Biennale of Architecture
by admin on October 29th, 2006
The Danish Pavilion,called CO-EVOLUTION, is a joint project between Danish architects anduniversity students and professors in China who reflected on thequestion: How to improve people’s living conditions without exhausting the very resources needed to sustain a better life?
Within the next 20 years, some 400 million Chinese citizens areexpected to join the global urbanization race […]
Shaolin monks enjoy cell phones, Internet
by emily on April 29th, 2006
File under random. New Kerala reports that Chinese monks above the age of 18 on the Shaolin Temple’s martial arts team use mobile phones and surf the Internet daily.
A kung fu monk is given a monthly allowance of $25 by the temple.
Head coach Shi Yanlu revealed the modern life enjoyed by monks in an interview with the Xiaoxiang Morning Post.
Beijing subway
by www.nataliebehring.com on April 29th, 2006
www.nataliebehring.com posted a photo:
March 21, 2006 - Beijing, China - A cosmetics ad looks in to the window of a subway car in central Beijing. The counterfeiting of high-end cosmetics and fragrances in China is big business and it is hitting luxury goods makers hard.