Chinese Farmers Drying Grain On Public Roads

Grain Drying on the Roadway in China, Chengdu Shuangliu County

Grain being Dried on a roadway

Local Villagers drying grain in the sun creating safety issues.

More here from Sina in Chinese

H/T: China Smack

Taiwan's Freedom Is At Risk

Exiled Chinese dissident and former law professor Yuan Hongbang, introduced his latest book, "Taiwan National Policy" at a press conference in Taipei last week, warning that the Chinese Communist Party plans to extend its sphere of influence, everywhere in the world and become a superpower and international leader---with Taiwan as its first target.

On the 12 April, I wrote here that Barack Obama promised his Chinese Marxist counterparts before and after the 2008 Presidential Election, that he would continue to support totalitarianism for U.S. ally Taiwan

More here from The Epoch Times

Beichuan Middle School Destroyed By Sichuan Quake Rebuilt, Students Return To Campus

Newly rebuilt Beichuan Middle School, Sichuan Province. In late August, students began moving in to their new dormitories---classes resumed on September 01

Newly rebuilt campus of Beichuan Middle School in Sichuan Province. Campus of the new school will accommodate 5,200 students and includes dormitories, a library, dining hall, etc.

Newly rebuilt campus of Beichuan Middle School, students began checking-in to their new school in late August.

The new Beichuan Middle School in Sichuan Province---Students are seen checking-in to their new campus. More than 3,000 students will return here from their temporary school in Mianyang.


Liang Huan helps Li Anqiang, check into the newly built Beichuan Middle School, Sichuan Province. Liang helped Li out of the ruins of Beichun Middle School following the catastrophic earthquake on the 12 May, 2008

On the 05 February, I archived here some of my posts subsequent to the devastating Sichuan Earthquake which claimed the lives of more than 19,000 children---God have mercy.

Related: Jackie Chan questioned for empty promises to rebuild Beichuan Middle School---Via Netease in Chinese

High School Damaged in Sichuan Quake Reopens---Peoples Daily

H/T: China Hush

Shanghai Tourism Festival 2010--Giant Puppets

Giant Puppets manufactured by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Jiangsu Province, are being set up for Shanghai Tourism Festival which will be held on the 18th September (Photos--Xinhua News Agency)

Giant Puppets manufactured by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Jiangsu Province, being set up for Shanghai Tourism Festival

Giant Puppets manufactured by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Jiangsu Province being set up for Shanghai Tourism Festival

Giant Puppets photographed on 01 September, manufactured by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Jiangsu Province

Giant Puppets each measuring 3.6 Meters high manufactured by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Jingsu Province

Giant Puppets made by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in East China's Jingsu Province

Giant Puppet made by Yangzhou Puppet Troupe in Yangzhou, Jingsu Province

More here Secret Weapon for Shanghai Tourism Festival--Giant Puppets

H/T: Sina English

Chinese Companies Ordered To Limit Use Of Foreign Security Technologies

Censorship/Propaganda: Chinese Journalists & Bloggers were instructed by the Chinese Communist Party to "properly report on demonstrations in Hong Kong and not allow themselves to be taken advantage of by anti-mainland sentiment."

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Oxford Press Readies Largest Single Volume Chinese-English Dictionary

Five years, 60 Editors and Translators, 300,000 words, 370,000 translations, it all adds up to the largest single volume English-Chinese Dictionary ever put together, due to be published 09 September by Oxford University Press

Rest here China Real Time Report---Wall Street Journal

"One-Child" Generation in China Struggle to Care for Elderly Parents

Ancient Tales Of Good Neighbors---Zhi Zhen

A Haven of Peace & Happiness

When living in society, we have to interact with other people. Traditional Chinese culture emphasizes virtue and ethics in balancing our interpersonal relationships, including relationships with our neighbors.

"Citizens who incline towards virtuousness and our compassionate towards their neighbors are great treasure to the country" ---Ancient Chinese Proverb

When one helps those in difficulty and cares for his neighbors, he is in adherence to the Tao way---Those who follow the Tao, will have good fortune.

On ancient China, people believed that treating others compassionately is one of society's basic principles and that those who do good deeds will receive good returns.

Stories about the kind and altruistic deeds of many famous noble people in China, have been passed down through the ages.

Ancient Tales of Good Neighbors ---Zhi Zhen

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Four Gentleman in Plants ---Global Times Forum

China Mourns Zhouqu County Mudslide Victims

Chinese Authorities and Rescuers, marked the Natl Day of Mourning on Sunday, for the more than 1,200 residents who perished following massive mudslides in Gansu Province


China's National Flag flying at half staff to mourn more than 1,200 people who perished by massive downpours, resulting in mudslides in Zhouqu County
on the 08 August

At least 15 people perished in Sichuan Province which had been devastated by the catastrophic Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008

More here China Mourns Landslide Dead Via USA Today

Related: Heavy Rains and Mudslides continue to batter Gansu Province

Chinese Character Tattoos---A Little Frightening

Chinese character body art--tattoos have become fashionably trendy but one may want to have them drawn correctly---this one is upside down.


Its unknown why Chinese characters tattoos are so popular?

Traditional Chinese Characters may be beautiful but for one not to have an appreciation for Chinese---this may be just a little frightening?

Original Post from Tianya in Chinese

H/T: China Hush

Related Post: Scripture Shu Fa, Chinese Calligraphy is very interesting

Happy Birthday Papa Chuang-Chuang

It may appear that this young lady is holding two Panda cubs but instead two puppies have been painted as Baby Panda's during the opening of a new pet park at Dahe Mincui Park, Zhengzhou, Henan Province.


Giant Panda at a reserve in Chengdu, Sichuan Province doing what it seems what Panda's like best---Eating



Does she realize that the dog was painted to look like a Baby Giant Panda during the opening of a pet park in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.

Today is the 10th Birthday of Pappa Chuang-Chuang---Happy Birthday

Giant Panda's symbolize Luck and Good Fortune and is considered a national treasure in China.

Two Giant Panda's born at Giant Panda Breeding Base Via CRIENGLISH

Related: Giant Panda's will go to Japan Via Peoples Daily Online

Disney Takes English To China

Disney English language business venture in China, has been a success as enrollment numbers soar, Disney plans to double the number of schools in Mainland China.

China Authorities Arrest Shangdong Province Kindergarten Murderer

A Security Guard attempts to prevent a photograph from being taken at the Zibo City No.1 hospital, where victims of the latest school massacre were being taken.

Three kindergarten children were murdered, while three other children and four teachers were injured by a 26 year old man in a slashing attack at the Boshan District Experimental Kindergarten Shangdong Province.

(News reports are conflicting about the actual details of this latest rampage)

Related Post: China Attack Killed 3 Children and 1 Teacher--Jack Times.com

China Kindergarten Murders Prompt Govt Response--Christian Science Monitor

Child Murders in Shangdong, Restricted Subject for China Media-Epoch Times

H/T: My China My Home in Chinese

China Think Tank Says Facebook Threatens National Security

Victims of Persecution in China, Speak Out on Day Against Torture

A little more than a year after Liu Xianbin, was released following a decade in prison, Liu has been detained again by Chinese authorities, this time for "inciting subversion of state power."

On the 28 June, Police in Suining City, Sichuan Province detained
Liu after raiding his home and the next day, Police summoned, harassed and threatened his wife and 13 year old daughter.

Rest here Via Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Dragon Boat Festival 2010

Colorful Dragon Boats during the 8th Yingbin rowing contest in Hainan Province on Wednesday. Every year the Duanwu Festival is celebrated throughout China with activities which include boat races and eating rice dumplings.


Chinese families gathering by the lake to put candlelit lotus in the water to wish for Happiness during Duanwu Festival otherwise known as Dragon Boat Festival.

On the 09 June, 2008 I wrote more here about the Duan Wu Jie Festival

More here Duan Wu Jie--Dragon Boat & Dumpling Festival

Duan Wu Jie (Rice Dumpling Festival) and Qu Yuan

Yippee! Its Zongzi Festival (Pictures) Via Sina.com

Dragon Boat Racing to Celebrate Festival (Pictures) Via Sina.com

China Human Rights Abuse, Wang Chunyan, Falun Gong Practitioner Denied Medical Parole

China Human Rights Defenders

Beijing Police harass Ni Yulan and her husband, briefly detaining them in a Black Jail to prevent them from meeting with visiting European Diplomats. Ni and her husband are now homeless as Chinese authorities demolished their home while she was in prison.

Worker Strikes Sweeping Across China Via The Epoch Times

Wang Chunyan, was a successful businesswoman from Dalian, Liaoning Province, in 1999 she began practicing Falun Gong, traditional Chinese spiritual discipline with Buddhist and Taoist principles. That same year on 22 July, the Chinese Communist Party launched a brutal attack on Falun Gong Practitioners to renounce their religious beliefs.

Currently incarcerated at Liaoning Women's Prision, Ms. Wang has developed severe hypertension and heart disease. Chinese authorities have prevented her family from applying for medical parole.

More here from Falun Dafa

Watch video---Wang Chunyan Falun Gong Practitioner Denied Medical Parole Via New Tang Dynasty

Chinese Authorities Arrest 13 Democracy Activists Ahead Of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square Remembrance Vigil

Chinese authorities deport the creator of a statue that sparked the arrest of 13 Democracy Activists, ahead of Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square Remembrance Vigil.

More here from Taiwan News Online

China Human Rights: Feng Zhenghu Unlawfully Detained Attempting To Visit Shanghai Expo

Shanghai Expo Intensifies Chinese Regime's Crackdown On Falun Gong

Suffering Behind Shanghai World Expo

International Day of Action for Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia

Amnesty Intl Urgent Action For Falun Gong Practitioner Jiang Feng Abducted In Shanghai

Shanghai 2010 Expo

Chinese Marxist Ma Ying-jeou, Jeopardizing Taiwan's Future

One Taiwan--One China, Protecting Democracy Activist opposes Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taiwan and China

Pro-Democracy Supporters in Taiwan, protesting against Chinese Marxists Ma Ying-jeou and PRC Hu Jintao

Taiwan DPP Supporters protesting ECFA Trade pact between Taiwan and Marxist PRC

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Leader and Former Premier Frank Hsieh, at anti-ECFA demonstration in Taipei

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of Taiwan's Parliament on Thursday, led by DPP, calling for a referendum on the free trade agreement between Taiwan and China, which some argue would mostly benefit China

More here from New Tang Dynasty Television

Related: Ma Ying-jeou radicalism risks Taiwan's Free Choice
Via Taiwan News

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehitinen, R-FL discusses ECFA Via YouTube

Taiwanese Demand Referendum on ECFA Via Taiwan Matters

Senior Obama Administration Adviser Anita Dunn, Praises Mao for having a major influence on her life Via Front Page Magazine

In 2008 while campaigning for President, Comrade Barack Obama reiterated his support for Marxism in Taiwan Via China Daily

Behind Closed Doors, U.S. & China Begin Dubious Human Rights Dialogue Via Epoch Times

China Stop Persecution of Human Rights Activists

Chinese Human Rights Activist Yang Jinali, speaks during a panel discussion on "Rising Powers & International Rights Compliance" in Geneva, Switzerland

On the 09 February, Chinese Human Rights Activist and Writer
Tan Zuoren was sentenced to 5 years in prison on the charge of "inciting subversion of state power" his crime, Tan exposed corruption in Sichuan Province School Construction and reported the truth.

Following the catastrophic Sichuan Earthquake on the 12 May, 2008 Beijing admitted that shoddy construction of the building that collapsed were structurally unsound but then reversed themselves defending construction of collapsed buildings.

Sichuan Earthquake Parents Still Protesting Via Radio Free Asia

Related Posts: Detention of Hong Kong Journalist in China Via Scoop

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly 27 April-03 May Amnesty Intl

China Suspends Two Human Rights Attys For Life

China suspended Human Rights Attorneys Liu Wei and Tang Jitian,
for their representation of religious and political dissidents.

Tang Jitian said Chinese authorities "...have completely gone against the principles of the law and out of their need to take revenge against the profession, they have decided to punish us this way."

The lawyers say that they will appeal and use all legal means to expose the authorities illegal actions.

More here from New Tang Dynasty Television

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Xicheng District Procuratorate

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Sichuan Province Remembers Loved Ones

Remembering the victims of the catastrophic Sichuan Earthquake that struck at 2:28 pm two years ago today. May God have mercy.

Sichuan Province, Beichuan earthquake survivors walk along a rebuilt road today, mourning their relatives that were lost two years ago today. Family members may now register their missing loved one as deceased.

17,921 still missing two years following catastrophic earthquake.

Sichuan Earthquake survivors mourning today, burning Joss sticks as they remember their loved ones that perished two years ago in Beichuan County

Combined photos show a home in Sichuan Province First photo taken on 12 February, 2009 the second photo taken on 30 April, 2010 shows 66 year old He Zhaoyun and his Grandson Liu Mingchu in front of the new home. Nearly 1.5 Million Homes went up following the devastating 8.0 earthquake two years ago today.

A Reporter is taking a photos of a newly built village in Cuiyuehu Township, Dujiandyan City, Sichuan Province on Monday.


New homes in the final stage of construction are pictured in Hongkou Township, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province two years after the catastrophic 8.0 earthquake.

Farmers left devastated by the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008 will be moving into their new homes by 30 September this year.

The homes in Sichuan's Dujiangyan City, 11 KM away from the epicenter of the earthquake (two years ago today) were built by the farmers with the same style and infrastructure facilities with the help of the government.

The surrounding of these homes could easily match some of the luxury villas in the suburban areas.

The money for building the houses came from the governments housing compensation, the compensation that farmers received from transferring their original home sites and their own savings.

More here in Chinese

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Children Tied To Leashes While Parents Work

Children tied to a wall for up to 10 hours a day while their parents work in a brick factory in Zhejiang Province.

So sad, child leashed and uncared for while her parents go off to work. If you can't care adequately for a Chinese child, contact me
and I will find a good home for them.

Barefoot and forced to sit on a cold dirt floor while his Mother works, children are traumatized for life being treated like an animal.

Children on leashes tied to steel bars. What sort of decent parent could do this to a child?

Caring Mother looking in on her child imprisoned while she works? What sort of Mother could do this?

Little boy tied to a wall with a leash while ignored by his parents.
How can any good Mother know her son cries out and ignore him?

China, Haining, in the town of Dinqiao, some 125 km from Shanghai

More here Via Asia One News

China, Shanxi Province--Police Rescue Slaves from Brick Factory

H/T: PP.QQ.Com

Qinghai Earthquake Survivors Blessed By Others

A student writes his own personal wish on a long roll in the earthquake ravaged Qinghai Province.

A student draws the plans that he would like for new school in
Qinghai Province.

Students reading the words of Blessings from a Beijing Middle School in Yushu County, Qinghai Province----Xinhua News Photos

Via Yosihiko

"Why did the government put censorship on critical messages??? Government says to Chinese Media, only report good news and hero stories...Why do they have to censor critical voices unless they have something to hide. Until there is a free media in China we have to also read Hong Kong news and overseas news to understand the truth of what happened."

Related Posts: Yao Ming raising money for Qinghai Survivors

Small Change, Big Changes Via China Daily