Chengdu

Chengdu Investment News: November 30, 2008

All Roads Lead To China — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:37:00 -0600

1. To invest 258.8 billion yuan, 4 heavy disaster areas of Chengdu to be recovered and reconstructed in 3 years
The municipality of Chengdu has completed the “General Implementation Planning of Recovery and Reconstruction of Heavy Disaster Areas of Chengdu after Earthquake of Wenchuan”, according to which, 258.876 billion yuan and about 3 years will be [...]
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Chengdu Investment News: November 18, 2008

All Roads Lead To China — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:26:00 -0600

1. Chengdu’s GDP ranked third in central and western China for first three quarters
On November 4th, Chengdu Bureau of Statistics published the ranking of the main economic indexes of Chengdu in the first three quarters in comparison with those of cities in Midwest China and of deputy-provincial cities of the country. It is learnt [...]
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Silly & Funny Chinese Dance Performances

chinasmack — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:33:00 -0600

Dance performances are common for many big events or parties at Chinese company and school events. Here are some popular videos of funny performances that have been watched many times by Chinese netizens, including one by PricewaterhouseCoopers. It is less serious than many of the bad news on BBS forums.
Tianjin Hebei Post Office:

Video on Youku.
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Chinglish in famous Panda Research Center

bibiliew — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:49:00 -0500

The Chinese goverment spend a lot of effort to correctly translate the Chinese information on notice boards and road signs into English. This is to make sure that oversea tourist feel comfortable and are able to find their way around. It is anticipated that the number of tourists visiting China in 2008 will increase dramatically [...]
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China Grunge

Mark — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:21:56 -0500

Tales of a Gen-X Expat in China, 1993-94