Protected: [BIKE WEEK-END @ 黄山] November 2007
China launches its first Moon orbiter
China has launched its first lunar orbiter, on a planned year-long exploration mission to the Moon.
The satellite, named Chang’e 1, took off from the Xichang Centre in south-west China’s Sichuan province at 1800 local time (1000 GMT).
Analysts say it is a key step towards China’s aim of putting a man on the Moon by 2020, in the latest stage of an Asian space race with Japan and India
Earlier this month, a Japanese lunar probe entered orbit around the Moon.
India is planning a lunar mission for April next year.
Chinese Communist Dynasty
taken on: March 21st, 2007
at: 建水云南省 (Jiànshuǐ, Yúnnán province)
by: oL
with: Canon DIGITAL IXUS II
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Shanghai SkateNights - October 24th / 晚上刷街上海 - 十月二十四号
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Hereafter are the details for the next session:
Picture of the day (before yesterday)
No, it’s not an archive picture from the 50’s…
It was two days ago in Beijing for the 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress.
With a large hammer and sickle symbol seen on the wall, China’s top leaders stand to the national anthem during the opening ceremony of the 17th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. All eyes will be on the rising stars in China’s Communist Party when delegates from across the country gather Monday for the start of their once-every-five-years party congress.
Coupons @ Shanghai
Did you know that there are some coupons that you can use in Shanghai’s restaurants, shops and for services?
Here are the links:
Shanghaiexpat Coupons
Asiaxpat SuperMondays coupons (apply only on Mondays!)
Just print it, have a look to the terms & conditions and enjoy it 
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Don’t blame China for Myanmar
Neither China nor any other nation has much sway over the ruling junta.
These are supposed to be humbling times for foreign policy analysts — chaos in Iraq having made it harder to cast the United States as omnipotent, omniscient and self-actualizing. But judging by the reactions to the recent protests in Myanmar, also known as Burma, the commentariat hasn’t stopped ascribing otherworldly powers to ambitious governments. It’s just that they’re choosing different governments.The "shame and misery of the Burmese junta," claimed Christopher Hitchens in Slate, will endure just "as long as the embrace of China persists." Hitchens isn’t the only pundit casting China as puppeteer to the junta. "China must use its ’special relationship’ with the junta," explained Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams in the Wall Street Journal, "to arrange the release of Ms. [Aung San] Suu Kyi and hundreds — if not thousands — of other political prisoners." Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has expressed similar sentiments, and various human rights groups are calling for the United States and Europe to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
But how much sway do Chinese leaders actually hold over Myanmar’s famously intransigent, xenophobic military?
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阿里将登陆香港联交所 Yahoo欲认购10％股票
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北京时间10月9日消息，据国外媒体报道，Yahoo将认购中国最大的电子商务公司阿里巴巴10％的股票。阿里巴巴将于10月中旬在香港联交所上市，预计此次融资将达到10亿美元。首次公开招股，它将出售8.589亿股，或增发股本的17％。
在阿里巴巴所出售的股票中有75％将面向全球投资者，15％的股票主要面向香港的零售投资者，而Yahoo则认购了10％的股票。
2005年8月阿里巴巴收购雅虎中国，而Yahoo业以10亿美元买下了阿里巴巴近40％的股权。分析师认为如果阿里巴巴此次上市成功，将成为中国最大的互联网公司，一举超过在香港上市的互联网公司腾讯。
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