Feeling jaded? Head to New Zealand
Visitors may be able to grasp a sense of what it feels like to be a Kiwi simply by rubbing a large piece of indigenous jade at the entrance gates of the island country’s pavilion when the Expo opens in May.
Washington panda cub to be shipped via FedEx to China
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – United States (U.S.)-born panda cub, Tai Shan, will next week leave the National Zoo in Washington and head in grand style for a new life in China — on board a Federal Express cargo plane, officials said.
240,000 people lack drinking water as drought hits S China
A prolonged drought has left 240,000 people and 110,000 head of livestock without adequate drinking water in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said Saturday.
Hands that heal from the heart
Sometimes they are gentle, carefully handling a 5-cm needle on the patient’s acupuncture point. Sometimes they are powerful, pressing, massaging and working the patient’s head.
Energy commission headed by Premier Wen set up
China’s State Council, or Cabinet, has decided to set up a national energy commission with Premier Wen Jiabao as head to step up strategic policy-making and coordination, a circular from the General Office of the State Council said Wednesday.
Dalai Lama’s Envoys Head to China
Representatives for the Dalai Lama will travel to China this week for the first such visit in 15 months to continue negotiations. From the Financial Times:
The talks will be the latest stage in a dialogue over the future of Tibet that began in 2002 bu…
Dalai Lama’s envoys head to China
Representatives of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China on Tuesday for talks with the Chinese authorities, the first such meeting in 15 months, the Tibetan government-in-exile has said
China cracks down on football match-fixing
The head of the country’s football federation has been replaced after he and two other senior officials were taken in for questioning by police as part of an investigation into corruption and match-fixing
Former soccer boss could face death
A new head has been appointed to the Chinese Football Association (CFA) as the clampdown on gambling and match-fixing in the country’s professional game continues.
China’s Football Chief Held In Matchfixing Probe
Reuters reports on the latest troubles of China’s beleaguered football association:
Nan Yong, who took over as head of the CFA one year ago, was taken away by a police investigative group who were probing a series of matchfixing scandals, Xinhua…