From 1 June, all supermarkets are required to charge small fee on plastic bags, which measure is thought to deal with polution and global warming issue. The following are some interesting points.
1. Some say, the government is idiot. Aren’t we suffering enough from price rocketing? Supermarkets will add costs on customers. It is better to […]
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Pay as You Go Plastic Bags
April 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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Primary school in a cave
November 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
Have you ever seen a primary school located inside a mountain? Here we are. This school is named mid-cave primary school as it sits in one of three caves inside a mountain. Firstly built in 1984 meant for a teaching branch for nearby resident units, it now accomodates 186 students with a teaching force of […]
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15 people stampeded in Shanghai for a bottle of oil
October 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Original chinese article from:
http://www.backchina.com/newspage/2007/10/28/136192.shtml
Yesterday, 15 people got hurt while hundreds stampeded to claim their lower-priced soy oil, five minutes after Le Gou supermarket opened. Local sources said before 7 in the morning, people lived nearby started queueing at front door or side doors, holding promotion voucher delivered to their mail box by the supermarket. With […]
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HBV discrimination in China
October 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
On Tian Ya, the hottest grass-roots bbs, HBV (Hepatitis B) discrimination has been on for a while. With more and more HBV patients cried for equality in receiving education and jobs, the supporters, both patients and healthy people also expressed their hope that Chinese government could pass a law to […]
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The rich have less bank savings than the poor
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Original article from:
http://www.tianya.cn/new/publicforum/Content.asp?
strItem=free&idArticle=1033577
This post got hundreds of replies from a Chinese forum. In this post, the wife, with a full-time job, listed out her monthly expenses, which showed her family in an tight financial situation, and wanted to seek advice from others on the website.
The monthly income […]
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China should make his own air plane?
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
Original article from:
http://www.tianya.cn/New/PublicForum/Content.asp?
strItem=news&idArticle=89056
“Days ago, I met a lecturerer of China Aviation University on a diner meeting, and exchanged opinions on whether China should carry on the making big aircraft project. Friends at table were elites in the shares and investment professions. 9 people voted 9:0 […]
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About helping people in need
October 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
A widely-discussed post talking about whether to help others.
http://www.tianya.cn/new/publicforum/Content.asp?
strItem=no04&idArticle=657110
“A senior male citizen in his 70s fell down on head, bleeding and unconscious. It was mid-noon many passengers walking by, but nobody approached to help. 5 young passers walked closer but were […]
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