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Urban renewal (1): New frontiers | The Economist
THE furniture market in Foshan claims to be the biggest in the world. It boasts a bewildering mix of things to sit on, sleep in and eat at. One shop, named the “Louvre”, offers a range of styles from...
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Chinese luxury spending drops 19% during festival[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
Chinese people spent $6.9 billion overseas on luxury goods during the Spring Festival holiday (Jan 31 – Feb 6), a drop of 18.8 percent from last year, according to World Luxury Association. Austerity...
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Baby hatches reveal deficient children’s welfare in China – Xinhua |...
Just two weeks after the first baby hatch was established in the south China city of Guangzhou in late January, nearly 80 abandoned infants had been collected from the safe place. A baby hatch allows a...
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Children’s shelter closes doors[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
The trial operation of the temporary shelter in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, for abandoned children was suspended on Sunday, after 262 babies and children were accepted since it opened on Jan 28....
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2nd-child policy hurts female job application – China – Chinadaily.com.cn
China has loosened its family planning policy by allowing couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child. Unfortunately, the policy has resulted in discrimination against some married...
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BBC News – China Maoming environmental protest violence condemned
Authorities have condemned an environmental protest in southern China that turned violent, calling it “serious criminal behaviour“. Residents in Maoming, Guangdong province, on Sunday protested against...
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Chinese civil society: Beneath the glacier | The Economist
AGAINST a powerful alliance of factory bosses and Communist Party chiefs, Zeng Feiyang cuts a frail figure. Mr Zeng, who is 39, works from a windowless office in Panyu, on the edge of the southern city...
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China to Get the World’s Fastest Elevators: 95 Floors in 43 Seconds –...
It’s a country of superlatives: home to the world’s longest wall, largest population, and fastest-growing major economy. Soon, China will have the fastest elevators. Earlier this week, Hitachi...
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Six wounded in knife rampage at Guangzhou Railway Station | South China...
At least six people were wounded in a knife attack at Guangzhou Railway Station yesterday, the third assault on civilians at train stations in two months. Witnesses said four assailants began attacking...
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China’s Supreme Court overturns death sentences for two men who raped...
The Supreme People’s Court has overturned the death sentences given to two men convicted of raping and forcing an 11-year-old girl to work in a brothel. The court said the high-profile case, which has...
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Alibaba Tries to Make a Visit to the Doctor Easier – Businessweek
China’s overburdened healthcare system is ripe for reform, and leading technology companies see opportunities in becoming part of the solution. Take the current system of booking time to see a...
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New highway encircles stubborn homeowners – Chinadaily.com.cn
A room with a 360-degree road view If you can’t build through it, build around it – city planners seem to have taken this advice quite literally. Motorway builders encircled the homes of three Chinese...
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Car ownership tops 154 million in China in 2014 – Xinhua | English.news.cn
China added a record 17 million new cars on the road in 2014 as car ownership reaches 154 million, said the Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday. View image | gettyimages.com Strong demand for cars...
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Record spending spurs race by governments for Chinese tourist dollars | Reuters
Embassies are re-writing visa rules and governments are hammering out aviation pacts as record spending by Chinese travelers sets off a race around the world for a share of the Chinese tourist dollar....
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Foxconn replaces ‘60,000 factory workers with robots’– BBC News
If manufacturers like Foxconn and high street companies like McDonald’s and, no doubt soon, offices too start replacing humans with robots, where will it all end? Where will all the ‘surplus’ people...
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China leads resistance to India joining nuclear export club | Reuters
China is leading opposition to a push by the United States and other major powers for India to join the main club of countries controlling access to sensitive nuclear technology, diplomats said on...
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