Is Google just the start?

According to web site, when the result of the firms were up by Beijing to give online mapping services in China last week. It was not a big surprise that the name 'Google' was missing. Google has a calculate approximately two millions user of its mobile mapping services in China. But the bureau state of examining and mapping services is reviewing the sector. Only those companies of "excellent quality", was said by the bureau will be accepted. Google has failed to show it clearly to beijing's satisfication.

For me, google is one of the site I used the most for long time and I did not see anything wrong or not good about it, so it's pretty much up to person whether that person likes it or not.

For more information and details :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/13/google-china-business-with-the-west

Escaped South Korean prisoner of war 'sent back to North after fleeing to China'

According to the Seoul newspaper report, a prisoner of South Korean who had been in North Korea for about 60 years escaped China but has been sent back to the North since last year. A small government source " Dong-a llbo " said to Sotuh Korea that officials kept asking Beijing to return the 81 years old soldier to them but he was sent to North Korea instead. About 500 soldiers of Seoul could still be in the North in 1950-1953 Korean war, and believes that a lot more died in the war. But Pyongyang refuses to hold any South Koreans against their will and said some stayed international. The issue was pointed when Cho Chang-ho, a South Korean artillery officer taken captive in the year 1950 and escaped from the North in the middle of 1990. He later told USA that he had spent many years as a prisoner in camp. The Dong-a llbo said the last person who could escape to China got a help of Seoul-based activists last August, but was caught days after when the broker who helped him complained him to Chinese police following a row over money.

In my opinion, the relationship between two countries can hardly be coporated because of the issues that had happened between the two.

For more information and details :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/south-korea-north-korea-prisoner-of-war

10 Environmental Issues in China You Didn’t Know About

According to the site, there are some information that we all did not know about China and here are the details about environmental issues of China. 1. Water Pollution, 2. Exacerbated dust storms 3. Coastline drenched by red tides 4. Heat causing insulation rare in Chinese buildings 5. All new buildings want China to produce new power plants 6. Heavy industry plants do not operate efficiently or control pollution as sufficiently as factories in other parts of the world. 7. Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzte River is destroying landsides. 8. China's emissions growth is twice greater more than expected. 9. Extinction of Yangzte river dolphin is accepted. 10. US firms are controlling pollution in China.

In my opinion, it is both good and bad news to know, For good news, they will know what their problems are and the bad things are that there are a lot of problem to fix.

For more information and details : http://matadorchange.com/10-environmental-atrocities-in-china-that-you-didnt-know-about

China’s Environmental Crisis

According from China's news, After the explotion, it left China scars across the landscape. Here are some details but to see it more specifically, click on the site that is given. It shows where polution affected the most and China's environment compare with the rest of the world. It starts with Air polution, the air in many towns in China is over the most polluted in the world. Secondly, China's land becoming desert. At current rates, the desert in nothern China will place its own ground about the size of New Jersey every five years. Thirdly, Water Scarcity, for more than 600 people live in provinces are lack of water. Lastly, Acid Rain, mostly were caused by emissions or rain damages.

In my mind, this could be crisis moment for China to be ware because if they do not do anything to fix or make it better it will get worse. Eventually, China will not be a country anymore.

For more information and details :

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/08/26/world/asia/20070826_CHINA_GRAPHIC.html#

China Train Travel

According to the details, China has many ways to travel around or go somewhere specifically because of its size. Although the cheapest way to travel is by train and also used by local population. Traveller can go to Moscow (Russia), Ulan Bator (Mongolia), Ha noi (Vietnam) and Pyongyang (North Korea) by using international business trains from China.
Importantly, to travel by train, you need to know the exact place to go because there will not stop at other place except the destination of your ticket, For instance, buses can stop anytime by the road unlike trains that can not.

In my opinion, traveling by is one of the easiest way to go from town to town, especially from country to country by international trains. It is also much cheaper than taking planes.

For more information and details :
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/transportation/

China Transportation

According to the information that given, China country in the past was on a really low condition of transportion. Mostly of people travelled by foot. It took a long period of time to take the imperial informaiton to become a government official to go from home to the capital city by foot. Some people rode horses when going from town to town. For short distance trips, man-carriages, wheeled vehicles and the carts that were drawn by oxes were used also. It's Cleary mean that the transportation in ancient China was on poor condition. Now they are much more further than the past. they have cars, buses, trains, ships and bikes.

In my opinion, it is becoming normal to have those kind of transportations in the past but if that country did not upgrade they transportation system, that country would be an ancient for the world now.

For more information anad details :

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/transportation/

Zhang Yunjing: I will not hang on to something that is already broken

According to the magazine, Zhang Yunjing, Taiwanese singer said that she feels weird talking about love in public. She's also well known in China. So she picked to pour her views through musics. These musics can be found in her new album, called 'The Opposite Me'. The Taiwan's super idol winner was in town lately to promote her newest album. The 27 years old singer has impressed with her awesome and charming voice. She also won the best newcomer award in last year's Singapore Hit Awards. Yunjing explained about her album that is from her character. It's maybe because of the due of Virgo's characteristics. She has conflicting sides to her character, so she usually get lost in the opposing thoughts. She also mentioned her own take on relationship matters. She said that it is uncomfortable to talk about love or your privacy. So one of her song in her album , Broken, talks about how a relationship should be destroy if it's spoilt.

In my thought, it is normal for everyone to feel weird when they have to talk about love or their privacy, so as she.

For more information and details : http://www.spcnet.tv/news/2010/08/20/zhang-yunjing-i-will-not-hang-on-to-something-that-is-already-broken/

Ricky Gervais to take hit comedy The Office to China

According to the news,The Office exported to six countries, this is including US and Israel, Ricky Gervais has given himself a bigger challenge, as a Slough paper merchant for people in China. In the United Kingdom version of the movie they represented David Brent to the worldwide audiences, and he has been over completed as Michael Scott (US), Gilles (France) and David Gervais (Canada) as the sitcom movies. However he is not yet to be picked for the Chinese Brent, but he will have his work cut out if he is giving the same resonance role over the country's 1.3 bn population as Gervais did in UK.

From his interview, he said that he had "amzing news". He is about to get start working on developing a Chinese 'The Office'. How awesome is that ? he also added "I am worried they will pull out when they see the first episode of an idiot abroad though".

In my opinion, This guy has a lotof work to do though because the sitcom that he wants to do is pretty famous when it was made in another continent.


For more information and details :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/aug/13/ricky-gervais-the-office-china

China keeps economic triumphalism in check

According to the news that the economy of China is eventually to leapfrog. Most of Chinese people who knows for a long time that these things were coming, would pay attention to it.They (China and India) will be the biggest economy country and it make sense because of their population, these two countries have the most people than any others in the world. China and India have not been the biggest economies, which is that was about 2,000 years ago. Also the neighbors may strengthen rather than allay China's concerns. But there is still some problem, said by China's leader. As a country that is still developing, there income ($3,600) was still less than a tenth of Japan's which was about $37,800 in 2009.

I think both countries (China and India) will surely be the biggest economies sooner or later. Eventhough they are yet not the largest but we all can see them cleary that they have been improving their economy quickly. Also, the size of their country and poplation will support them to be the biggest econmy countries.

For more information and details :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/16/china-japan-economy-reaction

China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economy

As we all know that the second largest of business country is always be Japan. Japan was always far ahead from the other countries in Asia, in many ways. But now, China's economy growing pretty quick and almost at the same level with Japan's. Because while China's economy is improving everyday but Japan's economy stays at the same and seemd to have many problems, such as figures park concern over cooling demand in Asian, they are facing about population ageing and Strong yen. So China's economy will probably be bigger than Japan's at the end of this year.

In my opinion, I think that it is not about Japan's economy stay the same only, but they had more problems by the time passed. Also China is growing up their economy super fast.

For more information and details : http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/16/china-overtakes-japan-second-largest-economy

China's top universities will rival Oxbridge, says Yale president

According to the news, China's top universities will be in the same level as Oxford, Cambridge and the others popular universities, said by Richard Levin, Yale's president. Professor Richard was speaking to the Guardian while he was on a trip the United Kingdom, said that China' ranking would reach to the top 10 universities in 25 years from now. Eventhough, China's highest -ranking university is Tsingshua, at 49. But in order to get there, they will have to spend lots of money to their system, Chinese government has now spent for billions of yuan already.


In my opinion, I beleive that in 25 years from now. China's universities will eventually hire their names up to the top 10 of ranking of university in the world. Because China is improving their education fastly.




For more information and details :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/02/chinese-universities-will-rival-oxbridge

Study in China is now a lot closer than you think

China Education Center (CEC), one of the most popular site for foreign people who interest in learning Mandarin in China, it is also can be trusted because of the information on study abroad opportunities in China. On March 2010, Ministry of Education of the people's Republic of China reported a total number for international students that were studying in China in 2009 was 238,184. Their goal is to give, all students who plan on study abroad in China, the most accurate and useful information. CEC is the largest China study abroad online company in Asia for students to get and try on new experience. Although, CEC now has accepted students from over 50 countries since it was established in 2001.

In my thought, CEC will definitely be a good way to study abroad in China to learn Chinese because China is improving their country pretty fast and has a number of population for more than a thousand of billions of people. Therefore, Chinese will be a language that most people will have to learn besides English.

For more information and details :
http://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/

Kenny Huang confirms he has bid to buy Liverpool

Kenny Huang, Hong Kong businessman has confirmed that he has bid to buy Liverpool at least three other competitors. Liverpool Football Club is well known as one of the most popular team that has fans who support them for all around the world. So, Liverpool current owners put the club into the market, with Liverpool's main supporter the Royal Bank of Scotland owed about 237 million pound but Kenny Huang is thought to value the club at about 325 millions pound. He also said about the bid to buy liverpool that is nothing involving to the Chinese government. And the negotiations between to parties is at in the final stage.

In my opinion, as a fan of soccer, this is going to be a big change for Asians soccer like us if the negotiation goes well without any problems.

For more information and details :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/8886437.stm