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The China Watch » Japan’s politics hinder own ‘normalization’
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The real live view of China. Japan’s politics hinder own ‘normalization’. By Jason Lee on February 19, 2014. It’s often said that we should take a rational attitude toward Japan’s efforts at “normalization” and its throwing off the shackles of the postwar order. Now that almost seven decades have passed since the end of WWII, Japan is no longer the old Japan in this reshaped geopolitical order. To some, it is somewhat unfair to subject it to the postwar international regime. For instance, Tokyo attempted...
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The China Watch » Postgraduate poisoner sentenced to death
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The real live view of China. Postgraduate poisoner sentenced to death. By Jason Lee on February 19, 2014. By Jiang Yabin in Shanghai and Chang Meng in Beijing. Lin Senhao (center), a medical student who murdered his roommate, stands trial in a courtroom of Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People’s Court on Tuesday. Photo: AFP/Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People’s Court. A postgraduate student who poisoned his roommate with a toxic chemical was Tuesday sentenced to death in Shanghai. 8220;The family all hoped for...
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The China Watch » Snow disrupts China holiday traffic
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The real live view of China. Snow disrupts China holiday traffic. By Jason Lee on February 6, 2014. Snowstorms disrupted road traffic in northern and eastern China on Wednesday, causing chaos for travelers returning to work after Spring Festival family reunions. Snow started to fall on Tuesday in regions including Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and Henan, according to the National Meteorological Center. Snow in the affected regions could be as deep as 16 cm, it said. Luo Shuyao, 24, a civil servant in t...
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The China Watch - PHOTO
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The real live view of China. Vietnamese women wait for customers on Vietnam Street in Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. Photo: IC As the biggest trade partner of Vietnam, China has expanded business relations with the Southeastern Asian country by opening up its border towns. Every morning in Hekou, Southwest. February 25, 2014. China’s 2.38-meter man dwarfs crowd in Suzhou. February 22, 2014. Postgraduate poisoner sentenced to death. February 19, 2014. Firework revelry aggravates Beijing smog.
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The China Watch » Root diggers
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The real live view of China. By Jason Lee on February 19, 2014. Newly retrieved lotus roots are stacked on the river bed. Photo: CFP. Acquiring lotus roots, which Chinese people see as a delicacy, is a laborious process. Hidden in the mud under freshwater rivers and lakes, there is no other means of digging them out except by hand. The freezing winter is the peak time for digging for lotus roots, as the market demand surges around the Spring Festival and they can sell for higher prices. Yet, the methods ...
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The China Watch - DEBATE
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The real live view of China. Yanukovych faces ‘mass murder’ charge. A man holds a Ukrainian flag as he stands on Kiev’s Independence Square on Monday.Ukraine issued an arrest warrant Monday for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych over the “mass murder” of protesters and appealed for $35 billion in Western aid to pull the crisis-hit country from the. February 25, 2014. Chinese ambassador lodges representations about Obama-Dalai meeting. February 22, 2014. Beauty pulpit for showbiz celebrities. By Zhang Yiq...
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The China Watch » Ugly side of beauty business
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The real live view of China. Ugly side of beauty business. By Jason Lee on February 14, 2014. A foreign model promotes a bottle of wine during a wine festival held in Tianjin, on June 8, 2012. Photo: CFP. In a country with a population of 1.3 billion people, the Chinese fashion industry favors Western models to make it look. Compared to the highly competitive and overcrowded Western market, China’s growing modeling industry offers foreign models the opportunity to earn good money. 8220;As many of them on...
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The China Watch - Farewell
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The real live view of China. Yao Yulin shows an oil lamp dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC AD 24)in his apartment stacked with ancient lamps and candleholders of different dynasties and from different countries. Photos by Huang Zhiling / China Daily A lamp collector hopes his museum will. February 18, 2014. In memory of unnamed war heroes. February 11, 2014. February 1, 2014. Turtle power propels Qinzhou. An advertisement with the tagline “Raising turtles can make you a fortune” ...Chen Guan...
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The China Watch » Yanukovych faces ‘mass murder’ charge
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The real live view of China. Yanukovych faces ‘mass murder’ charge. By Jason Lee on February 25, 2014. A man holds a Ukrainian flag as he stands on Kiev’s Independence Square on Monday. Ukraine. Issued an arrest warrant Monday for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych over the “mass murder” of protesters and appealed for $35 billion in Western aid to pull the crisis-hit country from the brink of economic collapse. Photo: AFP. The appointment was challenged by Russia. Medvedev said Russia had grave doubts ab...
