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By Linette Lopez | Original Source
(Reuters)
The Chinese economy is slowing, the housing market has ground to a halt, the banking sector is laden with debt, and the Shanghai Composite is swinging wild — hitting new highs on Monday only to drop 6.5% on Thursday.… Read Full Article
Construction near Wuhan, China, in 2009. (Photo: Tauno Tõhk/陶诺, Flickr)
During his tenure, Mr. Xi [the President of China] has repeatedly cited Han Feizi, a Legalist philosopher from China’s Warring States period more than 23 centuries ago. The Legalists said, “Autocratic rule should be codified in law rather than having law limit that rule.”… Read Full Article
by Matt Sheehan matt.sheehan@huffingtonpost.com |The World Post| Original Source
Melissa Sconyers, who studied abroad in China, is photographed with a Chinese flag in San Francisco, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004.… Read Full Article
Abandoned theme park in Tianjin, China, in 2009. (Photo: Edwin Lee, Flickr)
Baby got real back – She’s got the best butt in the 1960’s!!! Fran Jeffries can really rock!!!
“All people make mistakes, but not all mistakes can be forgiven. “… Read Full Article
Vox Sience & Health | Updated by Joseph Stromberg on May 27, 2015, 11:01 a.m. ET @josephstromberg joseph@vox.com | Original Source
China’s previous lunar rover, Yutu, landed in 2013 and was photographed by the Chang’e 3 lander as it drove away.… Read Full Article
A 36-meter-high gas tent covering a former pesticide plant that polluted the area is dismantled on November 3, 2014 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. A 20,000 square meter gas tent with a investment of around 16 million dollars, is dismantled in order for the land to be sold to a real estate developer in Hangzhou. … Read Full Article
