stars into the living rooms of people across the country, is the latest program to be canceled in the network's programming overhaul . Cities throughout China host the concerts, which typically feature a line-up of pop-stars and traditional singers who each perform...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unisem announced that it has added LTX Credence’s MX RF test platform to its test floor in Sunnyvale, CA. The MX offers a comprehensive portfolio of proven RF capabilities that provide the most cost-effective system configurations for wireless, connectivity and RF markets. Unisem also currently has LTX-Credence’s X-Series CX and MX platforms in its...
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