Why US Dollar Investments Are A Ticking Time Bomb
Contrarian Profits - 35 minutes ago
China’s economic rescue programs could be devastating for American investors, says Manraaj Singh. The country is sitting on $2 trillion in US dollar reserves. And it will likely sell a large chunk …
Yuan posts record one-day loss vs. USD - cctv
Why US Dollar Investments Are a Ticking Time Bom...... [Show More]
UK: Union to stage Tesco protest
UK: Teenager dismayed at losing job
UK: Report on migrant workers shows 6,000 eastern Europeans in North Wales
Business and Human Rights: Closing the Gaps
Chatham House Summary of International Law Discussion Group
Working Conditions in DRC Mines - Slideshow
Electronics industry takes next step towards sustainable metals
Thailand: Human Rights Group Cal...... [Show More]
the heliocentric world Post Source: www.theforeignexpert.com Posted: Nov 25 2008 21:51:31
A panda named Yang Yang, or “sun,” attacked a 20-year-old man at Qixing Park in Guilin. From his hospital bed, the man told Xinhua, “Yang Yang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him.” Journalist Chen Daojun faced a 30 minute trial for subversion in Chengdu, and has been put away for 3 years . A physicist in Virginia pled guilty to selling nuclear secrets , which ...... [Show More]
The muddied details of China’s 4 trillion yuan stimulus measures announced earlier this month became no clearer with reports by state broadcaster cctv that projects planned by provincial governments will add 10 trillion yuan to the pot. Among stimulus measures announced in the past week, cctv said, were 3 trillion yuan to be spent by Yunnan and 2.3 trillion by Guangdong, the money earmarked ...... [Show More]
world domino day Post Source: feedproxy.google.com Posted: Nov 19 2008 04:30:09
Organizers of an event in the Netherlands say, more than four million three hundred forty five thousand dominoes fell in sequence during a two-hour live TV show.
OK, this is just cool! Other views:
And a vid from last year:...... [Show More]
With another week of gloomy news about the global crisis, you would have thought trade were coming to a standstill, and those that facilitate it.
More than any other week though, this week has been a busy one, and perhaps we should thank the good folks in Beijing for that as Beijing to spend billions on transportation and China to invest 1 tln yuan in transportation were the headlines of the...... [Show More]
holy crap Post Source: www.dysnomia.us Posted: Nov 18 2008 05:45:17
I wish I could embed this video for you- it’s a giant shark taking a dump. No, really.
Shark-cam captures ocean motion
It is as thick as your arm, gungy and smells disgusting - and it has just been caught on camera for what is thought to be the first time.
Whalers slip out of Japanese port
Lunar Images From Chandrayaan-1
Controllers Cheer as Data Arrive from NASA’...... [Show More]
The leader came , heralded by shrubs.
The leader left. So did the shrubs.
Quick quiz for 50 points - fill in the blank space:
“Potted plants and trees for politburo members’ visits account for __% of China’s GDP.”...... [Show More]
WATCH VIDEO
Source: cctv.com | 11-14-2008 11:19
Special Report: Tibet Today
An airport in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa saw its first night flight Wednesday, ending Lhasa’s 43-year history of strictly daytime services.
An airpor t in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa saw its first
night fl ight Wedn esday, en ding Lhas a’s 43-year history o f
strictl...... [Show More]
There has been a great deal of media coverage in China in the past weeks regarding the impact of Microsoft’s making available its Windows Genuine Advantage (hereafter, “WGA ” 1; to users with Chinese language versions of Windows operating systems. For users going to Microsoft for many of its software updates (excluding some security updates), a validation is r...... [Show More]
The new five-year traffic infrastructure budget for the city of Beijing promises to ease car-related pollution and bring welcome relief to the city’s densely packed roads .
A bulk of of the proposed 240 billion yuan ($34 billion) will be spent on Beijing’s subway system, almost quadrupling the lines from their current total of 110 km to 420 km by 2012.
The incredible ...... [Show More]
Air
China to dominate aircraft demand in Asia-Pacific for years to come
Bombardier Bets Heavily on China Regional Aviation
Kunming Airlines to launch in January 2009
Shenzhen Airport Sees Reduced Number Of Flights
Water
Yang Ming seeks closer ties with Cosco
Intercargo calls for consistency in port state checks
Fog stops shipping in Yangtze River mouth
China As Downturn N...... [Show More]
En la prefectura de Saga , al sur del Japón , se realiza anualmente uno de los festivales de globos aerostáticos más importantes del mundo, que convoca a miles de personas de todas las latitudes a tomar parte de este encuentro, que incluye una carrera con un premio en dinero, y es el más importante de Asia .
Cientos de globos de distintas formas y tamaño, llenaron el cielo japonés de co...... [Show More]
cctv , la televisión pública de China, emite desde el 1 de Noviembre en Imagenio , la plataforma de TV por ADSL de Telefónica, y también podemos verla online desde su propia web.
Se trata de un monstruo televisivo, denominado además “la máquina propagandística más grande“, capaz de alcanzar un público máximo de 800 millones de personas y la también asombrosa cantida...... [Show More]
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Cloud Computing Journal: Live Mesh or Windows Azure?
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Aid flows into snow-battered Tibetan area
WATCH VIDEO
Source: cctv.com | 10-29-2008 09:11
Snow storms have been battering the eastern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region since Sunday. It’s made things worse for those who survived the earthquakes earlier this month.
Tibetan w omen rece ive relie f zanba (roast ed highla nd
barley f lour) from a neighborho od c...... [Show More]
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