Photo: CFPDifficulty of Managing Property Rights in CountrysideIndustry, page 40A source from the Ministry of Land and Resources said the ministry recently held a seminar in Chengdu...
Photo: CFPMysterious H1N1 Cases at Guangdong SchoolNation, page 10Although ten days have passed since China's southern Guangdong province announced pupils in a local primary school ...
Photo by Cheng ZhiyunProject to Pilot Islamic Finance in NingxiaMarket, page 20The EO learned that China's Banking Regulatory Commission had given approval to Bank of Ningxia to und...
Photo: CFPDevoted H1N1 Hospital on Outskirts ofBeijingNation, page 11Since June this year, confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza have continued to increase in Beijing, whilethe capaci...
Photo: CFPChina Mobile Invests Ten Billion to Spur 3G Phone SalesNation, page 39China Mobile, the country's largest telecommunication carrier, has already issued license numbers and...
Photo: CFPNew Graduates: Dreams Conflict With RealitiesNation, page 11According to Shaanxi Education Department, the number of new university graduates in Shaanxi will hit a new rec...
Photo: Huagai ChuangyiA Jilin Wine Maker in Loan Fraud ScandalNation, page 9Jiufeng Jiuye Company, a well-known wine maker in Jilin province, has had its assets seized in an investi...
Photo: CFPSkipping the College Entrance ExaminationNation, page 10According to Ministry of Education, of the 8.34 million senior high school students graduating this year, only 7.5 ...
A local resident prepares to move his things (after a midday nap).Red banners with slogans such as "The Earlier you Move Out, the More Rewards you Will Get" and "Cast Away Illusion a...
Photo: CFPDriving License: An Obstacle for Car Sales in Rural ChinaNation, page 13Despite attractive subsidies, China's latest consumption stimulus scheme of encouraging rural reside...
Cartoon By Xu JunChina's Foreign Reserves vs US DebtComments page 16Data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed China's foreign exchange reserves reached over 1.95...
A prostitute and a villager photoedby Zhao TielinThe Passing of a Grassroots PhotographerObserver, page 47Zhao Tielin, known for his black-and-white photo essay series concerning the...
Photo: CFPInvestigating Hunan's Viaduct CollapseNation, page 10On May 17, a viaduct in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, collapsed, killing nine and injuring 16. Following the incident, nine...
As a vast country with the largest population in the world, China plays a key role in human being's tackling energy crisis. However, does China care? Do everyday Chinese really care?...
Photo: PhototexSinotrans Quit Domestic Express Delivery BusinessFrom Corporation, page 27*After competing in the domestic express delivery market for four years, Sinotrans Group, a ...
Photo: PhototexChina Still Faces Milk Safety ChallengesNation, page 12*All dairy producers and retailers ought to stop producing and selling milk tagged with "antibiotic free", acco...
Young locals woo each other with traditional songs.A total of 20 couples participated in a group wedding in a village located within Beichuan Qiang Ethnic Minority Autonomous County ...
Village volunteers raise a steel structure.For centuries, the Qiang ethnic minority residents Yangliu village have built houses with stone, a skill passed down through generations fr...
Portuguese José Saramago once wrote about a rare epidemic in a city with no name: a white blindness spreading rapidly people to people. Those infected were detained and held in shelt...
Stephen Perry, chairman of the 48 Group Club, told the Economic Observer that China will lead way to engage western countries as China will have a better sense of what it wants and w...
A villagerlooks overhis dry field.Located at the terminus ofthe irrigation system in Shan county, Henan province, Sunjia village hadn't gotten a drop of rain the whole winter. The dr...
Employees of Nanjiecun Group enjoy their free lunch.Chaoyangmen Gate in Henan provincemarks the boundary between two distinct worlds. Outside sprawlsacommon suburban village, bristli...
A workshop of the Shenyang-based Yuanda Group, one of China's biggest construction companies.Having been away from Shenyang for more than a decade, what I hear most about my hometown...
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Huili county of Sichuan on August 30.Located in the southern-end of Sichuan province, Lixi is a small town in Huili county near Panzhihua, the epic...
Tenreasons to invest in Botswana:1. A Favorable investment climate: Botswana has a stable and democratic political environment, rule of law, and a favorable regulator environment for...
Botswana is known the world over for its diamond mining, and since the early 1980s, the country has been the world's largest producer of gem diamonds. In addition, it has significant...
On April 1, 2008, the Botswana government again peacefully transferred power from one president to another, remaining true to its solid reputation as Africa's most stable country. Th...
Relations between Botswana and China, which have grown by leaps and bounds since establishment of diplomatic relations in 1975, is a top priority of the Botswana government according...
Botswana has a long history of political and macroeconomic stability, in fact, the most stable in Africa. It has averaged annual growth rates of 9% since independence in 1966. It has...
Nowhere on the African continent can a traveler experience the true timeless beauty of an ancient Eden as in Botswana. Botswana is where the Okavango Delta, Africa's largest inland r...
Botswana's well-known political and economic stability is based in sound governmental policies, including "beneficiation", a strategy for turning natural resources into shared nation...
The EO has interviewed three experts in the field of disaster reduction via emails on the earthquake that hit Sichuan, China,recently. Below is the full text of their responses: Sálv...
The May 12 earthquake in Sichuan triggered landslide that block river flows and formed over 30 barrier lakes in disaster-hit areas, of which, three lakes in the county of Beichuan, A...
EO photographer Luo Jian trekked for hours on May 13from Dujiangyan to Wenchuan, the earthquake epicenter, but wasimpeded at Zipingpu reservoir by landslide. Followingare some images...
Aftershock continue to hit Sichuan province, especially areas close to the epicenter in Wenchuan county. ...
May 19 marked the first day of a three-day national mourning in China for the Sichuan earthquake victims. EO photographer Luo Jian and Jiang Nan were inSichuan provincial capital Che...
EO reporter Luo Jian filed a series of photographs from one of the worst-hit areas by the earthquake: Yingxiu, which was cutoff fromcommunication and relief work for days after the q...
On May 12, a 7.8-magnitude eartquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province, one of country's most populous. The epicenterwas in Wenchuan county, some 90km from the provincial cap...
Since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on May 12,the Chinese government and public as well asforeign countries have been rallying behind the rescue efforts. Below is a timeline sh...
According to US Geological Survey statistics, there have been altogether 84 earthquakes that registered 7.0 magnitude or higher on the Richter scale with over 1,000 deaths since 1900...
A magnitude 8 earthquakeoccurred in south western China's Sichuan province on May 12, sending tremors to over half of China. Whenthe quakefirst happened, the Chinese official rated i...
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As Beijing breaks into the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, foreign media are sparing no expense in gearing up to cover it. Recently, CNN sent out a team of 20 headed...
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Interviewee: Zhang Qinghua, literary criticTime: The end of 2006Place: Beijing XiaoxitianPart2 of 2(Part 1 can be found at: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/business_life/2007/03/15/49464.h...
EEO.COM.CN | The Economic Observer Newspaper OnlineAddress:中国北京东城区兴化东里甲7号楼 Romanized address: Beijing, China, Dongcheng district, Xinghuadong Street, Building 7, Economic ObserverPos...
Time: The end of 2006Place: Beijing XiaoxitianPart One of TwoZhang Qinghua: Where did your earliest impulse to write come from? Was it during your early teens, or were you even young...
Gong Mingguang was a jewler from Hong Kong before moving onto found the Museum of Contemporary Art at Shanghai. At that time, hedid not foresee himself moving toShanghai and becoming...
When all is said and done, how many dreams do we have in our lives? How many can we realize in our careers? How many can we realize outside of them?Li Feng opened an investment compa...
FEBRUARY 25, 2007-- The 798 center's 'I Am a Warrior' sculpture exhibit attracted a a huge crowd. But unlike the warriors one might be used to seeing, all of them were women.Norway's...
Following the second meeting to discuss national support and assistance for the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in Beijing this past weekend, according the region's 12th 5-year plan, tota...
As of June 1, 15 provinces and municipalities across China will lift the price of electricity used for industrial, commercial and agricultural purposes by an average of 0.02 yuan per...
Despite the severe drougths affecting various regions of the country, the Minister of Agriculture yesterday predicted that this summer's grain harvest would be sizeable. Han Zhangbin...
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