Four days ago, it was widely reported on the front page of almost every Chinese newspaper that Russian warships had sunk a Chinese cargo ship - New Star - off the coast of Vladivostok. According to an article from the People's Daily, … [Read more...] about The Sinking of New Star
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Celebrating Valentine's Day in China
The Chinese Valentine's Day is on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar. So this year's Chinese Valentine's Day is still a while yet. In the mean time - how does one celebrate the Western version of Valentine's Day in China? … [Read more...] about Celebrating Valentine's Day in China
Space, the inaccessible frontier, or: how I learned to stop worrying about alian invasions and love the rockets
Something remarkable happened yesterday at about 780 kilometers above Siberia. Love was in the air vacuum at first sight encounter between a U.S. satellite, Iridium 33, and a Russian one, Kosmos-2251. And they immediately multiplied and prospered into at least 600 and increasingly counting descendants set to enjoying high flying life styles for years and decades to come. … [Read more...] about Space, the inaccessible frontier, or: how I learned to stop worrying about alian invasions and love the rockets
Did Paulson Accuse China to be a Root Cause of Today's Global Economic Crisis?
In an interview to XinHua, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson declared that he was wrongly portrayed to have laid blame on China for causing today's global economic crisis. … [Read more...] about Did Paulson Accuse China to be a Root Cause of Today's Global Economic Crisis?
Should Obama Learn to Engage the Chinese People through the Internet?
President Obama has not exactly started out making a great impression that he will bring U.S.-China relations to a new high - what with unwelcomed vague belligerent references against communist and authoritarian governments in his inaugural speech, followed up by now Treasury Secretary's Geithner's sharp tone and use of the legally-loaded term “currency manipulation” in … [Read more...] about Should Obama Learn to Engage the Chinese People through the Internet?