Real-name registry for HIV test in China ‘Controversy’
A health worker draws blood for a HIV test at a department of the disease prevention and containment center in Changning District, Shanghai, east China, Feb. 21, 2012. Controversy has escalated in China since the country’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region drafted legislation that demand personal information for HIV testing and require those with positive results […]
Bear bile maker, under fire, opens farm to reporters
A Chinese pharmaceutical company Wednesday morning allowed more than 100 reporters to visit a farm where it breeds bears for their bile, amid protests from the public and animal welfare activists. At the bear farm of Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., based in the eastern province of Fujian, a Xinhua reporter saw about 60 bears roaming […]
China on 22 February 2012
China on 22 February 2012 <CNTV>: China’s Sichuan Province suffers serious drought
Beijing Holds 7th Int’l Strawberry Symposium
A tourist tries to take photos at a strawberry greenhouse during the 7th International Strawberry Symposium (VII ISS) held in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 18, 2012. The VII ISS was held on Saturday in Changping District of Beijing, a wellknown strawberry growing area and production base in China, and the event will last for […]
3000-yr-old Chinese Vinegar Manufacturer
A staff member works at Donghu Vinegar Garden of Shanxi Mature Vinegar Group Co., LTD in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, Feb. 15, 2012. With over 3,000 years of history, Shanxi Mature Vinegar, one of the four famous vinegar in China, is made from sorghum, barley and other raw materials. The whole making […]
China on 17 February 2012
China on 17 February 2012 <China Daily> : “TCM expert defends bile harvesting” news@theasian.asia
China on 13 February 2012
China on 13 February 2012 <People Daily>: With imminence of Valentine’s Day, rose price up in China’s Yinchuan news@theasian.asia
“Kiss Me, Darling”
Changmao, a male sheep, plays with its partner Chunzi, a female spotted deer, in Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Feb. 10, 2012. Changmao and Chunzi fell in love with each other after living together for a long time. The park will hold a wedding for the couple on […]
China CPI Increase 4.5%
Citizens buy vegetable at a supermarket in Chongqing, southwest China, Jan. 27, 2012. China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Feb. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Jian> news@theasian.asia
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