Hope fading for survival of missing Russians in SW China: officials
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
CHENGDU, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two Russian tourists missing in ...
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China's Nasdaq-style board off to soaring start
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...
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A Regal struggle in Chengdu
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
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AirAsia X Celebrates Inaugural Flight to Chengdu, China From Kuala Lumpur
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...
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Alternative food networks in China
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...
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Chengdu: International Emergency Medicine Expo
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:...
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The death of the last revolutionary general
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...
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Upgrade rather than cancellation for CCTV's concert series
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...
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The Same Song canceled: CCTV dumps another flagship program
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...
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Unisem Sunnyvale Adds LTX-Credence’s MX Platform as its Test Solution for the Fast Growing RF Market
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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China: Verifying reports of Ai Weiwei's surgery
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Joel Martinsen from DANWEI translated a blog post by Liu Xiaoyuan verifying the fact that Ai Weiwei, a prominent artist and activist in China, has been hospitalized for cranial surgery related to a scuffle with police in Chengdu a month ago. Ai Weiwei's blog has his latest photos taken from the hospital in Germany after [...]
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Verifying reports of Ai Weiwei's surgery
Danwei (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
Ai Weiwei in Chengdu ( Wen Yunchao via EZ) Ethan Zuckerman reads a Twitter update claiming that Ai Weiwei has been hospitalized for cranial surgery related to a scuffle with police in Chengdu a month ago, which leads him to muse on newsgathering in an Internet era: My friend Michael Anti posted a tweet earlier today about Chinese artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei: Ai Weiwei to undergo cranial...
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How can speech threaten state security?
Danwei (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
China Digital Times translates a defense plea entered by lawyers for Tan Zuoren, an activist now on trial in Chengdu in connection with an investigation into schools that collapsed in the earthquake, as well as activities for the 20th anniversary of June 4: The matters described above are sufficient to prove that none of the accusations of the prosecution about the speech and actions of Tan Zuoren...
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Four more bodies found from massive landslide in southwest China
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
CHENGDU, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Four more bodies have been ...
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Landslide blocks Daduhe River in SW China's Sichuan
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
CHENGDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A landslide blocked the Daduhe ...