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Vuvuzelas, the annoying trumpets blown all venues of FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa, are manufactured by home-based business in China. A vuvuzela sold to nearly ten US dollars in South Africa, only has a cost about 2 Yuan (FYI, 1US$~6.79Yuan at current currency exchange rate).
Vuvuzela boss: Wu Yijun in front of his laptop
Thw transverse facial cleft boy is under knives for correcting his deformed face
Do you American guys afraid of a Chinese company to control a respected auto brand?NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors Corp. has signed a deal to sell its Hummer truck unit to a Chinese industrial company, a person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday.
The news comes a day after GM filed for bankruptcy protection in New York. The company did not identify the buyer nor name a price, saying only that the deal would close by the end of September.
But a source identified the buyer as Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company Ltd. in China.
Zou Linying, Won Super Model pageant at 15 Years Old
Meet Zou Linying, a girl from China’s Sichuan Province, is a super model at age of 15 years old. Zou Linying (Chinese: 邹林颖) won the champion of the 19th Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant by beating 50 other contestants from nearly 50 countries and regions in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on May 28, 2009.
Zou Linying and her parents, dad Zou Ge and mom Lin Wei
Zou Linying was born on April 28, 1994 to a wealthy family in Qionglai, a prefecture city of Chendu, capital of Sichuan. Father Zou Ge is a businessman and mother Lin Wei is a government official at Qionglai Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
Zou Linying was sent to study dancing at Sichuan Dance School by her mom after finishing the 5th grade. But because of her height (she grew much taller than those girls of her same age), Linying withdrew from the dance school after completing the Form One and went to attend a normal middle school. Now at 15, she stands more than 175 cm tall.
In 2007, Zou Linying attended the Kids Models Competition of New Silk Road, China’s top modelling agency and became the runner-up in Sichuan Region. Zou then went to participate in the 18th Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant but due to the age limit (14 years old), she decided to quit the contest.
In November 2008 six months after her 14th birthday, Zou Linying, became the champion (photos below) of Pro-19th Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant in South-western China Region and she directly advanced to the grand final of 19th Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant (2009).
Zou Linying won Pro-Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant in 2008 when 14 years old
After her 2008’s win, Zou Linying signed a 3-year contract with the model agency Chendu Huagang Culture Media.
At a tender age of 15 this year, Linying became a “super model” after winning the Super Model of the World Cosmos Pageant. Apparently, a lot are believing she is too young to win.
The following are a few typical opinions of readers on Chinadaily:Libai----I disagree that a 15-year-old girl,who should be learning in middle school,participates this kind of competition.This will cause great negative effect to others at this age.It shows that chinese are eager for quick success and instant benefit.
Casey----I think it's sick to have a 15 year old even included in the competition. She is only a child. I don't believe she's mature enough to handle the pressure. I hope this doesn't do her any damage in the long run.
bigman----she's too young to convince us that what is the beautiful point on her,no living experience,no educated background,even no charismatic,the only thing she has is naive appearance.
How do you think?
Chen Fuchao, a man from Huazhou of Guangdong Province, recently hit the news headlines of both Chinese and international media for being pushed off Haizhu Bridge in Guangzhou. Though labelled as a would-be suicidal jumper, Chen Fuchao might not be indeed to have a suicide. According to himself, the 32-year-old was in debt because a real estate company was reluctant to pay the remaining 4,500,000 Yuan out of a total amount of 10,000,000 Yuan. Chen Fuchao confessed in an interview that he wanted to attract the attention in order to press the man who owed him the money to pay.
Yin Hong, Shanghai Hai Yun Girl Pictures
Wang Yuhui, a policewoman of Changchun Prison, is dubbed the most beautiful policewoman by netizens in China after her recent brave rescuing suicidal girl Zuo Xiaodan from a six-storey building was posted on numerous Chinese forums.
About 13:00pm on March 16, an off-duty Wang Yuhui who was on her way back to home after picking up 10-year-old son from his school, suddenly noticed a suicidal girl standing on the roof edge of a residential building at downtown Changhun City, Jilin Province.
Yuhui, a certified psychologist, volunteered to do the rescue mission. Once she reached the spot a few feet away from the girl, Yuhui began a 2-hour-long persuasion process though failed to convince the girl to abandon her dead wish.
Finally, the quick-thinking policewoman took an opportunity to clutch the girl when taking back the sweat coater which she previously offered to the latter.
After two male colleagues who hid nearby came to offer their hands to Yuhui, the three police managed to pulled the suicidal girl to safety.
That girl was named Zuo Xiaodan, from Qinggang County, Heilongjiang Province. She worked as a waitress in a restaurant in Changchun.
Her woes began after a customer forgot his mobile phone at her restaurant on March 14. Due to not know the phone function well, the 19-year-old pressed a wrong key when the man called his lost handset.\
Later when the man returned to Zuo’s restaurant, he found the phone but noticed its screen was broken. He accused Zuo of stealing and having damaged his phone, so he required her to compensate more than 3000 Yuan (~450USD).
Zuo turned to her sister for borrowing money after asking a leave from the restaurant owner. But the boss withheld her identification card and the luggage.
In the afternoon of March 16, Zuo Xiaodan wanted to ask back ID to prove her innocent, she resorted to that extreme way. Luckily, Wang Yuhui appeared in time…
Source: Xinhua
Don't put mobile phone into the chest pocket, one may risk his/her life when its battery explodes, though rare, it does kill. The latest victim from the accident is a Chinese guy from Guangzhou. The young man who was carrying out his duties at a community computer shop at South Donghua Road in Guangzhou which specially sells Lenovo computers was severed a major artery in his neck and killed on the spot January 30 when his handset exploded in the pocket. The battery was believed to be the culprit. It was said the phone is branded but not clear if it was loaded on with a pirated battery, which is a very common practice in China. The incident is still under investigation. Link
Note: The pic above (via) is not associated with the story reported in this post.Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle, scientific name Rafetus swinhoei, is a species of soft-shell turtle that is indigenous to China and Vietnam. It is also known as the Shanghai soft-shell turtle or Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle. It is believed to be the largest fresh water turtle in the world.
The female Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle at Changsha Zoo, Hunan Province of China, one of the only three known live turtles of the species Rafetus swinhoei in the world
Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List 2006 and is the most endangered turtles in the world.
Even though the animal is dubbed as Panda in Water in China, it is much more rare than panda, because there are only three known to survive on the planet. An 80-year-old female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle from Changsha Zoo in central Hunan Province, and a 100-year-old male at eastern China's Suzhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province. The third one, the world's only living example of Rafetus swinhoei in the wild lives in Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of Hanoi.
Since this May, the two Chinese turtles were brought together under a reproduction program collaborated by Chinese scientists and their American counterparts in order to save this species.
The male Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle at Suzhou Zoo, Jiangsu Province of China, one of the only three known live turtles of the species Rafetus swinhoei in the world
Sadly, the earlier results were unsuccessful, as none of nearly 100 eggs the female turtle produced this year were hatched. Scientists have to try again next May in 2009.
Source: Wikipedia; The Only two known Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle images: Xinhuanet
He Kexin, the Chinese female gymnast whose true age is a controversial topic in Beijing Olympics, won a gold medal in the Uneven Bars for China August 19. Both He and USA's Nastia Liukin scored a 16.725, with even the Score A (a measure of difficulty) of both gymnasts being an identical 7.7. But because He Kexin made fewer mistakes than Liukin, the referees finally awarded the gold to He. Source: Beijing2008.cn Image: Sina.com
