China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically China's cultural sphere has been very influential in East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing system being adopted, to varying degrees, by its neighbors Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. ======== Beijingboy1985's E-mail: hsiaowei.sun@gmail.com
September 2007 Every year, 35 million tonnes of electronic waste is exported to China to be scrapped. There the rubbish is broken down by hand, poisoning workers and polluting the environment. "Smoke from the computers is too strong to breathe", complains one disposal worker. "I feel dizzy and can't see any more". Many employees at the electronic disposal plant suffer from respiratory illness or skin diseases. They work for ten hours a day, with no protection from the hazardous chemicals.
Documentary by SBS Dateline (Australian TV) about the Chinese real estate market. Original link to SBS Dateline video: www.sbs.com.au For my views and possible ETF investments to play China's real estate bubble collapse: etf-investment-ideas.blogspot.com
China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically China's cultural sphere has been very influential in East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing system being adopted, to varying degrees, by its neighbors Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. ======== Beijingboy1985's E-mail: hsiaowei.sun@gmail.com
China's rampant economic growth and political influence continues raising numerous questions about the outcomes of this growth. China expert and author John Naisbitt told RT that the world is soon to be dominated by US-China relations. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
According to a recent IMF report, China's economy is projected to top the US economy by 2016.How realistic is that? Is China's rapid growth engine slowing? Can the US ignore China as a growing power and economic force? How much of a threat does it represent to the West? CrossTalking with Ilan Alon, Martin Hennecke and Joshua Lipman. CT on FB: www.facebook.com
The US isn't ruling out giving Moscow legal-binding guarantees that its missile defence shield won't be directed against Russia, but says a cooperation agreement should be signed first. RT talks to Bruce Gagnon from the 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' think tank in the US RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
