Starbucks Raises its Price in China
A man takes a rest at a Starbucks outlet in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 31, 2012. Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday raised prices in its 500 Chinese mainland stores, the first price hike for its mainland stores in five years. <Photo: Xinhua/Lin Chao> news@theasian.asia
‘Yuanxiao’ for Upcoming Lantern Festival
A cook makes the Yuanxiao, glutinous rice flour dumpling with sweetened stuffing, at a Yuanxiao shop in Taiyuan, north China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 30, 2012, to greet the upcoming Lantern Festival. The Lantern Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of Chinese lunar year’s first month, falls upon Feb. 6 this year. <Photo: Xinhua/Zhan […]
“Stop Further Cadmium Pollution”
An armed police soldier conveys the neutralizers at a hydropower station in Liucheng County of Liuzhou City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 29, 2012. The neutralizers were poured into a water tank and then flew into the Longjiang River, a tributary upstream of the Liujiang River at the region, as an effort to […]
China Provides Ethiopia with AU Center
Jia Qinglin (R, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, hands over the golden key which represents the new Conference Center for the African Union (AU) to Equatorial Guinean President and AU Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo during the inauguration ceremony of the new AU conference center in Addis […]
Rush into Rail Station for Returning
Passengers wait to board trains at the Suzhou Railway Station in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 26, 2012. Railway terminals in major Chinese cities are braced for a new travel rush, as millions of travelers are returning to city work near the end of the week-long Spring Festival holiday. <Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jiankang> news@theaian.asia
Spring Festival Celebration With Diving
Russian and Chinese winter swimmers show their diving skills in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2012. A joint performance of winter swimming was given by Chinese and Russian swimmers in Harbin during the Spring Festival holiday, to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on Jan. 23 this year. <Photo: […]
China on 25 January 2012
China on 25 January 2012 <China Daily>: 200,000 visit Beijing parks on Jan 23
Tough but Happy Going Home
A passenger carries his luggage at the exit of Xiangyang Railway Station in Xiangyang City, central China’s Hubei Province, Jan. 21, 2012. Many passengers in Hubei and Jiangsu provinces encountered heavy snow and cold wave on their way home for the coming Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 23 this year. <Photo (Xinhua/Wang Hu) (zgp) news@theasian.asia
“Mom’s Waiting for Me”
Migrant workers bid farewell to workmates at the construction site of a shanty town rebuilding project in Sanlijie Street of Yaohai District in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, Jan. 20, 2012. The street administration sent 50 migrant workers home for free on Friday, expressing gratitude for their hard work to the city’s shanty […]
China on 20 January 2012
China on 20 January 2012 <CNTV>: China’s urban population exceeds rural for 1st time ever
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