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Britons turn to veggies after foot-and-mouth
18 Dec 2006 11:28 GMT | einsnews.com
... may have sparked its foot-and-mouth crisis, but China and Hong Kong denied they were responsible. According to The ... from the Far East for use in Chinese restaurants in Britain, may be the origin ...
Indonesia Behind in Survey on Tourism
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:40:43 +0000 | Indonesia Logue
Tourism may be one of Indonesia’s best hoped economic sectors, but the country ranked only 60th out 124 in a new global survey on tourism competitiveness report according to a report in the Jakarta Post. Switzerland, Austria and Germany have the most attractive environments for developing the travel and tourism industry, according to the very first [...]
2nd U.N. Refugee Deported Back to China by Russia in 2 Months
Tue, 22 May 2007 00:57:48 +0000 | China View
According to Falun Dafa Information Center, on May 14, 2007, U.N. Refugee Gao Chunman (photo right), former professor of China Tsinghua University, was taken to Moscow from his home in St. Petersburg and put on a plane to Beijing by Russian authorities. According to Gao, upon his arrival in Beijing, he went straight to his [...]
World Briefing | Asia: China: Cities Suffer More Pollution
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:15:14 EDT | New York Times
Air and water quality in Chinese cities is worsening, according to a report of the Environmental Protection Administration. According to the agency?s latest survey, just 38 percent of 585 cities monitored enjoyed air quality that reached minimal national standards, down from 45 percent in a 2005 survey.
China heading for top spot in world tourism rankings (AFP)
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:34:35 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - With the Olympics as a launch pad and amid a rising global fascination in all things Chinese, China is expected to replace France as the world's top tourism destination by 2014, according to experts.
China: Advocate Said to Be Tortured
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:04:37 GMT | New York Times
Yang Chunlin, a land rights activist who was detained in July after obtaining more than 10,000 signatures on a petition that proclaimed human rights more important than playing host to the Olympics, has been chained for days in fixed position and forced to clean the wastes of other inmates, according to the group China Human Rights Defenders. Mr. Yang is awaiting trial in Heilongjiang Province on charges of subverting state power. According to relatives, he has been denied access to a lawyer.
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