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Almost all Chinese students agree: The Chinese education system isn’t conducive to enhancing students’ creative skills that are necessary to create dynamic economy.The reason is because the education system is too focused on memorization and test taking. The most important of those tests is the gaokao, the one and only factor determining where

The global price of gold has tanked, and Guangzhou’s gold market is booming. The front page of the Guangzhou Daily (广州日报) today has images of long queues that formed the last few weeks in the city of people seeking to part with loads of cash for cheap gold.

From a peak of US$1,900 in August 2011, the

This is probably not going the get the hated chengguan any love, but one of their number has made a short video in the style of a popular recent television advertisement to try and “clear up some misunderstandings” surrounding his profession. His video probably did nothing of the sort, but you can’t

The newspaper Daily Sunshine (晶报) from Shenzhen in Guangdong province today includes a special section entitled “Evil returns from the grave” (恶的还魂) (or perhaps another translation could be “The recycling of evil”) as a “reflection on the relationship between animals and humans”. The largest part of

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Xiaomaibu literally means small selling department, and refers to Chinese corner shops or small convenience stores usually run by an individual or a family. The person who runs such stores may sleep inside the store. The range of products and services sold in such stores varies immensely. This post highlights such xiaomaibu in a few locations

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Just see Swallow in action – China’s champion search and rescue dog in the making. The semi-finals of the All-China Search and Rescue Dog Championships, organized by the fire department of the Ministry of Public Security, have just concluded. As yesterday’s front page of the Yanzhao Evening News (燕赵晚

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At the north-eastern corner of Anhui University’s old campus in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, there’s a scenic pond that’s inhabited by a bevy of black swans. The swans have been there for more than a decade already, and were – as the front page of local newspaper Star News (市场新报) laments today – an object of fondness for locals.The black

In the city of Huangshi in Hubei province there’s a lake called Cihu Lake. Situated close to the Yangtze River, the lake area appears to be an idyllic scenic spot. Yet, especially in light of recent events, Cihu Lake is blemished by the existence of ten pig farms that are situated on the south-western edge of the lake. After 108 pigs were fished o

Apple in the crosshairs, and the shadow of Google’s misadventures in ChinaOn March 15 — World Consumer Rights Day — China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast its annual investigative program that seeks to expose companies that harm or mistreat Chinese consumers. Several companies, both foreign and domestic came under the spotlight, and the program

Has tragedy become farce? As the vile mystery of several thousand dead pigs floating down rivers in Shanghai continues to roil, Chinese newspapers today report that a thousand dead ducks have been found floating down a river in Sichuan, and fifty dead pigs (mostly piglets) have been found stranded on a shoal in the Xiangjiang River in Changsha,

The following is a guest post by Philip via MarketingToChina.com, edited by Key.crisisApple and VW appeared on CCTV on Mar.15, not in advertising, but on consumers’ rights protection party. And obviously, they are big PR trouble.Apple Ostrich PRApple was reported to treat Chinese consumers at a different standard in terms of after service. Chinese

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初级研究员，要求应聘者年轻有活力，能吃苦耐劳，有高度的责任心和适应性。该初级研究员将在研究总监的领导下开展客户项目所必需的研究工作。这些项目包括互联网搜索，媒体和社交媒体搜索，以及利用单位咨询的数据库和其它技术手段获取研究所需信息。要求应聘者具备对信息有较高的敏感度和鉴别力，能够在大量信息中去芜存菁。初级研究员在保证工作的质量之外还要求能够不断改进工作方法，并为公司效率和产品质量的提高提出建议。• 该职位有一定的公司内部职业发展空间。
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What’s a little embellishment of a famous man after his death? Chinese newspapers today note with sadness the death of a man that became known as “China’s most famous peasant”, Wu Renbao (吴仁宝). Wu was the man responsible for transforming little Huaxi village in Jiangsu into a prosperous city of 35,000 people: China’s “leading village under heaven”

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