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Overcoming China’s food safety challenges

Lifestyle | 17.05.2012 | Rūta Klimašauskaitė

Would you eat food cooked on the street?

When traveling to China, foreigners want to sample the local food, but don't want to be poisoned. We offer some tips...

Music review: Maracaípe by Beijing Guitar Duo

Music | 17.05.2012 | Taavi Niinimaa

Beijing Guitar Duo released their debut album ‘Maracaípe’ in 2009, but it is not too late for you to discover its delights for yourself…

The Jin Dynasty – discord, wars, and revolts

Dynasties | 16.05.2012 | Chris Angelis

Wars, fighting, discord - elements of the Jin Dynasty period

After the Three Kingdoms period, the Jin Dynasty managed to rule China for about 150 years. But this was, once again, a time of fights, revolts, and much violence.

The camera loves men on fire

| 16.05.2012 | Riho Laurisaar

The camera loves people on fire, and that love does not go unanswered.

The first notable instances of self-immolation in the West were related to the Vietnam War, following Quang Duc's example a few years earlier.

Bo Xilai, Wen Jiabao and the Cultural Revolution

Politics | 15.05.2012 | Andrew Jones

Bo Xilai leads a rendition of "Ode to the Motherland"

Bo Xilai's sacking has been interpreted as a move to extinguish the threat of the past. Is there a link between the Cultural Revolution and Bo's case?

Film review - Shaolin (2011)

Film | 15.05.2012 | Iona Orbinski-Vonk

The movie is set in Henan’s Dengfeng, at a time when warlords fought for survival.

Packed with Kung Fu fight scenes and enough drama to call it a tearjerker, "Shaolin" with Andy Lau and Jackie Chan most certainly has our recommendation.

Renewable energy and China’s environmental policies

Environment | 15.05.2012 | Maria Manoli

Solar panels are still out of the price range of most Chinese.

China regularly receives criticism for its environmental approach, but what's really being done to stop the planet from heading towards Armageddon?

News

Dai Bingguo on April 9 at the Sixth World Overseas Chinese Friendship Meeting, held in Beijing.

Dai Bingguo: Size matters in the South China Sea

16.05.2012

China’s State Councillor Dai Bingguo has said that China will not be bullied by smaller states such as the Philippines over territorial disputes.

Significant progress in political reforms – People’s Daily 16.05.2012

China calls for end to ’separatism’, protests Cameron’s Dalai Lama meeting 16.05.2012

Does Huawei’s activity in Canada threaten US security? 16.05.2012

Manila hostage tragedy memories overshadow Huangyan in HK 15.05.2012

Chinese fans’ teary farewell to retiring Italian football legends 15.05.2012

China: Dalai Lama assassination accusations ’groundless’ 15.05.2012

Teacher receiving intensive care after a heroic rescue 14.05.2012

China stays firm in Huangyan Island dispute 14.05.2012

Western and global views of China increasingly positive 14.05.2012

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Editor's pick of the day

Cats and dogs are looking for hope in China.

Heroes in the Pets' Republic of China

Fan Yugang says that China is not an exception when it comes to graft.

Chinese Media in Transition: an interview with Fan Yugang

The Laoshe Teahouse offers a cross section of Chinese performing arts.

Lao She Teahouse - Chinese culture in bite-size pieces

Serge Fafalen heads the first and only Swiss law firm in Hong Kong.

Setting up a business in China: requirements and challenges

Lifestyle

Teaching in China isn't always child's play.

Chinese recruitment of native English speakers a black-and-white issue?

An NBC article claims there is an increasing trend in for only white people to be offered English teaching positions in China.

Dong Ming (front) and members of the volunteer team named after her in Qiaokou District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.

Beautiful life in a wheelchair

A physically challenged woman helps and inspires others with her strong-mindedness and self-esteem.

China's battle against drunk driving

Two programs aim to raise 40 mln for poor village children

Focus

Individual investors trade their stocks in a VIP room of Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. in Huaian, Jiangsu Province.

Making a better capital market

A series of new measures aim to ensure fairness, maintain sound development and protect investors' interests.

Rising tension across the South China Sea has reignited Hong Kong people’s anti-Philippine sentiments since the Manila hostage tragedy.

Manila hostage tragedy memories overshadow Huangyan in HK

The Manila hostage tragedy is still fresh in Hong Kong minds and the Huangyan Island dispute with the Philippines has done little to calm emotions...

Splits deepen as Sino-Philippine standoff remains on Huangyan Island

The good men of China's shipyards

Food

Does this make your mouth water so much it makes your head tilt?

Warm corn salad with pine nuts

Even though this might resemble a salad to some Westerners, it is actually a rare vegetarian Chinese dish...

Deep fried shrimp are exquisite with the garlic sauce.

Going low-carb: is it possible with Chinese food?

Is deep fried Chinese food really a good idea if you want to eat low-carb?

Giant wok being constructed in Jiangsu

Workers are busy getting the giant wok ready for the fifth annual Food Festival in Nantong in China’s Jiangsu province. This is a place where they obviously need to cook A LOT OF FOOD.

Health

Huang Cuiping (second right) and other cancer survivors who volunteer with the Shanghai East Hospital take a lunch break on March 2

Cancer fighters

Cancer survivors volunteer to bring sunshine into the lives of cancer patients.

The blood storage cabins are all empty in the Yunnan Kunming Blood Center on October 27, 2010.

Blood: SOS

China is suffering from a severe shortage of the fluid of life.

More than a million new cases of tuberculosis are reported in China each year.

Future of tuberculosis in China’s hands

China has one of the world's highest rates of tuberculosis, so what are they doing to control this prevalent disease?

Floating on the East China Sea, Pingtan Island enjoys a growing reputation as a rustic getaway. Transport to the island is now more accessible than ever due to the development of the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone.

Northern Guizhou: A past relived

Through the viewfinder – China’s top 5 lakes

China's first 'capsule hotel' fully booked

Travel diaries help tourists avoid entry fees

Mutianyu Great Wall – taking your breath away, literally

Rūta's China blog: It was nice meeting you, Beijing

Huaxi - China's wealthiest village

Adventures through a camera lens

Rūta’s China blog: Why to panic? Why NOT?

Culture

China-France Film Festival 2012: Gong Li, an ambassador of charm

The second China-France Film Festival opened in Paris on Monday. Special guest at the event was the sublime Gong Li, China's most iconic movie star for over two decades.

"To be 20 in Xi'an"

Second China-France Film Festival opens in Paris

The Bai people – Yunnan’s second largest nationality

Peng Hao, the people’s theater

gbtimes starts operations in Kyrgyzstan

Buddhism – what is “Zen”?

Two wheels are ruling China's highways

The Ying Quartet is a family business

Fang Man: computer-aided composition is my passion

Past & Present

The Terracotta Warriors guarded the Emperor after his death

Qin Shihuang – the man who united China

Qin Shihuang was a bold visionary who, for the first time in the history of China, united the country by sword and diplomacy and established a feudal state with a central government.

Nest of spies – Budapest

Espionage is the second oldest profession, and every country is doing it. During the Cold War, Chinese intelligence and the Socialist countries were spying on each other.

Torture, the failure of all human emotions

Torture: the skeleton in the closet is still alive

As Fyodor Dostoyevsky pointed out, “No animal can ever be as cruel as a human being, so artfully, so artistically, cruel.” A look at human history fills one's heart with despair.