China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the This is China
China's economy is continuing to grow despite the global recession, helped by a massive government stimulus package of $585bn. But doubts remain whether such strong growth can be sustained by public spending alone. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Inner Mongolia, where a whole town built with government money is standing empty. China's empty...
Kick of your Mandarin Chinese learning by mastering the four basic pinyin tones, then proceed to China-8.com's series of practical Mandarin Chinese lessons based on everyday situations that foreigners will find themselves in in China. For more, visit us at www.china-8.com. China-8.com...
May 2008 China has the most sophisticated censorship and internet surveillance in the world. But despite this autocratic control some guerrilla bloggers are still managing to get their message through. The Great...
Meet 26 year-old Yu Zhenhuan - officially China's hairiest man. China's Hairiest Man
China's 6th Peasant Games are under way this week in the south eastern city of Quanzhou. The Games are dubbed by organisers as China's Peasant...
China says the US has China's...
March 2009 Chinas economy is in danger. We travel to Dongguan, the Southern market city known as the workshop of the world to discover just how the global financial crisis is bringing down the Asian Giant. China Slowdown -...
Sichuan, China. In the aftermath of the massive earthquake that rocked this central region of China, several communities are in mourning for the children they lost. At Fuxin Primary School, where 127 students died, families place framed photographs of dead boys and girls in a makeshift memorial next to the rubble, burning incense and symbolic paper currency to honor them. A boy survivor cries, remembering his lost classmates. A father tells us how his son was the top student in four subjects. A mother wipes the glass on her portrait inside the memorial, explaining, ..." onmouseout="mouseOutImage(this, '4', 'FFFFFF')" onmouseover="mousOverImage(this,'026HsrgHjwM',1, '4','FFCC00')" /> China's Unnatural...
China is urging the US government to cancel plans for President Barack Obama to meet next week with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Chinese-US relations have already deteriorated over Taiwan, electronic security, and now with the potential economic threat by China. This meeting means relations between the two countries are going to get even worse. The White House yesterday confirmed that President Obama will meet the Dalai Lama on February 18, despite China's objections. US-China...
November 2004 A controversial treatment using the stem cells of aborted foetuses is producing remarkable results. Many desperate patients see it as their only hope. They come from all over the world in search of miracles. Medical Mecca -...
The Environmental Cost of China's Growth The Environmental...
Sichuan, China. In the aftermath of the massive earthquake that rocked this central region of China, several communities are in mourning for the children they lost. At Fuxin Primary School, where 127 students died, families place framed photographs of dead boys and girls in a makeshift memorial next to the rubble, burning incense and symbolic paper currency to honor them. A boy survivor cries, remembering his lost classmates. A father tells us how his son was the top student in four subjects. A mother wipes the glass on her portrait inside the memorial, explaining, ..." onmouseout="mouseOutImage(this, '4', 'FFFFFF')" onmouseover="mousOverImage(this,'QH1JbqAx8h0',1, '4','FFCC00')" /> China's Unnatural...
more at www.jimrogers1.blogspot.com Chanos Sees `Overheating and Overindulgence' in China Chanos Sees...
UC Berkeley's Frederic Wakeman, widely regarded as one of the world's finest China scholars, gave what turned out to be among his last public lecture series on the history of China in April, 2006. In Part One of this series, Wakeman examines the impact of the Mongol occupation in the 14th century. The Wakeman series is presented by the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies at UC San Diego. [12/2006] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11710] China's Longue...

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