Today's Links: Learn English with Obama, and U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi and KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung visit
- Learn English with Obama [Sinosplice] "The book [link on DangDang] claims to teach English using nine of Obama’s famous speeches, teaching you how to speak English like Obama. It even comes with an MP3 CD of audio content. Interesting! (Meanwhile), Here’s another one...that simply takes Obama’s speeches and translates them on the opposing page..."
- US House Speaker Pelosi in China for climate talks [Yahoo News] "US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic of Beijing's rule over Tibet and its rights record, arrived in China on Sunday for a trip focused on energy and climate change. US embassy spokeswoman Susan Stevenson confirmed Pelosi had arrived in Shanghai but could not say who the top US official was going to meet in the country's financial hub."
- NAO: Ten Chinese Provinces Embezzled Farming Aid Funds [ChinaCSR] "The National Audit Office of China has released a report which shows that ten Chinese provinces and municipalities had illegally spent a total of CNY2.693 billion from farming aid funds, of which CNY5.8374 million was used to purchase houses and cars. It is learned that NAO audited the use of farming-aid fund in ten Chinese provinces and municipalities: Henan, Gansu, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Fujian, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Chongqing; and found that there was a general problem in the allocation, use and management of farming aid funds in these regions."
- N. Korea Conducts 'Successful' Underground Nuclear Test [Washington Post] "North Korea exploded a nuclear device Monday morning, which is its second underground test in three years and is part of a pattern of escalating belligerence this year that has included a missile launch and withdrawal from all nuclear negotiations."
- Official: China ranks world 4th in wind power-installed capability [Xinhua] "With total installed capacity of 12million kilowatts, China has become the world's fourth country in wind power-installed capacity, an official said on Saturday in Beijing.Wind power has become a main force in China's new energy development cause, said Lu, adding that the country had built more than 200 wind power plants as of 2008, with 12.8 billion kwh electricity generated."
- KMT chairman begins 8-day mainland visit [China Daily] "Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung arrived in Beijing Monday noon, at the start of an eight-day visit to the mainland."It will be a chance to review cross-Straits interactions in the past year and exchange ideas frankly and in a friendly way," said Wu at the airport. In the past year, cross-Straits relations moved in the right direction of peace, development and mutual benefit, he said."
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