China news

A slow blog surfing week and a busy work week means there isn’t much to report on the adoption.  While we wait for some chatter to report on, here are some interesting China-based news stories for the week.

 

 

China to send 20,000 graduates to work in rural areas - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/12/content_5968755.htm
China will recruit and send some 20,000 college graduates to work in the rural areas this year in a bid to ease employment pressures and enhance the development of rural areas. The graduates will be assigned to work in the education, medicine, agriculture and poverty-alleviation sectors

Dragon dance for peony festival in Henan (photos) - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/11/content_5962026.htm
Chinese dragon dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 25th Peony Festival in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, April 10, 2007. Some 12,000 people with 10,025 handmade dragons attended the performance. The longest handmade dragon is 5056 meters long, representing the 5000 years' history of Luoyang and 56 ethnic groups in China.

Ancient garden celebrates birthday (photos) - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/11/content_5962691.htm
The Tuisi Garden, built in Qing Dynasty from 1885 to 1887, celebrated its 120th "birthday" on Tuesday. Tuisi Garden was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2001.

'Collection' of Ancient Homes Sparks Debate in Shanghai (photos) - http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/206970.htm
Five years ago, Wang Wei, a Shanghai businessman who made his fortune through trading, planned to build a "cultural and ecological recreation garden" on an area of 1,200 mu (80 hectares) that he had rented in Luodian Town in Baoshan District of Shanghai. He then began to form a new idea, envisioning a "collection" of ancient hui-style houses. He didn't want to simply imitate the style, but actually use the original timber, even the original structures of ancient houses he found in other provinces to rebuild the ancient houses in Shanghai.

Average life expectancy in Beijing exceeds 80 - http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200704/11/eng20070411_365592.html
The average life expectancy in Beijing reached 80.07. Last year, the life expectancy for a male and female in Beijing was 78.36 years and 81.82 years. These statistics put Beijing people's health on par with that of the mid-range of developed countries.