Sinosphere | A Very Modern Take on a Classic Chinese Painting
Dai Xiang uses the framework of the Song dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival to highlight recent events in China. One scene depicts a young man, the son of a senior police official who was involved in a hit-and-run accident.
Giant Spider and Dragon-Horse Duel in Beijing Performance
It was inspired by the Chinese phrase ������������, or Spirit of the Dragon Horse, a reference to vitality, said Fran��ois Delarozi��re, the art director of La Machine, in the state-run newspaper China Daily. The idea for the creature was presented to.
A Plea to Shun the Ivory Trade From Yao Ming - NYTimes.com
Yao Ming walking with Samburu people in northern Kenya.. Mr. Yao, the 7-foot-6 former Houston Rockets center, has been a spokesman for WildAids campaigns in China since 2006, helping secure a broad audience for the organizations slogan: ���When the buying stops, the killing can, too.. Sinosphere, the China blog of The New York Times, delivers intimate, authoritative coverage of the planets most populous nation and its relationship with the rest of the world.
Video Shows Plane Crashing on to Moscow Highway.
A Russian passenger jet overshot the runway at Vnukovo airport near Moscow on Saturday and crashed into a highway, killing at least two people, according to media reports, pictures and video of the episode.. The Lede is a blog that remixes national and international news stories -- adding information gleaned from the Web or gathered through original reporting -- to supplement articles in The New York Times and draw readers in to the global conversation about��.
Bean Sprouts Tainted With Banned Additive Are Again Found in China
Bean sprouts are back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Not for the first time, Chinese inspectors have found bean sprouts tainted with a banned food additive, in this instance in a production center on the southern outskirts of Beijing. The.
Travel news - Wikitravel
At least 129 people have drowned after a boat capsized on Thursday night on Lake Tanganyika in the southeast of Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a new official death toll, the AFP news agency said... 22 Nov. Residents of western New York may soon have to worry about the water in their basements as well as the snow on their roofs. After a three-day onslaught that dumped a historic 7 feet of snow on the Buffalo area and killed at least 12 people, the sun came out��.
The Wreck of the Kulluk
They influence things like stock price and credit rating, and in a series of announcements, Shell admitted that it had overstated its proved reserves by 4.47 billion barrels of oil, or 22 percent. The companys stock dropped nearly 10 percent overnight.
3 Chinese Police Officers Arrested in Migrant Workers Death
Policeman in N China arrested for allegedly beating migrant worker to death http://t.co/BcmYFyDdTQ http://t.co/PemIu0bCdN. ��� China Xinhua News (@XHNews) 30 Dec 14. The police were called to the scene, and Ms. Zhou��.
Jeb Bush Still Mulling 2016 Presidential Bid
Bush also is expanding his private equity business, and advisers insist hes not courting a political staff Iowa and New Hampshire, even as other would-be candidates assemble their 2016 campaign teams in the early voting states. Surely. In an.
At Quake Scene, Leaders Dip in the Mud Gets Close Attention
Boat Accident in East China Kills 22 People. Sundays quake, which was centered in Luding County in Yunnan Province, killed at least 589 people and injured more than 2,400, Xinhua, the state news agency, reported on Wednesday. More than 25,000 homes were. Sinosphere, the China blog of The New York Times, delivers intimate, authoritative coverage of the planets most populous nation and its relationship with the rest of the world. Drawing on timely��.
State-by-State Guide to Hurricane Sandy - NYTimes.com
At least 50 people have been killed during the mammoth storm across the country, including 22 people in New York. New York Times reporters are delivering live updates from across the region and the Northeast, and Google has built a crisis response map with updates on utilities and other services across storm-stricken areas. ���. ��2015 Google - Map Data. Map Data. EVACUATIONS: Branford, Fairfield, Old Saybrook and East Haven. WTNH-TV published a��.
In State Newspaper, a Rare Discussion of Tiananmen Protests
The Global Times column is a response to a recent interview in the Financial Times with Wan Runnan, the former head of a computer company who became a protest leader in 1989.. which was carried in both the English- and Chinese-language editions of the newspaper Global Times, said little that was new about the June 3-4, 1989, crackdown, in which hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of civilians were killed by. But on private occasions, it is still on peoples lips.
Sinosphere | Air Quality App Forced to Stop Providing Data From US Embassy
As a crush of world leaders, including President Obama, descended on the often smog-laden Chinese capital Monday morning, organizers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum were most likely relieved by the clearish skies and relatively good air .
Fiery Car Crash Kills 4 - Huffington Post
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Four young people were killed on a highway north of New York City when their car drifted from the road, traveled 100 yards on a grassy shoulder then slammed into a bridge abutment and caught fire,��.
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Jan 22: At least 10 people were killed by armed militants in the Central African Republics capital, Bangui.. Feb 14: At least eight people were killed in an attack targeted a police station in Xinjiang Province in eastern China.. April 26: Five.
Q. and A.: David Hoffman on Antimonopoly Investigations into Foreign.
Among those monitoring the parade of investigators and the terse news reports from the state-controlled news media is David Hoffman, vice president and managing director of The Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business. Following are .
No charges in NYC chokehold death; federal inquiry launched
Sparking protests in several cities, social media outrage and a U.S. civil rights probe, a New York City grand jury declined to indict a white police officer in the death of a black man put in a chokehold after selling untaxed cigarettes. The grand.
Wide Support on Chinese Social Media for Boat Attack.
As tensions grow between China and Vietnam over the ramming and sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, reaction in China is overwhelmingly supportive of the incident.. More than a thousand people gave that the thumbs-up. Write A Comment. Share. Sinosphere, the China blog of The New York Times, delivers intimate, authoritative coverage of the planets most populous nation and its relationship with the rest of the world. Drawing on timely��.
Confucian, Stubborn and Macho: Chinas Leader is Xi Bigbig
The personality of a leader matters everywhere; in an authoritarian place like China it matters a great deal. As people try to figure out what China will bring the world, they may want to pay attention to what Chinese are calling Xi Jinping, their.
Contractors Killed By Falling 10000-Pound Buoy In Pearl Harbor
Hawaii News Now reported that insurance companies and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are also looking for any safety violations that led to the fatal accident. Were still looking at the facts to try to determine the exact.
Deadly School Van Crash Revives Concerns Over Safety.
A school van crash in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has reignited longstanding fears about the safety of the countrys children as they travel to school each day.. have,��� Yu Yafeng, an education and school safety professor at Beijing Normal University, told the state-run China Daily in July after a school van crash in Hunan Province killed 11 people, including eight kindergartners... Mobile Applications �� Replica Edition �� International New York Times.
Confucian, Stubborn and Macho: Chinas Leader is Xi Bigbig
The personality of a leader matters everywhere; in an authoritarian place like China it matters a great deal. As people try to figure out what China will bring the world, they may want to pay attention to what Chinese are calling��.
After Rancor, Afghans Agree to Share Power
In an interview with The New York Times last month, Mr. Ghani cited a parable to describe the problem confronting them. ���Two people are riding in a boat and one of them took a chisel and started making a hole in the bottom and the other one said, What.
ninjapundit: Misfortune Month November 2013
November 20, 2013 Boat driver in Hudson River boat crash that killed a bride to be and best man pleads not guilty to 18 counts including vehicular manslaughter and operating under influence of alchohol. The prosecutor says. Report: Pipeline explosion kills 44 near Chinese port city CNN International-Nov 22, 2013(CNN) -- An oil pipeline exploded Friday in eastern China, killing at least 44 people, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Authorities. 15 Nov��.
A Very Modern Take on a Classic Chinese Painting.
For a visual survey of recent headline-grabbing events in China, look no further than the latest photographic project by the artist Dai Xiang, inspired by the 12th-century scroll painting ���Along the River During the Qingming Festival.���. Earlier works by Mr. Dai include a satirical series of photographs called ���The New Lei Feng Stories,��� which reimagines the Peoples Liberation Army hero performing fabled good works in the context of contemporary Chinese society.
Politics this week
Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as Afghanistans new president in Kabul as part of a power-sharing deal in which his election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, in effect becomes prime minister. Elsewhere, two bombs killed 15 people while the inauguration was going on.
Japan Presses Claim Over 2010 Collision With Chinese.
A 2010 incident in which a Chinese fishing boat collided with Japanese coast guard vessels has re-emerged as a point of contention in the two countries continuing dispute over a cluster of uninhabited islets in the East China��.
A Safe Place for Unwanted Babies Is Overwhelmed.
Belgium Mobilizes Troops After Raid Said to Have Killed Jihadists.. The baby avalanche at the Guangzhou hatch, which officials say will open again one day, suggests an enormous need for social services for people with severely ill or disabled children. Almost all the babies left. Sinosphere, the China blog of The New York Times, delivers intimate, authoritative coverage of the planets most populous nation and its relationship with the rest of the world. Drawing on��.
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A man buys a copy of Charlie Hebdo in a French bookstore in London where customers queued up early in the morning to buy the first edition of the French satirical magazine to be published since 12 people were killed last week in an attack on its.
Boat Accident in East China Kills 22 People
BEIJING ��� Chinese authorities confirmed on Saturday that 22 people had died after a tugboat with an international team capsized on a test voyage in eastern China. Four Singaporeans, an Indian, an Indonesian, a Japanese and a Malaysian were among the .
Bean Sprouts Tainted With Banned Additive Are Again.
Bean Sprouts Tainted With Banned Additive Are Again Found in China. By Jess. Credit Stew Milne for The New York Times. Not for the first time, Chinese inspectors have found bean sprouts tainted with a banned food additive, in this instance in a production center on the southern outskirts of Beijing.. In 2011, the discovery of sprouts drenched in hormones, bleaching powder and preservatives in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, resulted in the arrests of 12 people.
4 Deaths Blamed On Major New York Snowstorm
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Four people died during a storm that dumped more than 4 feet of snow around Buffalo and forced motorists in 150 vehicles, including a womens basketball team, to ride it out on a day when temperatures dropped to freezing or below.