Posts Tagged ‘China’

It’s pretty well known that American jobs are declining. The economy is tanking and the jobs that could keep us afloat are all heading abroad. The reason for this obviously is because it is much cost effective for US companies to outsource these jobs than to keep it in US itself. At one point in [...]

The fact that Rush Limbaugh has such a loyal following, shows further that fanaticism is running out of control.   It also indicates a need for more logical and sane thinkers to control the rhetoric spewed by hateful and narrow minded individuals on TV and radio.  Their job is not to make others believe what they [...]

Amnesty International today urged the Chinese authorities to release a woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message. Chinese online activist Cheng Jianping was sentenced to one year of ‘Re-education Through Labour’ on Monday for “disturbing social order”, having retweeted a satirical suggestion on October 17 that the [...]

The UAE has vending machines for gold bars, Paris sells CK cologne with them, but what is on offer in the vending machines in Nanjing? The answer is… Hairy Crab! At Xinjiekou station on Metro Line 1, near where you come out at Dayuanpan, you can see a machine.

Health authorities in China have ordered an investigation into claims that a batch of powdered baby milk has caused children as young as four months old to grow breasts. Tests were ordered on infant formula made by the NASDAQ-listed company Synutra after reports surfaced in China’s state media that three children fed on the formula [...]

Although not unheard of, the incidence of polydactylism, or being born with extra fingers and toes, doesn’t happen every day. The word derives from the ancient Greek (polus=many and daktulos=finger). Usually, the extra limbs are surgically removed. In the most unusual case of a baby boy born in China last year, a second penis was [...]

China has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. China immediately questioned the report, claiming its calculations were “unreliable.” The Paris-based agency said China’s 2009 consumption of energy sources ranging from oil and coal to wind and solar power was equal to 2.265 billion tons of [...]

A huge UFO terrified Chinese citizens last week and forced the closure of an airport and cancellation of flights. The government says it knows what the UFO was — but won’t say.

Anri Suzuki, 24, from Tokyo – is said to have a doctorate in Sino-Japanese history, but said she had specialised in studying the Japanese invasion of China and was ashamed by what her countrymen had done. She told the Chinese media: “We have to respect the lessons of history and although we cannot obliterate it [...]

Location: A luxury villa project in a Nanjing suburb. Wanted: Two reception assistants. Race: White. Job advertisements in China can throw up a few surprises for those used to a non-discriminatory employment environment. Here, companies make no apologies about openly stating the race of the employees they seek.