UK technology ensures clean Olympic water
A British water monitoring kit is used in China's National Swimming Center (Water Cube) to ensure possibly the world's cleanest water for swimmers competing for Olympic medals in Beijing.
The kit tests for chemicals such as chlorine, alkaline and acidity level, ozone and other qualities across a full range of standards.
The kit is easy-to-use and monitors rapidly, in addition to being highly stable, compact and portable. "These kits are just what we need: they provide convenience, accura ...
Foreigners love to buy Chinese books
The Olympic Games are firing up a Chinese culture fever, and bookstores in Beijing are greeting a lot more foreign readers than before, according to Beijing Daily. The most obvious change is the increase in sales of many foreign-language books. Deputy Director of the marketing and management centre in the Beijing Book Building Zhang Zheng said: "Sales of foreign-language books this month have reached nearly 100 million copies, 21.6 percent more than the previous month."
Foreign-language books ...
Chinese cheongsam becomes popular
Yesterday, August 20, under the guidance of the Jamaican ambassador, Jamaican Sport Minister Olivia Grange and her accompanying guest Ms. Heron, as well as the Jamaican Tourism Minister and several Jamaican coaches, went shopping at Yashow Market. The ambassador has become an China expert after working for such a long time in Beijing.
Yashow, like Silk Street Market, is a popular destination for shopping among foreigners in Beijing. We arrived at Yashow at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon a ...
Jamaica's Wonderful Party
Today (Aug. 24) many Jamaican sports celebrities, including flying man Usain Bolt, Powell Asafa, and Sports Minister Olivia Grange, gathered at Block Eight near the west gate of Chaoyang Park, to celebrate their remarkable achievements at the Beijing Olympic Games, as well as the profound friendship between China and Jamaica.
Jamaican Ambassador M. Cook organized the party. Among the guest list, there were many businessmen and diplomats who have partnerships with Jamaica. People from differe ...
Interview: feeling Switzerland in Beijing
During the Olympics a famous place where modern arts are celebrated brought Switzerland closer to more than 120,000 visitors --- 95 percent of them were Chinese. Manuel Salchli, Director of the House of Switzerland, said they felt happy to be part of modern Beijing. And that is a prelude to more cultural exchange events between his country and China after the Olympics.
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China-made regional aircraft ARJ21 to take maiden flight
Recently, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. held a handover ceremony of ARJ21-700101 airplane in the assembly plant of Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. This means that regional aircraft with independent intellectual property rights has entered the final stage of its maiden flight preparation. Experts predict that in one or two months, ARJ21 will be able to complete the first flight.
There are five ARJ21-700 aircraft, among which three to be used for test flight, one for n ...
China tightens control over exporting livestock, poultry genetic resources
China has moved the tighten the control over the export of genetic resources of livestock and poultry with the promulgation of a new ordinance that will take effect on October 1.
The government will ban the export of genetic resources of newly-discovered, unidentified livestock and poultry breeds that are unique to the country, according to the ordinance signed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on August 28.
It will be unlawful to cooperate with overseas institutions or individuals i ...
Illegal fund-raising causes chaotic petition in C China
An illegal fund-raising dispute in central China's Hunan Province led to lenders' chaotic petition to local authorities on Wednesday and Thursday, causing road block and railway suspension.
The lenders gathered at the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture government on Wednesday asking for authorities' intervention after the fund-raising company failed to pay them back as promised.
Some of them and lookers-on swarmed to the railway station of Jishou City, capital of the pr ...
Senior Chinese official calls for gov't reform
China's State Councilor Ma Kai Thursday called for the advancement of the administrative system reform to build a service-oriented government.
Ma, president of the National School of Administration, made the remarks at a ceremony marking the opening of the new semester.
"To deepen the reform of the administrative system is an important job for the Party and the government at the moment," said Ma, also secretary-general of the State Council, China's cabinet.
According to M ...
Coca-Cola puts new takeover law to the test
The Coca-Cola Company's $2.3 billion bid for premier juice maker China Huiyuan Juice may help the US company achieve dominance in China's beverage market. But analysts remain skeptical because of the many hurdles that could threaten to rock the marriage.
China is Coca-Cola's fourth largest market, and the proposed transaction would be the company's largest overseas acquisition. If the deal goes through, it could strengthen Coca-Cola's stranglehold in one of the world's fast growing beverages ...
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