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China's Imperial Tombs and Mausoleums
"Since no one can know of life in the nether world, our ancestors used imagination to design the nether lives of the deceased according to what they saw in human society."

"A Fairyland"

November 30, 2001
Water Pollution in Three Gorges Dam Warned Millions of tons of garbage and industrial waste could seriously affect the water quality and operation of the Three Gorges dam project in China if clean-up measures are not taken immediately, -People's Daily link US$4.7 billion set for Three Gorges clean-up -Guo Nei Projects for Prevention & Treatment of Pollution in Three Gorges Formally Launched -Han Ronliang
November 29, 2001
Decisions on pregnancy According to China's relevant laws, it is the wife who has the final decision in such circumstances...Women's advantage in this problem has aroused some dissent, especially among childless families where wives postpone childbearing to a later date. -Shanghai Star Spinning for power -Jasper Becker Global Fish Catches Declining -John Heilprin Bluestockings assert right to beauty -Xing Bao Teachers alarmed by cartoon fixation -Eastday link Customs agents raid Chinese market -Yulia Ignatenko Zhu set to ease controls on church, says TV evangelist -SCMP
November 27, 2001
China Develops Snake Robot A bionic robot in the form of a real snake invented by the National Defense Science and Technology University of China, made its first public show Monday in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province. -Li Heng Thorny flower debate blooms anew -SCMP Farmers Need Freedom to Grow -Bruce Gilley Smuggling, sleaze and staying shtoom -John Gittings Mao's Buried Past: A Strange, Subterranean City -Craig Smith The day Khrushchev and Chairman Mao saw red -John Gittings Tibet's Dalai Lama Sees Eventual Pact with China -Martin Roberts
November 25, 2001
A Factory to the World "The competition for jobs is really brutal here, so people are far more serious about their work," ..."This is a big country, with a lot of people who want to work," -Clay Chandler 1989-2001: A tale of two Beijings Certainly, the China I read about in most Western newspaper reports bears little resemblance to the country I have now lived in twice for year-long periods. The China I've experienced is so complex and contradictory -- and changing so fast -- that it defies simplistic analysis and predictions. -Fred Edwards China’s Smack Attack -Mahlon Meyer Chinese sacrifice self for greater good -David Balkin
November 24, 2001
Criminal gangs targeted in strikes Li said the formations of gangs should be dealt with as soon as they are detected to prevent them from developing into national or trans-regional organizations with mafia features. -Meng Yan Customs launches large-scale offshore anti-smuggling exercise -Xinhua Fighting for a free press -Chicago Tribune link China expects int'l nuclear energy cooperation -Xinhua China Plans Manned Space Launch By 2005 -Slashdot Poisonings indicative of food-hygiene challenge -Michael Ma After `hot' start, Linux now is `realistic' about China inroads -Dan Gillmor Mystery surrounds new building delay on scandal-plagued theatre -Mark O'Neill
November 23, 2001
Moon Trip to Fill Void in Nation's Space History China will send a manned craft into space before 2005 and preparation for a mission to the moon exploration is underway, -China Daily link Beijing's 'Secret' Gay Web Confab -Steve Friess Teaching a country to rock and roll -China Daily link Sex Education Now Available in China's Schools -Xinhua link KT Enters Wired Home Market in China -Kim Deok-hyun Taiwan to Allow Chinese Visitors -Annie Huang Injured Chinese deckhand's wife waits for passport -AFP Simplifying Exit-Entry Procedures, A Vital Step for China -People's Daily
November 22, 2001
Mine Accidents Killed 4,547 Persons in the First 10 Months Last January to October found 2,378 mine accidents deprive 4,547 persons of their lives with the death toll down by 355 capita, being 7 percent lower as against the same period last year, said Huang Yi, spokesman for China National Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau... -Du Minghua link 1,470 ancient tombs found in Zhengzhou -Xinhua Former Falun Gong follower leads new life -Xinhua New major offshore oilfield operational in North China -Xinhua Trolley buses make comeback in pollution battle -Raymond Li Tokyo Fears China May Put an End to 'Made in Japan' -James Brooke 300 Million Chinese Benefit From Small Hydropower Plants -People's Daily Russian Pressurized Nuclear Reactor to Be Running in China by 2004 -PD
November 19, 2001
Struggle rages to tame rogue province "Liaoning is an independent kingdom. People here just don't care what Beijing says," -Jasper Becker Mixed expectations -Jane Tian link Methadone trial targets Aids crisis -SCMP Provincial Disintegration -Bruce Gilley link 'Progress' threatens heritage site -Clara Li Baby girls unwanted in China -Martin Fackler Susan Adopts Baby Girl From China -Newnet5 link Villagers Make Decisions by Potato Ballot -People's Daily Discussions on IPR emphasize protection -Jia Hepeng & Cui Ning
November 16, 2001
China to build world's largest water-diversion project To break China’s bitter, age-old pattern of southern floods and northern droughts, the new, Great Wall-sized project will siphon off some 4 percent of the Yangtze River’s run-off and channel it northwards through massive aqueducts. -Calum MacLeod link Memorial to Mother of the State -Tian Tian Curtain opens on Golden Horse Film Festival -Yu Sen-lun link 11 international brands win cyber-squatting cases -Chinaonline China makes addicts say ''no'' at forced detoxification center -AP Researchers Work to Save Endangered Languages -China Daily China Firms Offer Drugs, and Hope, to AIDS Victims -Edwin Chan Unveiling the Terrorist Nature of 'East Tujue' Elements -People's Daily "Red Light District" Deemed Off Limits as Tourist Attraction -Beijing Review AIDS Patients Receive Compassionate Care From Beijing Doctor -China Daily
November 14, 2001
Taipei hails new-found equality in WTO eyes The head of Taiwan's delegation to the World Trade Organisation conference said early yesterday he was delighted the island had gained admission into an international body that gave it equal status with the mainland. -Mark O'Neill We're in at last -Richard Dobson WTO casts China-Taiwan rivalry in new light -Mure Dickie Can Two Chinas Live Together in the WTO? -Businessweek Comdex attendees pass a China booth promoting Chinese computer-related technology companies November 14, 2001 at Comdex 2001 in Las Vegas. -Reuters/Mike Blake
November 12, 2001
AIDS Patients in China Lack Effective Treatment As China opens its first national conference on AIDS this week -- focusing on prevention -- the hundreds of thousands of Chinese, rich and poor, already suffering from H.I.V. are receiving little or nothing in the way of care. -Elisabeth Rosenthal In Search of Chineseness -Jonathan Tepperman The disappearing China I once knew -Norman Webster An Ancient Garden Youthfully Abloom -Andrew Soloman Exhibit Shows Chinese Secret Lives -Foster Klug link Chinese Finally Get Caught Up in Sexual Revolution -Kathleen Kelleher
November 10, 2001
Interview: Long Yongtu on China's WTO Entry This time China is free from any suspense to attend the Doha meeting, everybody is just waiting for an already known result, as the "soul" figure in the negotiation on China's WTO entry, do you have a sense of relief from a heavy burden? -People's Daily The wild east -Economist.com China's Model Hospital -Yasmin Ghahremani First money, then enlightenment -Jasper Becker The Advantage Of Being Small -Allen T. Cheng In Hot Pursuit Of Excellence -Susan V. Lawrence Bin Laden's Chinese Connection -Philip P. Pan & John Pomfret
November 7, 2001
Wife in desperate plea to free dissident The wife of one of China's most celebrated dissidents, Xu Wenli, appealed yesterday to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, to seek the release of her husband when she visits Beijing this week. -AFP
B.C. refugee hearing puts Chinese justice system on trial Watching Lai Changxing walk casually out of a federal courtroom here yesterday, it was easy to forget how big the stakes are for China's most wanted fugitive -- and for Canada.-Mark Hume
Zone to promote regional economy -Meng Yan Chinese Firms See U.S. as Land of Opportunity -Evelyn Iritani Taiwan Drops 50-Year Ban on Direct Trade with China -Alice Hung China's Upbeat Governor in Tibet Promises Investment -Erik Eckholm
November 5, 2001
Chinese Village Battles Cancer And Bureaucratic Roadblocks An elected village chief distributed a petition. A young reporter defied an editor. An environmentalist volunteered to collect soil samples. An independent-minded scientist found carcinogens in the samples. -Philip P. Pan China's Magic Mountain -David Atherton
November 3, 2001
Schröder Gets a Glimpse at Prime Minister's Private Villa The point of the visit was purely political, but the atmosphere was purely private. -Günter Bannas
Teenage Chinese Gymnast Unseats the Favorite -Christiane Moravetz Jet Li Hopes 'The One' Is One to Ignite Star Power -Craig Reid Local Research Draws Praise -Eastday Grand Arts Festival Kicks off -China Daily South Korea Admits Gaffe -AP
November 1, 2001
Power to the People The growing number of local parliaments using their powers both to chastise officials and change policies won't give birth to democracy in China, but they may produce better government -Bruce Gilley China Briefing -FEER Red carpet softens blow -Audrey Snee Net Offers Distance Learning -China Daily 'Crushing' tax burden on farmers-Josephine Ma Schröder Visit Boosts Germany's Trade with China -Handelsblatt

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