Shanghai erects riding boot to compete with Beijing big underpants and Suzhou long johns for title of most bizarre building of China

Shanghai Riding boot,Boot building

After ‘big underpants’ (China Central Television Headquarters) in Beijing, ‘long johns’ (Gate of the East Building) in Suzhou, Shanghai erects ‘riding boot building’ to show it does not want to lag behind.

As building boom keeps its momentum, China sees more bizarre, oddly-looking but sometimes wonderful buildings erected across the country.After ‘big underpants’ (China Central Television Headquarter...   Full Story

China Economy | Mar 17, 2013 AM | Related China Story:Shanghai Riding boot

Post at around 8:20

CCTV Consumer Rights Day gala targeting on Apple backfires, as Weibo message 'Post at around 8:20' of actor Peter Ho reveals celebrities may be hired to bash the tech giant

Smart cell phone manufacturer Apple was accused of discriminating against Chinese consumers by CCTV on March 15th, but a celebrity’s careless mistake on Weibo revealed that the so-called investigative journalism of CCTV was possibly just a choreographed bashing campaign against the tech giant. Read More

China Economy | Mar 16, 2013 AM | Related China stories:Post at around 8:20

China surpass USA

China to become world doctor instead of world police; CAS report says China is healthier than and will replace USA as dominant power of the world by 2049

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) publishes its National Health Report on Tuesday, claiming China is healthier than USA and Japan. Chief researcher of the report expects China to play the role of world doctor instead of world police as the USA currently plays. Read More

China Economy | Jan 8, 2013 AM | Related China stories:China surpass USA

Sex ward

Wuhan hospital opens VIP sex wards furnished with adjustable double bed, sex toys and videos to treat infertility by inspiring sexual passion

A hospital in Wuhan has recently opened VIP sex wards for couples having problems in conceiving baby. Furnished with adjustable sex bed and couch, sex toys, sex skills videos and pictures, promoted as 'second nuptial chamber', the luxury wards are established to treat infertility. Read More

China Economy | Dec 30, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Sex ward

Xi Jinping

Xinhua publishes profile of Xi Jinping, including his old pictures, information about his early life and family members, hailing him as a man of the people, statesman of vision

Xinhua published a detailed profile of Chinese new top leader on Sunday. The profile of Xi Jinping is accompanied with some rarely seen old pictures of him, of his family members including his wife Peng Liyuan, his daughter Xi Mingze, his father Xi Zhongxun and his mother Qi Xin. Read More

China Economy | Dec 24, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Xi Jinping

Grow rice

Chinese farmer grows rice on house roof

Chinese farmer Tao Zhengrong from Zhejiang Province grew 0.2 mu of rice on roof of his house in May of 2012 and he reaped 115kg in end of July. Chinese netizens react overwhelmingly positive to the creativity of the Zhejiang farmer. Read More

China Economy | Jul 31, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Grow rice

Bikini girls

Bikini girls are hired to provide spice girls car wash services in Shanghai

A car wash company in Shanghai hires sexy bikini girls wearing sunglasses, high-heeled shoes to provide spice girls car wash services especially for those having luxury cars. Read More

China Economy | May 8, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Bikini girls

Food safety

Carcinogenic formaldehyde-preserved vegetables spark new wave of food safety concerns

Recent reports exposing that some vegetable dealers in Shandong use a formaldehyde solution to keep vegetables fresh. That this kind of toxic vegetables can cause cancer if eaten too much sparks public anger and new wave of food safety concerns. Read More

China Economy | May 7, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Food safety

Vancl

Vancl was penalized for advertising through using images of state leaders

Vancl, an online clothing retailer, was penalized for selling politically themed T-shirts and using the images of Chinese leaders over violation of the country’s advertising law. Read More

China Economy | May 1, 2012 AM | Related China stories:Vancl

Beijing Auto Show

Sexy Models,Not Automobiles,Stir Excitement at 2012 Beijing Auto Show

Though a total of 1,125 cars are on display at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, many Chinese netizens said they enjoyed a ‘breast show’ rather than a car exhibition after pictures featuring nearly topless models circulated online. Read More

China Economy | Apr 29, 2012 PM | Related China stories:Beijing Auto Show

Poverty line

China raises poverty line increasing official poor by 100 million

China's central government on Tuesday raised the country's rural poverty line to $360 a year as part of efforts to increase aid to its struggling low-income population, state media reported. The sharp upward revision means that 128 million Chinese in rural areas now qualify as poor. Read More

China Economy | Nov 30, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Poverty line

Jinghu High speed railway

China opens Jinghu High-speed railway,Safety concern dismissed

On June 30,2011, the 1318 kilometer long Jinghu High-speed railway connecting China's capital Beijing and the largest commercial city Shanghai is offcially opened to traffic, cutting the single-way time between the two cities to under five hours. Official dismissed claims that the railway's operating speed was cut due to safety concerns. Read More

China Economy | Jun 30, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Jinghu High speed railway

High speed rail

Former official admits the top speed of Chinese high-profile bullet train is fabricated

Former Chinese railway ministry official Zhou Yimin discloses that the top speed of 350 km per hour of Chinese-made bullet trains is fabricated regardless of security. Many minor problems occur on the high-speed rail lines in service and some are actually not minor, but all were kept as secret. Preliminary test has been done on the Jinghu line, but the safety is till to be observed. Read More

China Economy | Jun 21, 2011 AM | Related China stories:High speed rail

Foxconn explosion

Explosion at Foxconn's Chengdu plant kills 2,injures 16

Foxconn, the company that manufactures many of the gadgets in the world, was rocked by a huge explosion in its Chengdu plant. By May 20, 2 deaths and 16 injuries have been confirmed. Cause of the accident is still under investigation but man-made blast has been excluded. Read More

China Economy | May 20, 2011 PM | Related China stories:Foxconn explosion

Rare Earth

China issues guideline for rare earth industry

May 20, 2011, BEIJING -- China's State Council on Thursday issued a national guideline that aims to promote sustainable and healthy development of the country's rare earth industry. Read More

China Economy | May 20, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Rare Earth

Kungfu

Kungfu founder detained over economic crime

Public Security Bureau of Guangdong province told reporter that the founder Mr. Cai Dabiao and other three high-ranking executives of Kungfu Catering Management Co., Ltd., a fast growing fast food chain, were detained. Read More

China Economy | May 11, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Kungfu

China sets rare earth output quota for 2011

China has set its total output of rare earth at 93,800 tonnes this year, 4,600 tonnes more or 5.16 percent higher compared to last year's, the Ministry of Land and Resources announced Thursday. Read More

China Economy | Apr 1, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Rare Earth

China approves testing property tax in some cities

China’s State Council announced that it would allow some cities to impose a property tax on homeowners a day after releasing a broader set of measures aimed at taming housing prices. Shanghai and Chongqing would be the first cities to experiment with the new property tax on a trial basis. Read More

China Economy | Jan 27, 2011 PM | Related China stories:Property tax

Property price

China issues new measures to tame property market

China released several government measures on Wednesday aimed at curbing the growth of housing prices and preventing a property bubble from threatening its fast-growing economy. Read More

China Economy | Jan 26, 2011 PM | Related China stories:Property price

Internet users

China's online population rises to 457m in 2010

The number of Internet users in China reached 457 million at the end of 2010, meanwhile, the number of websites registered in China fell by 41 per cent last year, according to a report by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Read More

China Economy | Jan 19, 2011 AM | Related China stories:Internet users

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