Shanghai Disneyland to be opened in 2016

The Disneyland park has started its construction in Shanghai, a financial hub of China. The  park which is the first in Mainland China is espected to be openend to the public in 2016. The Shanghai Disneyland…

China: Culture of eating dog meat questioned

Animal-rights activists are barking mad over news that trickled out over the weekend involving a truck full of 520 dogs that was stopped Friday on a highway en route to a slaughterhouse.  Discussion of the…

Food crises reveal flaws

Twenty-five tons of bean sprouts containing cancer-inducing additives were uncovered by police in the capital city of Liaoning Province, China News Service reported on Monday. Eight suspects alleged to have added sodium nitrite, urea and…

Tsinghua University readies for Centennial

Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, one of the world’s top ranking universities will celeberate its 100th  aniversary on April 24. As the clock  ticks, the count down for the centennial is drawing close, and the campus is getting…

Fake AIDS panic shows HIV ignorance

Twenty-six-year-old Jiang visited a prostitute last July. Unexpectedly, he had a condom breakage during sex. He fell ill the next day. He believed that he had been infected with HIV. Another man, Zhang, went to…

Cemetery plot prices soar in Beijing

The rising cost of daily necessities in China is also being reflected in the price of cemetery plots. Some gravesites in Beijing are now selling for many times the cost of a house, as Zhang…

China: home to Solar energy

China’s demand for energy is surging and the government has realized the importance of renewable energy. China Daily reported that China will announce a new five year target for the solar industry soon, as  the Chinese government…

RMB 50 million for quake-hit Yingjiang County

China’s Ministry of Finance is allocating 50 million Yuan for emergency repair on infrastructure in Yingjiang County, Yunan province, following the devastation caused by a recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake. About 25 people were reported dead,…

How ping pong tied US and China together

The United States and China, two major powers: one in the East, the other in the West. We are talking about two different cultures, completely different civilizations, and yet the two most influential countries in…