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Milk scandal sours China's 'soft power'

(via www.atimes.com) 44 mins ago

China's export of tainted milk products - which has come on the heels of other contaminated or dangerous products - has severely damaged the goodwill and "soft power" that Beijing has tried to gain through multi-billion dollar...

Tags: china, beijing, power, scandal


Wendy lee's happy family

(via www.angryasianman.com) 1 hour ago

I've been meaning to write about Wendy Lee's debut novel Happy Family for some time now. It's been sitting on my shelf for a few months (it was published back in June by Black Cat), but I only recently had the chance to read...

Tags: china, chinese, family, debut, book


China lost in SE Asian space

(via www.atimes.com) 1 hour ago

Although ahead in the Asian space race, China's satellite communications industry is lagging far behind the US and Europe in key market Southeast Asia. China's satellites are cheap but unproven and the industry remains too close...

Tags: china, us, asian, government, asia, market, technology


Eight monks imprisoned for bomb blast in Tibet

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 4 hours ago

Eight monks imprisoned for bomb blast in Tibet

Eight monks convicted of staging a bomb attack in Tibet at the height of anti-China protests nearly seven months ago have been sentenced to prison, one of them for life, a judge said on Wednesday.

Tags: china, beijing, life, attack, tibet, prison, bomb, blast, monks


Japan detects pesticide in frozen beans from China

(via www.channelnewsasia.com) 5 hours ago

Japan detects pesticide in frozen beans from China

TOKYO: Japan on Wednesday ordered retailers to pull frozen green beans imported from China off the shelves after a woman fell ill eating them, the health ministry said.

Tags: japan, china, tokyo, woman, health


China to Allow Short Selling and Margin Trading. What Will Happen

(via www.allroadsleadtochina....) 1 day ago

18 months ago, all everyone was talking about was the stock market.  It was some 500% above its 2 year low, and we were finally able to break way from talking about real estate around the dinner table.

Tags: china, people, chinese, world, series, couple, market, shanghai, global, launch, growth


China Says a Little Melamine is OK

(via time-blog.com) 1 day ago

From Jessie Jiang, a look at China's new standards for melamine in milk...

Tags: new, china, people, chinese, government, hong kong, blog, minister, children, prime minister, parents, health, mother, scandal


Hong Kong sets panda reserve as priority Sichuan aid project

(via news.yahoo.com) 1 day ago

Hong Kong sets panda reserve as priority Sichuan aid project

Almost half of Hong Kong's aid package to help China's quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government said Sunday.

Tags: china, government, hong kong, project, aid, panda


Over 100 sick in China as too many cooks spoil broth

(via news.yahoo.com) 1 day ago

Over 100 sick in China as too many cooks spoil broth

Some 170 wedding banquet guests were rushed to hospital in north China when powdered rust remover was added to the pot instead of salt after they all decided it needed added flavor, Chinese media said.

Tags: china, chinese, media, wedding


Chinese dairy blames subcontractors for tainting

(via news.yahoo.com) 1 day ago

Chinese dairy blames subcontractors for tainting

A dairy ensnared in China's chemical-tainting scandal says it was a victim of unscrupulous behavior by the independent providers from whom it buys raw milk.

Tags: china, chinese, scandal


Shinhwa's Eric says Goodbye

(via www.allkpop.com) 5 days ago

Shinhwa's Eric says Goodbye

Shinhwa member Eric said goodbye today at the NonSan National Army Training Center. He will be the first of the Shinhwa members to be enlisting for mandatory military service.

Tags: japan, china, fans, military, army, shinhwa


Dim Sum Funeral debuts at Pusan International Film Festival

(via feedproxy.google.com) 5 days ago

A few months back we wrote about a movie called Dim Sum Funeral with Kelly Hu and Bai Ling. The film recently debuted in Korea. Dim Sum Funeral has lots of Asian American celebrities fueling this film.

Tags: china, chinese, song, korea, asian, american, movie, life, star, film, home, international, hong kong, family, festival, taiwan, children, director, language, award, asian american, mother, funny, marriage, film festival, celebrities, british, martial arts


BoA World Wide

(via k-popped.com) 5 days ago

BoA World Wide

BoA's new album Eat You Up will be released in 30 countries!!It will be available on 21 Oct 2008 to fans in the United States on iTunes, Amazon, AOL, Emusic and My Space. In short, you will find it everywhere!

Tags: japan, new, china, world, 2008, korea, album, fans, asia, online, united states, internet, economy, mobile, thailand, boa


JYP: I Want to Sell Wonder Girls Clones in China

(via www.allkpop.com) 6 days ago

JYP: I Want to Sell Wonder Girls Clones in China

Park Jin Young woke up a couple of mornings ago, and realized, SM Entertainment is monopolizing the Chinese music industry with Super Junior-M, who have sold thousands of CD's to date. Never a man to admit defeat...

Tags: china, chinese, music, man, girls, couple, super junior


The Legend of Bruce Lee TV series

(via feedproxy.google.com) 7 days ago

The Legend of Bruce Lee TV series

China is set to air a 50-part prime-time series on Bruce Lee, the late kung fu star. The 50 million yuan (US$7.3 million) series will start airing this Sunday on China Central Television in prime time.

Tags: china, people, world, us, 2008, beijing, movie, life, star, tv, home, series, hong kong, family, death, olympics, history, earthquake, movies, thailand, thai, trailer, birth, martial arts, soccer, tv series


Asian hair for halloween!

(via www.angryasianman.com) 7 days ago

Asian hair for halloween!

Well, it's October, and that means Halloween is coming. It also means we can expect to see the unending variety of typically racist Halloween costumes that pop up every year. You too can be Oriental, just for one night.

Tags: china, asian, man, party


The Princess of Nebraska coming soon

(via www.channelapa.com) 7 days ago

Magnolia Pictures announced acclaimed filmmaker Wayne Wang's new film THE PRINCESS OF NEBRASKA will make its world premiere on YouTube on Friday, October 17, 2008. The free release on YouTube's recently launched...

Tags: new, china, chinese, world, video, us, music, 2008, asian, media, release, film, free, family, woman, online, business, foreign, youtube, history, internet, rights, collection, student, modern, trailer, radio, premiere, pregnant


Dim Sum Funeral debuts at Pusan International Film Festival

(via www.channelapa.com) 7 days ago

Dim Sum Funeral debuts at Pusan International Film Festival

A few months back we wrote about a movie called Dim Sum Funeral with Kelly Hu and Bai Ling. The film recently debuted in Korea. Dim Sum Funeral has lots of Asian American celebrities fueling this film. Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Steph...

Tags: china, chinese, korea, song, asian, american, movie, life, star, film, home, international, hong kong, family, festival, taiwan, children, director, language, award, asian american, mother, funny, marriage, film festival, celebrities, british, martial arts


Schools closed for safety after Tibet quake

(via news.yahoo.com) 7 days ago

Schools closed for safety after Tibet quake

China closed schools in Tibet's capital for safety reasons on Tuesday a day after a huge earthquake struck to the west and months after hundreds of classrooms were flattened in a devastating quake in Sichuan.

Tags: china, earthquake, tibet, safety


Avril Lavigne completes world tour in China

(via www.nt2099.com) 7 days ago

CRIEnglish.com reported, "Canadian punk-pop star Avril Lavigne wrapped up her two-year long concert series - "The Best Damn Tour 2008″ - on Monday with her final song "Skateboy" at Beijing's Wukesong Indoor Stadium...

Tags: china, world, 2008, song, beijing, star, series, concert, tour


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