
Previously tagged as the Sleeping Giant, China has now awaken as a vicious tiger as they continuously climb higher into the economic ladder. Unlike some European countries,who are facing economic downfall, China’s gross domestic product expanded 9.1 per cent in the last quarter a year earlier. A 9.1% growth is still considered insurmountable,however,it accounts as [...]
October 19, 2011 | Posted in
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What would you do to get an iPad 2 and an iPhone? How far can you go just to get these? According to Global Times, a seventeen-year-old Chinese boy in Chenzhou, China sold one of his kidneys to buy iPad 2. The boy found the organ buyer through the internet who was willing to pay [...]
June 5, 2011 | Posted in
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GE or General Electric has been considered to be the largest industrial group among the numerous companies of the US. It has provided thousands of jobs to Americans for so long and has brought billions of revenues to government. When the country has suffered chaos during the great recession, GE might as well be one [...]

Macau government downright rejected Las Vegas Sands Corp-owned casino company’s application to develop the final two parcels of land in its China expansion plan. Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s Hong Kong-listed Sands China Ltd. is given 15 days to apply for a government review, and a month to appeal on the Macau courts in order to [...]
December 3, 2010 | Posted in
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A torrent of floods which is caused by heavy storms have killed 115 individuals in Southern China. According to weather reports, there are still 21 people who are missing. The emergency rescue teams have been sent across Southern China to help the 685,000 victims who were advised to evacuate. A statement on the Ministry of [...]

World’s most populous nation China has tremendously reduced its population by 400 million. China’s “One Child Policy” was established by leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit population growth. This year is the thirty-first year since the policy was erected. The government was pleased with the result thus they have created another “One Dog Policy”. [...]
May 20, 2010 | Posted in
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A deadly storm struck Chongqing municipality in south-western China and killed at least 26 people. According to the report by the state new agency Xinhua, not less than 160 people were injured after a heavy rain, a hail storm, gales and a tornado hit two rural districts. Rescues were sent in Liangping and Dianjiang districts. [...]

A farmer with a hammer attacked children at a primary school in eastern China on Friday and set himself on fire in a classroom suicide after the attack. The attack hurt a teacher and five children. Just this week, 2 mentally disturbed adults attacked schools that left 8 children dead and almost 50 injured. The [...]

After the stripping of medal from Chinese gymnast Dong Fanxiao, US Olympic medal winning artistic gymnast Dominique Dawes earns another bronze medal. Dong Fanxiao was stripped of the said medal due to age falsification. “Justice prevailed,” said Dominique Dawes, who will now have a medal from each of her three Olympics and four overall. “My [...]
April 30, 2010 | Posted in
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A man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in eastern China and injured 28 children and 3 adults. This is the third attack in a month. Officials revealed that 5 of the injured were in a critical condition after the incident in Jiangsu province. The alleged assailant in kindergarten attack was detained afterwards. The attacker [...]