Beijing Athletes Village Opened on Sunday amid tight security and a shroud of smog. Beijing Olympic organising committee chief Liu Qi handed the keys of the village to Chen Zhili, a senior communist party official who is the village mayor. China has said that staging a safe Games is the top priority and is fielding […]
The internet in China and USA
China’s booming Internet population has surpassed the United States. Now china become the world’s biggest with 253 million people online despite goverment controls on Web use,according to government data reported on this Friday. The latest figure on Web use at of June is a percent increase from a year ago,the China Internet Network information Center […]
Charitable Giving Falters as Economy Fumbles
Americans’ charitable giving is starting to fall due to the poor economy, according to several news reports. "The real test of Americans’ commitment to the less fortunate may well be 2008, as family budgets are squeezed by rising food and energy costs and other economic pressures," writes the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star. Nonprofit executives are […]
Chinese Bloggers Take Stand Against Web Activist’s Arrest
Posted by John Kennedy to Global Voices Online Following his apprehension last month as he was pitching in with the earthquake relief in his native Sichuan province, web activist Huang Qi was this weekend formally arrested for “illegal possession of state secrets”. Volunteers at his well-known website 64Tianwang.com (English) have been actively posting all news […]
Chrysler seeks alliances to drive up sales
Chrysler cheif executive Bob confirmed that a deal with Nissan to sell chrysler-badged nissan versa cars in south america would set the pattern for future joint ventures. chrysler is building a minivan for volkswagen, and it has agreement with china’s chery automobile to produce and export small cars to western europe and US next few […]
Chinese City Implements ‘No Car Day’
Posted by Kelly Proctor to Global Voices Online Last year, Kunming, China took part in “No Car Day” (æ— è½¦æ—¥). Now, the southwestern Chinese city has gone above and beyond by instituting a “No Car Day” every month. Kunming, home to many environmental NGOs, has Car Free Days on the last Saturday of every month. China’s […]
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