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- What do you notice in this view of Kunming? [James Fallows] "Every roof as far as you can see has solar-thermal panels for hot water heating. More to come shortly on China's general environmental/climate situation, but I think this vista is different from that in many US cities — among other details you might notice, in the prevalence of the panels."
- Smoking kills - but few aware [People's Daily Online] "One-third of doctors in the country do not know smoking causes coronary heart disease, and nearly four in five do not know passive smoking can cause sudden infant death syndrome, a report revealed yesterday. Also, three in five smokers do not know that smoking causes heart disease, and four in five do not know it could lead to a stroke, the national tobacco control office of the Ministry of Health said in the report."
- 'Oldest pottery' found in China [BBC News] "Examples of pottery found in a cave at Yuchanyan in China's Hunan province may be the oldest known to science. By determining the fraction of a type, or isotope, of carbon in bone fragments and charcoal, the specimens were found to be 17,500 to 18,300 years old."
- Blogging guru chips away at Great Firewall of China [AFP] "After some discussions, Mullenweg realised the site would be allowed back online if he agreed to block certain words or topics and give up information to the Chinese communist government about users. "I started thinking about the DNA of the company," he said. "That sort of company is not one I would wake up every day and feel passionate about working in.""
- Hot Water In China? Don’t Get Burned: The Conclusion [Aimee Barnes] "While common sense is often the best guide to staying out of trouble, accidents do happen and legitimate crimes are committed by foreign passport holders, as outlined in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. If you happen to find yourself in hot water, what are your legal rights in China? What’s the best way to escape a bad situation relatively unscathed? And, who can you reach out to for help? The conclusion of this series explores answers to these questions. Consider it a cheat sheet for making a potentially awful day just a little bit easier."
- China Sex, Mistresses, And Improper Payments, And What They Mean For Your China Business Litigation [China Law Blog] "The gist of the case is that a married couple sued the husband's former mistress to require her to return 330,000 RMB the husband had given her during the course of the affair. The court ruled in favor of the married couple. I will leave the moral lessons for others to analyze, but I love this case for all it can teach about how China's courts (and arbitrators) tend to make their decisions. And though I am relying entirely on CN Reviews for the case analysis, that is fine because the point I will be making is only that Chinese courts rely far more on equity than do Western courts."
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Those solar heaters would work much better if China's skies weren't so chronically smoggy.
nanhe boy,
if china's sky were not that smoggy, who would make cheap pants to cover your ungrateful hairy azz?