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A girl selects a dragon-shaped doll at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen) A customer selects dragon-shaped dolls at a shopping mall in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 19, 2012. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 23, marks the start of the Year of the...Read Full Story

Passengers queue up to enter the subway station near the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 26, 2012. Railway terminals in major Chinese cities are braced for a new travel rush, as millions of travelers are returning to city work near the end of the week-long Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Fan Jiashan) Passengers queue up to buy tickets at the coach station at Luocheng County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. China is braced for...Read Full Story

Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan 26, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] Firefighters work to put in chemicals made from dissolved aluminum chloride to neutralize the polluted Longjiang River in Hechi City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 26, 2012. Eighty tonnes of aluminum chloride, a neutralizing agent, has been put into the...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - At least 15 children were killed when a school bus crashed in China 's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that has triggered public fury across the country. The bus fell into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, the official Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were injured in the accident, which happened after school on Monday. Xinhua had conflicting accounts on the number...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - Fifteen children were killed when a school bus crashed in China 's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of accidents fanning public fury across the country. The bus rolled into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, the Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were injured in the accident, which happened after school on Monday. "Students became trapped at the bottom of the overturned bus and drowned as...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - Fifteen children were killed when a school bus crashed in China 's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of accidents fanning public fury across the country. The bus rolled into a ditch as it veered off the road to avoid a pedicab, the Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were also injured in the accident, which happened after school on Monday. "Students became trapped at the bottom of the overturned bus and drowned...Read Full Story

BEIJING ( Reuters ) - At least 15 children were killed when a school bus crashed in China's eastern province of Jiangsu , state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that has drawn public ire across the country. The bus fell into a ditch following a failed attempt to veer off the road to avoid a pedicab, Xinhua news agency said. At least eight children were injured in the accident, which happened in the early evening on Monday. Xinhua had conflicting accounts on...Read Full Story

2011-08-02 07:42:26 GMT2011-08-02 15:42:26(Beijing Time)  China Daily A 9-year-old boy named Xiong Sansan rides on the back of his father’s tricycle to collect scraps in Baisha, an urban village in Liuzhou city, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, July 29, 2011. The boy migrated to the city eight years ago with his parents, who maintain their tough lives by collecting scraps. During the summer vacation, Xiong always goes with his friends to the building site to collect scrap...Read Full Story

I just spotted this article by World Technology Watch, and due to the huge implications, I asked for, and received permissionIn from the author to republish it here. Keep in mind China has 20% of the world's people but only 5% of the world's fresh water. Ten years ago China began building a 1,200 mile canal from South China which has most of the country's fresh water to North China which has most of China's huge population.  This project was one of the many unrealized projects originally...Read Full Story

So you have arrived in the new land of golden opportunity with all your M&A, JV, IPO, turn-around, or start-up western experience and with a determination to profit.  You’ve registered your company, obtained all of your licenses and permits, opened your Hong Kong Corporation and bank accounts, and you are ready to rock and roll in what undoubtedly has become the most viable and lucrative consumer, real estate and equity market in the world. But while you plan to profit from China, there are...Read Full Story