Category: China

So what is the “One China” policy?

The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years. What is the ‘One China’ policy? The countries fell out over Trump’s questioning of the “One China” policy, which has governed the Chinese relationship with Taiwan for 37 years.

Burning a hole in the wallet

The Lunar New Year is more than just an important occasion when the entire family reunites – it is also the most expensive event of the year for some Chinese While many Chinese would complain about having eaten too much during the Lunar New Year holidays – feasting is after all a key part of the festivities – others would lament about how their wallets have drastically lost weight. Latest data by China’s Ministry of Commerce shows that retailers and restaurants across the nation generated about 840 billion yuan in revenue, up 11.4 percent year-on-year, during the seven-day Chinese New Year holiday this year.

Seven officials in China’s restive Xinjiang region accused of corruption

China is investigating seven people, mostly security officials, in the restive deep south of the troubled Xinjiang region on suspicion of graft, the regional government’s anticorruption watchdog said. Hundreds of people have been killed in far-western Xinjiang in the past two years, most in violence between the Muslim Uygur people, who call the region home, and ethnic majority Han Chinese.

Seven officials in China’s restive Xinjiang region accused of corruption

China is investigating seven people, mostly security officials, in the restive deep south of the troubled Xinjiang region on suspicion of graft, the regional government’s anticorruption watchdog said. Hundreds of people have been killed in far-western Xinjiang in the past two years, most in violence between the Muslim Uygur people, who call the region home, and ethnic majority Han Chinese.

China’s 1st Large Homemade Passenger Jet to Fly in 2017

After years of delays, China’s first large homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight in the first half of this year, state media reported Monday. State-owned aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or Comac, based in Shanghai, has nearly completed work on the 175-passenger C919, the ruling Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily reported.

American experiences joys of New Year in Chinese fishing village

English teacher makes trip back to husband’s home village in Guangdong province for the Spring Festival holiday, news website reports An American woman has experienced the Lunar New Year holiday in a Chinese fishing village for the first time as the wife of a former villager, according to a news website report. The woman, identified only by her first name Jessica, has spent the last six years teaching English at a kindergarten in Beijing, Chinanews.com reported.

Nanking Massacre-denying Japanese hotel boss sparks Tokyo protest

Dozens of protesters marched through the streets of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district carrying banners to protest a hotel chain under fire for books its president wrote denying the Nanking Massacre in wartime China ever happened. Tokyo-based hotel and real estate developer APA Group is at the centre of a furore over books by its founder and president, Toshio Motoya, which contain his revisionist views on history and are placed in every room of the company’s 400-plus APA Hotels.

Would-be dog owners take shine to new breeds

Since 2012, when a Tibetan mastiff pup sold for 20mil yuan in Shandong province, the country has become obsessed with brown toy poodles. Guo Jishi, who runs a pet dog centre in Beijing, said the brown toy poodle has been popular in recent years because it is cute, small and smart.

Mainland tourists injured in Taiwan bus accident

Eighteen people, including seven children, were slightly injured, and another three were “observed with apparent wounds,” according to the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association. The top of the bus, carrying 28 passengers, hit the top of a tunnel at about 10:04 a.m. as the driver took the wrong way.

Of race and opera: Two views on ‘Nixon in China’ a ” and theatrical stereotypes a ” in Houston

Art provokes. And sparks conversations. The Houston Grand Opera’s recent production of John Adams’ ‘Nixon in China’ has done just that, drawing strong responses from two critics – Scott Cantrell in Dallas and Wei-Huan Chen of Houston.Their perspectives, on matters of race, history and how a viewer should interpret what they’re seeing on an opera stage – are here.

China’s first vertical forest is rising in Nanjing

Stefano Boeri Architetti is bringing the vertical forest concept popularized in Milan to Nanjing, China with the Nanjing Towers . The two green towers could provide the city with a breath of fresh air, producing around 132 pounds of oxygen every day as they absorb carbon dioxide.

Grenades thrown at China-Myanmar border police during drug bust

A drug gang near the China-Myanmar border threw grenades at law enforcement officers during a major anti-trafficking operation on Lunar New Year. Crossfire broke out when a vehicle believed to be ferrying drugs was stopped near the border between Myanmar and China in Yunan province by police on the morning of January 28, Xinhua reported.

Jewish settlers set tires ablaze at the Amona outpost, northeast of Ramallah, on Wednesday.

Hours after Israel approved 3,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank, Israeli security forces moved to evacuate settlers from an illegal outpost there, sparking scuffles. There’s been a clear uptick in the rate of settlement approval since Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president less than two weeks ago – and Trump is expected to be supportive of settlement expansion.

Celebrating 27 Years of the San Diego Film Festival

Celebrating the San Diego Jewish Film Festival’s 27th Season, presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS, will run February 8-19, 2017. On February 13th, as part of the 27th San Diego Jewish Film Festival, an outstanding group of twenty-three short films from around the world will be presented in a day-long program beginning at 10:00 am to 10:00 pm at the ArcLight La Jolla Cinemas in La Jolla, CA.

Tomorrow Group founder abducted in Hong Kong

Chinese billionaire protected by all-female bodyguards is feared to have been abducted from Hong Kong amid rumours he has been kidnapped by Beijing agents A Chinese billionaire, who was supposedly protected by eight female bodyguards, has vanished in Hong Kong, amid speculation he has been abducted by agents of Beijing. Xiao Jianhua, a former student leader turned financier who founded the Tomorrow Group, had been living at Hong Kong’s luxury Four Seasons Hotel.

Man on a sinking car desperately throws infant to stranger on dry land

What do you do when you’re standing on a sinking car with your child, and have no way to get on land easily? The minute-long video shared on Miaopai showed a family attempting to escape from their sinking SUV, which fell off a pier into a lake in Hunan, south-eastern China. KellysSimpleLife said: “I was very shocked watching this, it’s very lucky that the kid is fine.

Oriental Edison Excels in Manufacturing and Exporting LED Lighting Products

Jiangsu China-LED lighting products and fixtures are fast replacing the traditional modes of lighting including the incandescent and fluorescent varieties as government in each and every country on this planet are encouraging their citizens to use energy-efficient lights. There is tremendous pressure on every commercial organization, big or small as well as individuals to do their bit to protect the surrounding environment from further damage.

Man mauled to death by tiger at Chinese zoo

A zoo in China was evacuated and closed Sunday after a man scaling a wall fell into a tiger enclosure and was mauled to death. Officials at the Youngor Wildlife Park in Ningbo spent an hour Sunday rescuing a man who fell into the tiger enclosure while scaling the zoo’s wall in an attempt to avoid paying the admission fee.

Most of 31 on board missing Malaysian boat reported rescued

More than two dozen people were rescued Sunday more than a day after a boat carrying Chinese tourists disappeared in Malaysian waters, officials and local media said. The captain and a crew member made it to safety earlier Sunday while authorities said others may be drifting in the water waiting to be rescued.

Boat with 31 mostly Chinese tourists missing in Malaysia

Chinese state media say a boat carrying 31 people, including more than 20 Chinese tourists, is missing after sailing out from an eastern Malaysian city. The official Xinhua News Agency cited the Chinese Consulate General in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah as saying Sunday that the boat lost contact after sailing out on Saturday.

Study indicates air-polluting chemicals can travel far

A new study indicates that tiny floating particles can grow semi-solid around pollutants, allowing them to last longer and travel much farther than what previous global climate models predicted. Pollutants from fossil fuel burning, forest fires and biofuel consumption include air-polluting chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs.

Where to eat for Chinese New Year

Where to eat for Chinese New Year Happy Year of the Rooster! Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2k8Y6PW Crab in a ginger scallion sauce from Petite Soo Chow in Cliffside Park is a special dish for Chinese New Year. Happy Year of the Rooster! That’s right, Chinese New Year begins on Saturday, ringing in two weeks of festivities – from red envelopes stuffed with monetary gifts, to fireworks and, of course, food.

How a popular toothpaste maker functions like a hedge fund

As the 3,000-odd A-share companies tally their equity trading accounts for 2016, Liuzhou Liangmianzhen, one of mainland China’s most popular toothpaste makers, emerged the winner after pocketing a handsome gain from selling its shares in Citic Securities to boost its bottom line. According to a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Liangmianzhen, based in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, sold 11.62 million shares of Citic Securities, the country’s largest brokerage, for a profit of 157.6 million yuan .

China boycotts Japan hotel chain over massacre denials

DECEMBER 12: General view of the monument commemorating victims who died in the Nanjing Massacre of1937; during rehearsals for a ceremony due to take place to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, at the ‘Memorial Hall for Compatriot Victims of the Japanese Military’s Nanking Massacre’ on December 12, 2007 in Nanjing of Jiangsu Province, China. Japanese troops occupied the former captial city of Nanjing on December 13, 1937 and launched a six-week long massacre of over 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians.

160 years since advent of Chinese

Update: 4:26PM THE Chinese community around the country will be celebrating the 160th anniversary of the first Chinese settlement in Fiji this week. President of the Fijian Hotel and Tourism Association Dixon Seeto said this is part of the Chinese New Year’s celebration which will happen this Saturday, January 28, 2017.