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China: Bird Flu Claims Two Victims in a Month
Date: January 25th, 2012 |
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Following multiple deaths in Vietnam and Cambodia, China has reported its second bird flu death in a month. While the flu was highly pathogenic, it was not confirmed to be the infamous H5N1 strain. The most recent victim was a 39-year-old male who reportedly had no contact with poultry. The World Health Organization says that [read more]
China: Air Pollution a major Problem in Beijing
Date: November 7th, 2011 | No Comments
After three days of heavy smog in Beijing, the U.S. Embassy rated the air pollution Oct. 31 as “hazardous,” the worst on its six-point scale, which indicates the entire population is likely to be affected. The embassy rated Beijing’s air quality “hazardous” several times in October, and even rated it “beyond index” Oct. 9, meaning [read more]
China: High-Intensity Security Campaign Planned for Xinjiang
Date: August 23rd, 2011 | No Comments
The Chinese government announced a two-month “strike hard” campaign aimed at securing the troubled western region of Xinjiang. The plan includes 24-hour police patrols of crowded areas, identity checks, street searches, increased criminal investigations and accelerated trials. Tensions between ethnic Uighur and Han populations have erupted in a recent five-week spate of violence, resulting in [read more]
China: Beijing Battles Gridlock with New Restrictions
Date: December 29th, 2010 | No Comments
The Chinese government’s latest attempt to ease Beijing’s traffic jams is a limit on new vehicle registrations to 240,000 in 2011, about one-third the number of new cars to hit the streets in 2010. Many of these new vehicles are second cars purchased by families who want to avoid the one-day-a-week ban that is based [read more]
China: Old Scam Still Works on Single Men
Date: December 1st, 2010 | No Comments
It’s a scam neither unique to Shanghai nor particularly new, but it continues to work on men touring alone in the big city, as a writer for the Sydney Morning Herald recently discovered. A friendly young woman engages you in conversation, asks if you will take a photo of her and her friends, and once [read more]
China: Spring Festival Travel to Test Transportation Capabilities
Date: January 11th, 2012 | No Comments
The Spring Festival travel rush is considered the world’s largest annual human migration. The festival, which begins Sunday and runs through Feb. 16, is expected to tax the country’s transportation system—a system recently plagued by a series of notable train accidents. Many of the Chinese are rushing home ahead of the fast-approaching Lunar New Year, [read more]
China: Hightened Security at Shanghai and Beijing Airports means Longer Lines
Date: August 31st, 2011 | No Comments
The China Civil Aviation authority raised its security standard to level 2 at Shanghai and Beijing airports Aug. 29. This came as a surprise to most passengers, more of whom will now be asked to remove their shoes and belts. At least 50 percent of passengers will also be asked to open their carry-on baggage [read more]
China: Old Sites and Traditions Now Viewed as Important for Tourism
Date: February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments
China is spending billions of dollars to restore its ancient sites to attract tourism after spending decades tearing them down to make room for modern infrastructure and highrises. In Xian, planners are renovating the old city and are recreating the grounds of Daming Palace, an imperial palace four times the size of Beijing’s Forbidden City [read more]
China: Beijing Battles Gridlock
Date: December 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Beijing is trying to solve the riddle of gridlock as it sees 2,000 new cars a day enter the already packed streets and highways. The number of cars in the city has nearly doubled since 2005, with 4.7 million vehicles now crawling the streets. Officials are considering increasing the capacity of subways and buses and [read more]
China: Beijing Traffic Jams Only to Get Worse
Date: September 29th, 2010 | No Comments
Beijing traffic jams became notorious in August when a 60-mile tie up lasted 10 days and reached the outskirts of the city, and traffic within Beijing has grown increasingly congested as the Chinese economy has hummed along. Now Beijing ranks along with Mexico City as having the world’s worst commute, and the situation isn’t likely [read more]
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