NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — A flotilla of 10 Chinese surveillance ships was spotted near the Senkaku Islands on Thursday, keeping political tensions high over Japan’s purchase of some of the disputed East China Sea islets last week.
Since Tuesday, a total of 16 Chinese official surveillance ships — 10 marine surveillance vessels and six fisheries surveillance ships — have entered Japanese territorial waters off the islands, which are claimed by China [...]
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An abandoned newborn baby is recovering in hospital after having her throat cut, being put in a plastic bag and thrown into a garbage bin in China’s Liaoning province. The female baby – so newborn that her placenta and umbilical cord were still attached - was discovered by a man who was searching a bin for recyclables. Local residents called police and the tiny girl was taken to hospital, where she remains in a [...] A close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in China is the biggest feathered dinosaur ever found. The huge predator Yutyrannus Huali measured almost 30 feet and weighed more than a tonne – it’s 40 times heavier than any previous feathered dinosaurs. Like T. rex it was a formidable predator, but – unlike its famous relative – was covered in downy feathers. A ‘shaggy’ close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in China is the [...] In Wednesday’s Cashin’s Comments, Art Cashin pointed to an under-reported moment from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s recent speech. …another part of the speech caught my eye. Wen warned that major political change is needed lest the nation fall victim to another “cultural revolution”. Was this a slightly veiled reference to the recent actions and statements of that other Chinese leader, Party Leader Bo Xilai? We’ll try to do some research on that [...] |
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90 Percent Of Stores In One Chinese Province Have Reportedly Shut Down To Avoid Exorbitant Fines
Store owners in Shenyang, a north-eastern city in China’s Liaoning province, have shut down their stores to avoid fines by public officials.
The situation has got so severe, that residents of the North-eastern Chinese city have taken to micro-blog Weibo complaining that it’s a “dead city” where they can’t purchase anything, according to the BBC.
Store owners have reportedly closed shop on concerns that public officials would be imposing exorbitant fines after surprise [...]