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Escapist: Annual Harbin Ice and Sculpture Festival 2009 If you are stumped for things to do for Chinese New Year and the thought of Siberian-like cold and a hot bowl of borscht seem more appealing then the beaches of Boracay, perhaps Harbin is a city you might consider visiting. Harbin's annual ice and sculpture festival started this week and runs until the end of February, weather permitting. More from ChinaTravel.net after the jump: Photos by Jonathan Deves from Harbin Ice and Sculpture Festival...

Fancy a graduate ayi? The Philippines have been exporting college graduates to work as domestic helpers / maids in other countries for many years now, but now, their Chinese counterparts are looking to do the same domestically:DESPERATE Chinese graduates, facing grim job prospects amid slowing economic growth, are clamouring to find posts as nannies and domestic helpers for the rich in one southern province, state media reported on Wednesday. Thousands of university students had applied for nanny work through...

Video: Mass rally in Pyongyang, North Korea Tens of thousands of people gathered in Kim II Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday holding up banners with slogans including "Long live the Great Leader Kim Jong Il". Shanghaiist was amused to hear we're observing only a "Year of Friendship" with this country in 2009. We've always thought they were our BFF....

Tudou being sued for copyright infringement China Tech News reports that about 80 copyright holders will be ganging up on Tudou for copyright infringement. Some of these companies in the alliance include Joy.cn, Beijing Polybona Film Distribution, Beijing Orange Sky Entertainment Group and SFS Emperor and are said to be suing for RMB10 million. Tudou is a video sharing website that is bigger than YouTube in China showing 1.2 billion videos each month including bootlegged versions of TV shows and...

China criticizes Iran sanctions as Merkel visits China's premier pledged to help Europe fight its debt crisis during a meeting Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel but a ruling party newspaper criticized sanctions on Iran and a human rights lawyer was blocked from meeting Merkel.

Canadian PM to visit China next week Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.

Wen says China has no intention to 'buy Europe' China's Premier Wen Jiabao said Friday the Asian giant had neither the ability nor the intention to "buy Europe", amid concerns over growing Chinese investment in debt-stricken eurozone economies.

China Auto Parts and Service Show 2012 SHANGHAI, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "Dynamic and Exciting" - China Auto Parts and Service Show 2012, co-sponsored by major organizers of the Beijing and Shanghai auto shows, will be held ...

China to make Shanghai global yuan hub by 2015 SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China intends to establish Shanghai as the global centre for yuan trading, clearing and pricing over the next three years as part of broader plans to make the commercial hub an international financial centre by 2020. The plan for Shanghai's financial innovations through 2015, published jointly by the country's economic planning agency and the Shanghai government on Monday ...

Shanghai Aims to Become Global Yuan Trading Center by 2015 Shanghai plans to become a global center for yuan trading by 2015, open markets wider to foreign investors and almost triple non-currency financial transactions.

Jin Xing’s ‘Shanghai Tango’ at Joyce Theater “Shanghai Tango” is a compilation of works by the Chinese dancer and choreographer Jin Xing, whose life story is one of courage, controversy and unorthodoxy.

Shanghai Media Group and Ball-IT Oy Launch blobo Fitness Gaming for Chinese Kids and Families Shanghai Media Group and Ball-IT Oy Launch blobo Fitness Gaming for Chinese Kids and Families

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

12/7: Automechanika Shanghai

10.08.2005 (127 new)

Visit an old colonial island in Xiamen and huge earthen roundhouses in rural Fujian. Scenes from my National Day 2005 holiday.

10.08.2005 (41 new)

Go on the set for my very first infomercial! I play the role of “Dr. James,” inventor of a product called “Dolly.”

10.08.2005 (57 new)

Get some sweaty culture at the Asian Gaelic Games. Gaelic football comes to Shanghai!

10.08.2005 (14 new)

Jam with Xingfu 13 at the Shanghaiist.com launch party.

10.08.2005 (29 new)

Take a stroll through the Second Annual China International Adult Toys and Reproductive Health Exhibition, also known as the Adult Expo or the Adult-Care Expo.

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