A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan and Yunnan provinces Saturday, killing 27 people, destroying over 180,000 homes and affecting more than 800,000 people, Reuters reported. The quake’s epicenter was about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Panzhihua in Sichuan, near the Yunnan border, and was about 6 miles (9.6km) deep, according to the US Geological Survey, […]
Category: Politics & Society
Interesting thing happened last night on your correspondent’s Metro ride home in Shanghai. As usual for 6:15 on a Friday evening on Line 1 in Shanghai’s subway system, I stepped onto a train packed absolutely full of commuters, with just enough room for me to squeeze in by the doorway. At the next stop, as […]
The 2008 Paralympics torch was lit during a ceremony at Beijing’s Temple of Heaven on Thursday, Reuters reported. Despite some hazy weather earlier in the day, there was sufficient sun to light a wick placed in a concave mirror set before the circular Prayer Hall for Good Harvests. Wheelchair-bound Paralympic fencer Jin Jing passed the […]
Two Chinese policemen were killed in a knife attack in the western region of Xinjiang, the latest in a string of violent clashes between local Muslims and government authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported. The incident took place in a village in Jiashi county, about 65 kilometers from Kashgar, where 16 policemen were slain in […]
China is coming up with ways to make use of Olympic venues in Beijing and recoup some of the money spent to build them, AP reported. The NBA and private developers will run stadiums and arenas. The Water Cube aquatic center will become a public pool. Its name will also be licensed for a bottled […]
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