China News
Another fastest train for China
A record speed was achieved by a high-speed test train made by China’s largest train maker, Beijing News reported Thursday. CSR, China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co Ltd, launched the test train, which can reach speeds of up to 575 kilometers an hour, the paper said. Liang Jianying, deputy chief engineer at the subsidiary [...]
ATV boss takes rap over Jiang gaffe
Asia Television’s major shareholder Wang Zheng – who denied being the source of the station’s false report on the death of former president Jiang Zemin last year – is headed for the exit. Hong Kong – ATV’s major shareholder Wong Ching and executive director James Shing Pan Yu may bow out after the station misreported [...]
Probe after formula report raises fears in China
A REPORT by a Hong Kong-based research firm that said a brand of infant formula failed Chinese mainland standards for protein content has sparked an investigation in Shanghai. China’s track record on baby formula is very bad. The city’s Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision told Shanghai Daily it was investigating because the report had [...]
Apple factories are better than the garment factories in China
Apple iPad plant conditions better than the norm: agency Working conditions at Chinese manufacturing plants where Apple Inc’s iPads and iPhones are made are far better than those at garment factories or other facilities elsewhere in the country, according to the head of a non-profit agency investigating the plants. Apple is under the gun because [...]
Mitsubishi develops world’s fastest elevator for 632m Shanghai Tower , China will be another record breaker soon.
The taller buildings get, the faster we need elevators to go so as to keep travel times at an acceptable level. It sounds ludicrous to have to worry about time spent in an elevator, but when you’re talking about buildings hundreds of meters tall, speed is essential. The latest structure to require an elevator system [...]
A new club opened in Shanghai called Geisha
Grand opening of Shanghai Geisha Shanghai Geisha pictures of Shanghai Geisha Shanghai Geisha, Japanese restaurant and club Inside of Shanghai Geisha late night fun in Shanghai Shanghai nightlife The Geisha 390 Shanxi Nan Lu, near Fuxing Lu | 陕西南路390号, 近复兴路 6403-0244 info@thegeisha-shanghai.com www.thegeisha-shanghai.com Housed in a remodeled lane home in the French Concession, that use [...]
Gap Opens Flagship Store In Shanghai
The web site in the states knows where you are and asks you if you want to go to the China Gap site. http://www.gap.cn/. The international apparel retailer Gap has opened a new flagship store in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Shanghai people are just reaching dressing casual stage. Perfect timing to enter [...]
Chinese bullet trains recalled in wake of fatal crash, fastest trains in China are recalled
Train speeds reduced and new rail projects blocked as critics fear high-speed service is rife with problems. Afetr more than 3 power outages and a few late or stalled train and one accident with people that dies and injured the trains are slowing down. A Chinese bullet train manufacturer has recalled 54 trains, in the [...]
Another first for China,China’s submersible reaches depth of 5,038 m
BEIJING – A Chinese manned submersible successfully reached a depth of 5,038.5 meters during a test dive conducted Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said. The test dive started at 3:38 am Tuesday, with the submersible Jiaolong carrying three people to the depth of 5,038.5 meters in an international area of [...]
Crash Raises Concern Over China’s Bullet Train Plans
The bullet train crash that killed dozens of people in China this weekend has underscored doubts about the safety of the country’s rapidly-expanding high speed rail network. One train rammed into the back of another that had stalled after being hit by lightning Saturday in China’s deadliest rail accident since 2008. Six carriages derailed and [...]
