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• Top 10 Places to Ring in New Year
  12/30/2008-- Whether counting down to 2009 at tried-and-true celebrations like New York’s annual Times Square extravaganza or by eating a grape for every stroke of midnight in Barcelona.
• China's Goodwill Pandas Arrive in Taiwan
  12/28/2008-- A pair of giant pandas from China’s fog-shrouded mountains has reached an excited but wary Taiwan.
• Beijing to build a Chinese Broadway
  12/23/2008 BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital Beijing will build a complex of 32 theatres dedicated to putting on musicals, state media said on Tuesday.
• Why foreign businesses flea China
  12/22/2008-- The Chinese government recently announced its intention to sue foreign businesses for leaving the country without permission.
• China Slows Down, Economy Worries
  12/21/2008-- The theory of Asia ‘decoupling’ from the world recession is disproved, as China’s economy is rapidly slowing.
• Chinese change eating habits
  12/19/2008-- A famous saying in China goes People's life depends on eating.
• Chinese Explorers Trek to Antarctic To Build Third Base
  12/18/2008-- The Chinese 25th Antarctic expedition team left Zhongshan Station Thursday for the highest icecap on the South Pole to set up the country's first inland Antarctic research station.
• First U.S. patient gets face transplant
  12/16/2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surgeons have replaced 80 percent of a woman's face, transplanting bone, teeth, muscle and nerve in the first such operation in the United States.
• Savings on Minds of Chinese
  12/16/2008-- As the global economic downturn begins to bite, at least three in four Chinese place a high value on saving, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
• Chinese American Community Commemorates Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Act
  12/15/2008 Houston, TX – The Houston community is invited to participate in a brief program on Wednesday, December 17th, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
• Daily China-Taiwan Flights Begin
  12/14/2008-- Taiwan and China have launched direct daily flights and cargo shipping, the first time in nearly 60 years that such direct transport links been allowed.
• Chinese City to Trim Tall Buildings
  12/11/2008-- Many Chinese cities have raced to the top, vying with each other to build the tallest and shiniest skyscrapers.
• China To Lead World in New Patents
  12/10/2008-- The number of applications for new patents has risen rapidly in China, which is set to pull ahead of Japan.
• Divine Performing Arts to Dazzle Houston Audience
  12/9/2008 Houston, TX-- The Southern USA Falun Dafa Association is delighted to bring DIVINE PERFORMING ARTS,the world’s premier Chinese dance and music company, to Houston, on December 22 and 23, 2008.
• Chinese Commit Suicide Every 2 Minutes
  12/8/2008-- A two-year-old boy was orphaned in the southwest Chinese city of Chongzhou when his parents drank pesticide after a nasty row.
• China Offers Piece of Birds Nest
  12/4/2008-- Beijing has started selling souvenir sets of left-over grass and steel from its famed Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium for 2,900 yuan (420 dollars) each, Chinese media reported Thursday
• Give without Giving This Holiday Season
  12/2/2008 Los Angeles, CA -- With the economy slipping, charities across the nation are bracing themselves for declining contributions this holiday season.While individuals still want to support their favorite cause, they may not have the time or the money to do so. There is a solution. More than 70,000 nonprofits have partnered with a new Yahoo-powered search engine called GoodSearch.com
• The Great Wall of Unemployed
  12/2/2008-- The employment outlook is “grim” according to Yin Weimin, China’s minister of human resources and social security.
• China's richest man becomes most wanted
  12/1/2008-- A Chinese business tycoon reportedly under police investigation for trading violations has disappeared, his company says.
• Taiwanese sculptor creates world's smallest pandas
  11/25/2008-- According to Taiwanese media reports, in celebration of the Chinese mainland's gift of Giant pandas to Taiwan.
• China Considering Auto Market Bailout
  11/24/2008 Shanghai -- The auto industry in China is hopeful of getting help from the central government, which last week unveiled a large stimulus package focused on stock market, the real estate and fixed assets investment, Beijing News said yesterday.
• Long After Olympics, Birds Nest Still Draws A Crowd
  11/21/2008 BEIJING -- The spectacular fireworks were long over and the Olympic athletes had all gone home.
• Chinese Migrants Bear Brunt of Economic Crisis
  11/20/2008-- To go home, or not to go home: that is the question for China's Huang Bingnan.
• Dry Skin Gets the Indigo Treatment
  11/19/2008-- A dose of the blues may help persistent sufferers of psoriasis, according to a team of Taiwanese researchers.
• Chinese Hurdler Liu Xiang to Have Surgery
  11/18/2008 BEIJING: Liu Xiang is expected to undergo surgery in the United States on a painful foot injury that forced the star Chinese hurdler to withdraw at the start line during the Beijing Olympics.
• China Central Bank Says Downturn Risk Rising
  11/17/2008 BEIJING (AP) - The risks of an economic downturn in China are growing and protectionist sentiment abroad could hurt global growth.
• Taiwan Leader's Son and Daughter-in-Law Questioned
  11/14/2008-- Taiwan prosecutors on Friday questioned the son and daughter-in-law of jailed former Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian in connection with his graft case.
• China's Goal - A Proper House For Everyone
  11/13/2008-- Ye Jinxiang couldn't hide her joy while talking about a phone call she received from Luwan District Housing Security Centre on October 28.
• The Plains of Mars: European War Prints at Museum of Fine Arts Houston
  11/12/2008 Houston— Centuries before photography and television, civilians got their first visual taste of war in prints made possible by advancement in the development of papermaking, and the invention of special printing presses.
• Former Taiwanese President detained
  11/11/2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese court has ordered the detention of former President Chen Shui-bian on corruption charges.
• Made in Taiwan Products Draw Crowds
  11/10/2008 TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Droves of visitors gathered outside Taipei City’s
• Nova Arts Project, Gates of Heaven
  11/7/2008 HOUSTON, TX – Nova Arts Project, the Houston theatre company dedicated to recreating classics and inspiring new works in a fearlessly theatrical way, presents, in collaboration with the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association the regional premier of The Gate of Heaven by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge at DiverseWorks Art Space