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60,000 Visitors Open the Huong Pagoda Festival

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:34:31 -0500

02/19/10 -- Vietnam -- At 9 am this morning, the Huong pagoda festival, which will last 3 months, opened with 60,000 tourists and others in attendance.

In an interview with VnExpress.net, Mr. Nguyen Chi Thanh, head of the pagoda’s Relic Management Board, said that from just the 5th day of the Tet holiday [February 18] to the 6th [February 19], 16,000 pilgrims and tourists visited Huong pagoda.

Artist Ko Siu Lan Considers Court Action Over the “Censorship” of Her Work by the ‘Ecole des Beaux-Arts’ in Paris

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:34:19 -0500

02/15/10 -- Controversy shows no signs of subsiding at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris since Wednesday 10th February, when they decided to remove a work of art by the Chinese artist Ko Siu Lan from the front wall on the Malaquais embankment in the 6th arrondissement. The piece in question, which was on show for a few hours before being taken down, was part of a collective exhibition running until 21st February. The piece twists the words of Nicholas Sarkozy, “Work more to earn more”. It is made up of four black banners, each with the following words in white lettering; “Work”, “More”, “Earn” and “Less”. Depending on where they were standing passers-by could read it as “Earn more” or “Work less”.

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Corpse of Finless Porpoise Seen on River Bank Mistaken for Yangtze River Dolphin

Fri, 01 May 2009 02:02:37 -0400

04/29/09 -- “Below the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, there's a corpse of a Yangtze River Dolphin!*” Yesterday afternoon, city residents discovered the corpse of an aquatic mammal beside a pier on the south bank of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, but after expert examination, the animal did not turn out to be the long-missing Yangtze River Dolphin, but a finless porpoise**, or 'river pig' as it is called colloquially.

18-Year-Old Boys Pick Gays To Mug

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:59:32 -0400

04/20/09 -- Late at night, a stylish young man and another boy entered a construction site. Suddenly, two other young guys jumped out from the darkness and robbed the well-dressed youth. Only then did the fashionable young man realize that he'd fallen into a trap. As it turns out, the guys that mugged him had figured him for a homosexual and had purposely sent someone to strike up a conversation with him and, under the guise of 'making friends'*, lured him to a secluded area while they waited for an opportunity to jump him.

China Shines as an Example to the World

Mon, 19 May 2008 01:55:33 -0400

05/15/08 -- After a severe earthquake hit Wenchuan County in China's Sichuan Province, the Chinese government's swift deployment of earthquake relief has become a positive example for the international community.

TB Still Tops Death Toll For Infectious Disease

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:12:23 -0400

Highly infective -- in one year a single person can infect 15 others; even more frightening is that many TB sufferers still socialize

04/08/08 -- Yesterday, the Jiangsu Province Department of Health published the March 2008 provincial report on infectious disease as mandated by law. The report indicated that tuberculosis (TB) is still the leading cause of new infections and of death from infection [in the province]. In the course of interviews [for this story], this reporter found out that some individuals who know that they have tuberculosis take buses without wearing masks, continue to eat at restaurants as usual, and certainly will not publicly reveal their infection status. Some patients do not comply with treatment once they are diagnosed with TB. Experts say that behind these problems is the current legal vacuum for supervision of those with TB.

Man Suffers Stroke Five Years After Lacerating Hand on Snail Shell

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:12:31 -0400

Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital treats three cases of Leptospirosis and stroke

03/06/08 -- Five years ago, Old Wang* never imagined that a careless cut on his hand from washing snails would lead to long-term high blood pressure and a sudden stroke that left him in the hospital and nearly crippled. Zhang Jun, the director of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital’s Emergency Department, told reporters that beginning in January, the hospital had seen a series of three stroke cases brought on by Leptospira**. The other two cases besides Old Wang may have been infected from contaminated water that came into contact with their broken or injured skin.

Yunnan Establishes a Prevention System Against Invasive Species Incursion

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:07:31 -0400

03/12/08 -- Yesterday, the Yunnan Forestry Department held a media conference on the "Yunnan Province 'Sabre 2008' Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Tibet Forest Vegetation Joint Quarantine Implementation Action Program," giving a report on the status of Yunnan Province's efforts to prevent incursions of invasive species. It is reported that last year over thirty counties in Yunnan implemented targeted control programs for the bark beetle, which is causing a severe degree of harm. The prevention area covers over 800,000 mu (53,000 ha), and the program has brought about initial containment of the bark beetle infestation.

Hospital Treats Two ‘Stone Maidens’

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:10:43 -0400

One just born, another just married

03/05/08 -- “It’s so unusual that we would see two ‘stone maidens’* in such a short time!�? said a doctor from the Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, absolutely flabbergasted by the situation. In recent days, the hospital saw two rare ‘stone maidens’, one a young woman that had just gotten married and another a newborn infant girl.

Battle To Eradicate Rats Begins Next Week

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:02:27 -0500

7600 kg of rat poison waits for them to feed

03/16/07 -- When winter is mild, rats reproduce quickly. The Nanjing City Patriotic Health Campaign Committee Office’s (PHCCO) most recent survey indicates that the average density of Nanjing’s rats is 3.5%, already much higher than the 2% national standard. Action cannot be delayed. The PHCCO revealed to the Modern Bulletin yesterday that a campaign across the entire city to eradicate the rats has already begun and that 7600 kg of rat poison will be unleashed in every district next week.

Space Suit for Tourists Hits Catwalk!

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:45:41 -0500

12/10/07 -- The price has yet to be confirmed, but the first space suit aimed at the general public has enjoyed its debut fashion show. The designer, Chris Gilman, officially launched the suit at the X Prize Cup 2007 - a space innovation competition held every year at the Halloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. So will we now see tourists clad in space suits as they holiday in the Great Outer Space?

Poland Lifts Veto on European Anti Death Penalty Day

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:39:52 -0500

12/09/07 -- On Friday 7th December the European Union's Ministry of Justice passed a unanimous vote for a European Anti Death Penalty Day. The vote was made possible due to a change in the Polish government. The country's current governer, leader of the Right Donald Tusk, lifted the veto imposed by his predecessor, the ultra-conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynksi.

Will These Men Change Germany?

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:34:54 -0400

New Left party rides high in polls

Christian-Democrats warn of post-communists; liberals see new threat

06/18/07 -- Berlin -- The new chiefs of the "Left", Lothar Bisky (65) and Oskar Lafontaine (63), want to change Germany completely. But the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), the Social-Democrats, the liberal FDP, the Greens, and industry are all siding forcefully against the plans of the new party.

Ukraine: “Use of the Army Is Not Excluded" Says the Minister of Defense

Thu, 24 May 2007 15:00:40 -0400

05/24/07 -- President Wiktor Juszczenko said on Thursday that Ukraine is undergoing “a silent coup d’état". The national leader made his announcement during a press conference after a meeting with chiefs of governmental force departments.