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Education Ministry mandates curfew and bedchecks for university students
Harshing the mellows of college kids all over China, the Ministry of Education has announced a ban on off-campus student housing:
In a notice issued on Friday, the ministry instructed all universities to make the dormitories "another front for political and ideological education" to create "a good climate for the students' growth."more ›
Do you know what your pigs are eating?
Plastic pipes had been forced down the pigs' throats and villagers had pumped each 100 kilogram pig with 20 kilograms of wastewater... Paperwork found at site showed the pigs were headed for one of the city's top slaughterhouses and stamps on their ears indicated that they had already been through quarantine and inspection, the [Beijing Morning Post] said.
China adds new event to Olympic calendar - Space Race!
New Scientist recently reported another delay to China's third crewed spaceflight that will feature a spacewalk. The reason proffered for the revised inflated schedule is to ensure the testing of the astronaut's suit. But what seems to appear a little fishy is that the new date just happens to be a few weeks after the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Today's Links: More iPhone, Mao food and TV porn
"This, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect example of how an otherwise intelligent person can make a huge, expensive mistake in China."
"Its author, the often wily and sometimes wobbly Winopete, has now relocated to Shanghai and turned his pen and liver loose."
"What distinguishes Collection' from those other shows is that Wang destroys any pieces that are found to be counterfeit."
"Shanghai will take measures to preserve and further explore the 19 uninhabited islands which scatter across the sea near the city ..."
"A limited number of train cars will be added next month, but they won't be able to fully handle the increased passenger load caused by the rapid expansion of the city's underground."
"Users will receive a barcode-like SMS after they purchase their air tickets."
"You can see from above, it's chicken soup, some garlic sprouts with pork, some really fatty meat - I was told it's good for your brain, and that it was Mao Zedong's favorite food, huh!"
"According to officials of the Beijing-based Whaleinside Culture Corp, which opened Asia's first dark restaurant in Beijing on December 22, the Shanghai outlet will be set up in one of the busiest commercial centers."
"The pornography was shown late January 16 and early the next day on a station in Pingshan county in Hebei province, the Beijing Morning Post said Monday, adding the broadcast 'caused a bad social effect.'"
The deceased reporter was going to report on the mine owner's operations, and apparently the mine owner wasn't willing to accept an interview, and sent as many as twenty men to deliver the message to the reporter and his colleague.
Out of the more than 150 species of fish living in the Yellow River, only 2/3 are left.
Yet another casualty of the Olympics.
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