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2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games

Friday, 27 August 2010 03:37 nickistin
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The 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will witness an the variety of Culture and Education Program (CEP), the organizers promised at a new briefing on Wednesday.

Ding Ming, Director of the Culture and Education Department of Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee (NYOGOC), revealed that the Nanjing organizing team would absorb the experience learned in Singapore and try to improve CEP activities in 2014.

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China fights against tobacco companies

Sunday, 08 August 2010 20:04 nickistin
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In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools and many other institutions. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests.

China has committed to banning smoking at public indoor venues by Jan. 9 next year, in accordance with a global anti-tobacco treaty backed by the World Health Organization. But smoking is such a way of life that China is unlikely to meet the deadline, and even the government seems resigned to failure.

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77% of Chinese would emigrate to Canada if given the chance

Friday, 25 June 2010 02:44 nickistin
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Poll results from shanghaiist.com

Looks like ridiculous housing prices at home isn't the only reason to move to Canada - it's actually just so nice over there, eh? At least that's what 77% of Chinese people think (and 53% of adults in the world's 24 leading economies for that matter). To them, not only does Canada have "one of the best qualities of life anywhere in the world" and tolerance of all types of people, it's also a country that's "welcoming to immigrants" and where "rights and freedoms are respected." This bodes well for both Canada's attempts to lure in more global talent and for its population to finally grow beyond that of Shanghai and its surrounding area.

Source: shanghaiist.com

Last Updated on Friday, 25 June 2010 02:45
 

Shanghai to Nanjing new high-speed train

Friday, 09 July 2010 00:52 nickistin
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Connecting Shanghai to Nanjing, China's first high-speed train departed from the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station at 6 a.m., on July 1, 2010, marking the official start of the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed train.

The minimum travel time between the two cities has been shortened from two hours to just 73 minutes. The Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway is set to open three months later.

"It is a significant milestone for the development of the Yangtze River Delta region," said Xu Changle, deputy director of the Yangtze Basin Development Institute under East China Normal University.

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Rogers Corp gets awards from China

Thursday, 17 June 2010 03:08 nickistin
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Rogers Corporation, a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance engineered materials, has recently received two award honors from the Chinese government.

The first award, "Level A Credit Company for Labor Security", was given to Rogers for its labor compliance and positive management of its employees. The award is based on Rogers having met or exceeded labor compliance requirements during the last two years, including cooperation with the local Chinese labor union and the high audit scores Rogers received related to labor compliance audits. Only 132 companies of the 17,000 doing business in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) received the Level A award. Suzhou Industrial Park is a planned industrial, commercial and residential community where thousands of companies, including many of the largest corporations in the world, have established facilities.

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