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Education in China: Educated abroad, but coming home
Some Chinese who were educated abroad are coming home to try to better the country's villages and cities [...]
Posted in economics Also tagged education, Education In China, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Hong Yan, Liang Weimin, Liu Ji, Liu Jie, Pearl River, Rural Area, United Kingdom, Zengcheng, Zhongshan Leave a comment
China, Technology & the Environment: City in Henan Province to resettle 27,000 for south-north water diversion
Resettlement of about 27,000 downtown residents of Jiaozuo City in the central Henan Province started this week to make way for China's massive south-to-north water diversion program, the provincial water diversion office said Friday. Resettlement is scheduled to finish at the end of September, when work on the trunk channel of the central route will start [...]
Posted in China, economics Also tagged Beijing, China, Construction, environment, head, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, population, technology, Tianjin, work Leave a comment
China, Technology and the Environment: Urban, industry growth cloaks parts of China in persistent haze
Haze from urbanization and industrial development is a serious, persistent problem in many parts of China, especially the north, the south and in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Chinese National Meteorological Center (NMC) said recently [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Air Quality, allergic rhinitis, asthma, Health Checks, Henan, Jiangxi, Nanjing, pollution, Statistics, Yunnan 1 Comment
China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: first helicopter club to take off
Membership for what is being touted as the country's first private helicopter club will open soon. The club is affiliated to a private heliport opened in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, under the Ruohang Transportation Development Co. "Our membership plan will be formally made known to the public this weekend and its initial terms for receiving application will be mainly targeted at those interested in flying or wanting to buy helicopters," Lu Yong, the executive director of Ruohang, told China Daily recently.
Posted in China, consumer behavior, economics Also tagged Airline Flights, Aviation Industry, behavior, Brazil, China Daily, consumer behavior, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Jiangsu Province, Liu Zheng, Luxury Items, luxury products, Nanjing, photography, senior consultant, Shanghai, Statistics, Transportation Development, United States, Yuan 1 Comment
Investing in China: Shanghai to launch plan to use yuan for foreign trading
Shanghai is set to be among the first to implement a pilot program to settle overseas trade using the Chinese RMB yuan to consolidate its international financial hub position, the Shanghai Financial Services Office said recently. Using the yuan as a settlement currency for international trade is a step forward to internationalizing the currency and will also boost Shanghai as an international financial hub. The city is a magnet for overseas financial players, home to the China headquarters of giants such as HSBC and Citigroup. The city also holds the mainland's bigger stock market, biggest futures market, gold, currency and interbank markets...
Posted in China, economics Also tagged Asia, Chinese Mainland, Chinese State Council, Guangdong, Hong Kong, HSBC, Macau, Shanghai, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Yuan, Yunnan Leave a comment
Internet in China: super-fast connections in Shanghai by 2009
Internet 50 or 100 times faster than current speeds will be available in Shanghai in 2009 and cover 10 million families nationwide by 2010, government officials said recently. The technology, called 3TNET, will be available in the Yangtze River Delta region soon. Previously, thousands of families tested it in Shanghai's Changning District and Pudong New Area, said the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the local government [...]
Posted in China, information technology Also tagged broadband, energy, fiber optic, food, food safety, internet, Internet In China, Internet speeds, Internet use, Internet-protocol TV, Living In Shanghai, Ministry of Science and Technology, Pudong, Science And Technology, Shanghai, Shen Xiaoming, technology research, vice mayor Leave a comment
Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Shanghai infrastructure construction to accelerate
Shanghai will accelerate urban infrastructure construction with a total investment of 500 billion yuan (US$73.22 billion) through 2010. The massive capital injection was a way to boost internal demand and increase the chances of stable economic growth amid the global financial turmoil, the city's construction and transport authority announced recently [...]
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Finance industry employees in China top salary rankings
Employees in the financial sector earned much more than workers in other industries last year thanks to the lucrative financial market, an annual salary report has revealed. The report, released by leading human-resources service provider Zhaopin.com in Shanghai, was based on a survey of more than 1,000 companies across all sectors throughout the country last year. It found workers in the financial industry were paid an average salary of 4,987 yuan (US$694) per month. The figure is about 40 percent higher than the national average [...]
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107 dead, $15.4 billion lost due to snow in China
The blizzards that struck southern China in the past month have killed at least 107 people and left eight missing, as of February 12/2007, reported a senior Chinese official recently. The disaster has also caused direct economic losses of about 111 billion yuan ($15.4 billion), Civil Affairs Minister Li Xueju said: 21 provincial-level areas had been affected, with Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region the worst hit [...]
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China, Technology, Development and the Environment: Photographer Lu Guang’s “Pollution in China”