“The World Financial Center topped out on Sunday afternoon, reaching 492 meters in height and becoming the tallest building on the mainland …”. Quelle: Shanghai Daily.

L’administration belge a ainsi privé les deux enfants de l’écrivain Pierre Ryckmans, plus connu sous son nom de plume de Simon Leys, de leur nationalité belge. Quelle: Chine-Informations

Liste interessanter chinesischer Blogger-Adressen. Quelle: Danwei 

Die chinesischen Antikorruptionsbehörden untersuchen die Verstrickung des Münchner Konzerns in einen Bestechungsfall in einem Krankenhaus in der nordostchinesischen Provinz Jilin. Quelle: SZ

The country’s official defense budget has increased at a double-digit rate every year since the early 1990s. This year, the budget shot up nearly 18 percent, to $45 billion. Quelle: NYT

“Almost all the titles we sold are about learning English. The Chinese respect Indians for their ability with English and information technology,” Raj Mani, indischer Verleger Times of India

“… The density of organic substances in the soil has fallen from 12 percent in the 1940s to less than 2 percent … excessive farming, overuse of fertilizers and relentless logging have caused erosion and degeneration of the soil quality …”. Quelle: Xinhua. Vgl. Artikel in Renmin Chengshi Wang.

Quelle: Xinhua

Quelle: China Media Project

Von Annie Huang. Quelle: IHT/AP.

Quelle: IHT

“… will still have their expenses covered if they can provide evidence that they have tried their best when they failed …”. Quelle: Xinhua.