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Not easy to spot a houbara in the wild
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| It took me three days and more than eight hours of rough jeep travel every day to see a dozen houbara bustards in the wild. |
Saved in one swoop
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| Few Chinese have heard of the houbara bustard, fewer still have seen the bird in the wild. Nesting in the open deserts and arid steppes of Northwest and Northern China's Gansu province, and the Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions, it is a crane-like bird with a sandy buff plumage, mottled with dark-brown spots. Very shy and cunning, it can spot threats from hundreds of meters away, thanks to its superb vision. |
A new world beckons
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| As the showcase ends, villagers tell Qian Yanfeng in Shanghai how it has helped them better understand modern life. |
Expo 2010, by numbers
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| Shanghai, China's business and financial center, bid farewell to the World Expo on Sunday. Praised by Premier Wen Jiabao as "a splendid event and a glorious chapter in Expo history", it was the backdrop to a series of significant numbers in addition to its record-breaking attendance. |
Chemistry Special: German giant Henkel: Strategies for sustainability and innovation
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| Editor's note: Henkel, the German business group behind such leading brands as Schwarzkopf, Loctite, Teroson, Pritt and Pattex, is hoping that its strategies will help in sustainable urban development, the theme of the Shanghai Expo 2010. China Daily reporter Ma Zhenhuan talks with Henkel's global head of CSR/sustainability management Uwe Bergmann on the company's approach. |
Declaring a better city, a better life
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| Some participants at the Shanghai World Expo jointly summarized the "substantive achievements" of the 184-day event in a Shanghai Declaration, on Sunday, the last day of the Expo, pointing to its innovations as solutions in tackling the challenges of urban development. |
Pavilions show design creativity
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| Thirty-four out of a total of 83 standalone pavilions and 11 joint pavilions were given an International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) award for their theme development, creative display and pavilion design, on Saturday. |
China follows suit on slimming drug
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| Fifteen weight-loss products containing the drug sibutramine have been recalled across the country over concern that the diet pills could lead to an increased risk of heart disease. |
Last of the neighborhood
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| Demolition teams go to great lengths to evict homeownerIt has been a week since Kunming resident Zhao Xing and his family have had difficulty getting in and out of their home, which is surrounded by a trench measuring 4 meters deep and 7 meters wide. |
Policemen jailed for fatal attempted rape
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| A court in Hunan province said on Sunday that it had jailed two police officers and three other suspects for the attempted rape of two teenage girls, one of whom jumped to her death while trying to resist her attackers. |
Time to honor foreign film copyrights
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| Things have been a bit rocky in China in the past for the holders of foreign movie copyrights, but now, according to the China Film Copyright Association (CFCA), copyright protection organizations outside China can seek redress by cooperating with their Chinese counterparts. |
Census: everyone counts
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Starting Monday, millions of Chinese census takers will fan out across the country, visiting more than 400 million households to try to get an accurate count of the population over a 10-day period. |
China, US emphasize dialogue, cooperation
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| State Councilor Dai Bingguo and visiting United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared a positive evaluation of recent Sino-US relations in an unofficial meeting on Saturday, stressing the two sides will continue to seriously implement the consensus reached by the two state leaders, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. |
Expo's fond farewell
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The curtain dropped on Expo 2010 on Sunday night with a heart-warming closing ceremony attended by a host of world leaders. |
IN BRIEF (Page 13)
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| CNOOC Ltd, China's biggest offshore oil producer, posted a 64 percent increase in third-quarter revenue as it stepped up acquisitions and output to gain from higher crude prices. Sales rose to 38.91 billion yuan ($5.8 billion), from 23.76 billion yuan a year earlier, CNOOC said on Thursday. |
Easing of hot money 'unlikely'
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| China's foreign exchange regulator has vowed to crack down on illegal cross-border capital flows, but analysts said the pressure from the influx of speculative money is unlikely to ease. |
ICBC starts expansion into insurance sector
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| Banking giant buys 60% stake in Paris-based AXA's China arm |
$8.29b power deal signed
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| Shanghai Electric Group, one of the country's three largest power equipment makers, signed an $8.29 billion deal on Thursday with India's Reliance ADA Group for the supply of power equipment and related services over a 10-year period. |
Firms face stronger competition in mining M&A transactions
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| BEIJING - China, which dominated the global mining and metals transactions market in 2009, has faced stronger competition this year, being ranked fourth in global market share in the first three quarters, the consultancy firm Ernst & Young said on Thursday. |
Change Expo to better showcase China
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| In the 1970s, Japan broke the stereotype that Asian countries could only produce goods inferior in quality to those made in Europe. By the time China's economy began developing at a fast pace in the 1980s, the world had accepted that Japanese goods were as good as, if not better than, those made in Europe and North America. |
'Tears of joy' not operatic
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| At a donation ceremony for Henan province's culture and education sectors, Li Shujian, director of Henan No 2 Yuju Opera Troupe, expressed his gratitude to the donors, saying: "I have been crying all the time." But some netizens have questioned Li's sincerity, says an article in Xinhua Daily Telegraph. |
Death of a literature award
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What is the real value of yuan?
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| A lot has changed since the day that King George III sent an envoy to congratulate Emperor Qianlong on his 80th birthday. It marked the beginning of a formal East-West diplomatic relationship, although King George’s real agenda was trade and permission for missionaries to preach Christianity in China. |
Letters
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| An earnest call to conscience |
Work safety situation still looks grim
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| The country's top work safety watchdog said on Thursday it will extend a crackdown on illegal operations in mines, transport, construction and hazardous chemicals by one month, because of the success it has had so far in reducing industrial accidents. |
Economic growth keeps momentum
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| The Chinese economy has completely extricated itself from the downturn risk that emerged after the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008 and is again on a steady and healthy track, the third quarterly economic data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows. |
Rich list grows but getting up there on top is harder
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| There are 49 more billionaires in China now than at this time last year, pushing the number to 128, with nine below the age of 40, and 11 of them women. |
Fastest computer breaking records
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| China's Tianhe-1 computer has overtaken China's Nebulae to take the top fast computer spot, according to a new list of the country's top 100 supercomputers released on Thursday. |
Safe sex for teenagers
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| China is a country that is still shy about talking about sex. But it is also a country in which young people see no reason for a long mating ritual before sex. |
Rare as it is
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| Attempts by some rich countries to challenge China's decision to enhance control and regulation over rare earth minerals is the latest evidence of astounding unfairness in the current global economic and trade order. |
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