Archive for February, 2009
Hutong home-stays open in Beijing
Five hutong home-stay locations opened for business in the Shichahai area of old Beijing yesterday. The five host families had already offered accommodation during the Olympic Games. Another 15 hutong home-stays will open later this year, according to the Xicheng district government, Beijing.
The five hutong home-stays currently only offer overnight accommodation and daytime visits. [...]
Cherry blossom in Yuyuantan Park
[#3: Edit Options>MightyAdsense>Adsense Code] March and April is the ideal time to see cherry blossom in Beijing, and the ideal site for viewing the beatiful flowers is in Yuyuantan Park (Jade Lake).
Yuyuantan Park, totaling 137 hectares (338.5 acres), is located on Xisanhuan Road (Xisanhuan Lu), in Haidian District. The park boasts extensive waters and beautiful [...]
Letters and Blogs
Slumdog story all too common
It’s really hard to find a good reason, for everyone endowed with an ability to reason, to spend money watching “Slumdog Millionaire”.
Thanks to the articles provided by China Daily in the page “Life” of February 23, 2009, we know now that this Oscar -winning movie shows, of course in the typical [...]
Big-10 plan to gear up car makers
China hopes to cut the number of its major auto makers from 14 to 10 and increase the market share of domestic-brand vehicles in a consolidation push designed to enhance the competitiveness of a stalling industry.
The plan, which is part of a larger auto industry stimulus package announced earlier, seeks to create two to three [...]
Car fire ’started suddenly’ in downtown Beijing, 2 hospitalized
The car fire “started suddenly” when police stopped the car and came forward to question the passengers inside at around 2:50 p.m. at the crossing of Wangfujing and Chang’an avenues, according to a statement by the Beijing government information office. Police then extinguished the fire.
The statement said two of the three people, who were inside [...]
Survey: Only 36% of graduates find jobs
According to a survey conducted by the Social Survey Institute of China (SSIC), to date the overall graduate employment rate is only 36 percent, far short of the target of 70 percent set by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
This year graduates face grim employment prospects. On one hand, official statistics show that the [...]
2010 World Expo, challenge and opportunity
Hosting a successful World Expo in 2010 is always going to be a tall order. It becomes even more formidable after the splendid Beijing Olympics last August. Now, the world economic crisis has made this “economic and technological Olympics” even more arduous.
To call it an arduous and exciting task reflects the Chinese perception of a [...]
Tian’anmen bridges under repair for 60th National Day
Repair to the Golden Water Bridges in front of Tian’anmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace facing Tian’anmen Square in the south, began Wednesday, less than eight months ahead of the 60th founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.
The repair work is scheduled to be completed before May 1 and then the bridges will [...]
China’s Baidu posts 31% rise in Q4 net profit
Baidu Inc., which operates China’s most popular Internet search engine, said Thursday its unaudited net profit in the fourth quarter of 2008 soared 31.3 percent year-on-year to 288.7 million yuan (US$42.3 million).
Total business revenue for the quarter increased 58 percent to 902.1 million yuan (US$132.2 million), the Beijing-based company said in a statement.
CCTV to launch online TV station
China Central Television (CCTV) is planning to start a national online TV station, the country’s broadcasting authority said on Wednesday.
The move is seen as part of CCTV’s efforts to expand its influence in the cyberspace where video-sharing websites such as YouTube are gaining increasing popularity.
CCTV.com, the website of CCTV, which already provides VOD (video on [...]
