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An ageing China needs to grasp the immigration nettle now. Although China’s new two-child policy will stimulate consumer demand, its impact to replenish the ageing workforce will not be felt until two decades from now.

An ageing China needs to grasp the immigration nettle now

China’s working population peaked already, and its decline will accelerate. While China is expected to overtake the US as the largest economy in the next decade, it is unclear how long it will keep that position. VPN Gate - Download the OpenVPN Configuration File (.ovpn file) You can download the .ovpn file to connect this OpenVPN server.Use one of the following .ovpn files.

VPN Gate - Download the OpenVPN Configuration File (.ovpn file)

Refer the Hint to choose one. You must specify IP address of the destination VPN Server, instead of DDNS hostname (.opengw.net) if you are in a big-brother country. How to Install and Set up the OpenVPN Client The .ovpn file which is including IP address Destination IP Address: 113.124.101.169. Jean-Jacques Urvoas (@JJUrvoas) Disgraced former top Chinese military officer dies before trial. By Ben Blanchard BEIJING Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:32am GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - One of the most senior Chinese military officers to be accused of corruption has died of cancer, the state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, sparing the government what could have been an embarrassing trial.

Disgraced former top Chinese military officer dies before trial

Xu Caihou retired as vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission in 2013 and from the ruling Communist Party's decision-making Politburo in 2012. China to hold police accountable for erroneous cases, for life_News_Icrosschina. BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese police will establish an accountability system for officers in light of high profile cases, according to a policy paper issued recently.

China to hold police accountable for erroneous cases, for life_News_Icrosschina

The paper, which focused on public security reform, vowed to improve law enforcement responsibility; the correction system; and establish life-long accountability for erroneous cases. It added that, to ensure accountability, investigators should take responsibility for the cases they investigate. In addition, it called for changes to the way in which police handled cases, to prevent miscarriages of justice and the use of torture to secure confessions. SM Supermalls. Police kill 2 Uighurs in south China: state media.

Officers discovered a group of Uighurs near a highway toll gate Sunday evening and two who “assaulted” the officers with knives were shot dead, the government-run China News Service said.

Police kill 2 Uighurs in south China: state media

Uighurs are a Turkic-speaking and mostly Muslim ethnic minority, whose resource-rich homeland Xinjiang has seen intensifying and increasingly sophisticated attacks, sometimes spreading beyond it. Two more people were detained while police were still searching for a fifth in Pingxiang city in the southern region of Guangxi, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Calls to the Pingxiang municipal public security bureau by AFP went unanswered. At least 200 people have been killed in a series of clashes over the past year linked to Xinjiang, with authorities blaming religious extremists and separatists in the far northwest region. China is sending artists to the countryside to 'form a correct view of art': Shanghaiist. In a move channeling the Mao Zedong era, the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and TV [SARFT] announced that artists, filmmakers and TV personalities will be sent to the countryside to learn from the masses.

China is sending artists to the countryside to 'form a correct view of art': Shanghaiist

Some of the chosen ones will live in rural villages for at least a month to experience local life, while others will be shipped off to areas considered significant to China's revolutionary past. One TV crew has already been drafted to visit a famous battle site to seek inspiration for an animated series, according to the BBC. The announcement came after President Xi Jinping (a man of the masses) lectured a group of artists about promoting socialist values within their work rather than using "vulgar" means for commercial gain, AFP reports. Ces photos aériennes capturent la vie sur les tricycles de Guangzhou en Chine. A forced bride: 'We survive for each day' When Lamung Bawk Din, 26, jumped out of her husband's second-storey window, she had only one thought in her mind: "If I stay here any longer, I will go crazy.

A forced bride: 'We survive for each day'

" This happened in 2008, and Bawk Din was 19 years old. As an ethnic Kachin woman from northern Shan State, one of several conflict zones in Myanmar, Bawk Din had already lived through war, conflict, and ethnic persecution at home. With only a primary school education, a sick mother and numerous younger siblings to look after, Bawk Din did what many Shan and Kachin girls do: She crossed illegally into China to find work. That's when her life, already plagued with troubles, took a turn for the worse. After working for three months at a sugar plantation in Jinghong on the Myanmar-China border earning $8 a day, Bawk Din was lured by an acquaintance to travel further into China for a better job. Such was the case with Bawk Din and five other women who journeyed for three days by train to Beijing.

La mode des selfies de filles aux aisselles poilues arrive en Chine. Si les selfies sont en général des photos pour se mettre en valeur, une nouvelle tendance sur le réseau social chinois Weibo change quelque peu la perception du mot.

La mode des selfies de filles aux aisselles poilues arrive en Chine

Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death. A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people have been placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said.

Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death

The 30,000 residents of Yumen, in the north-western province of Gansu, are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city are telling motorists to find alternative routes, China Central Television (CCTV) said. A 38-year-old man died last Wednesday, the report said, after he had been in contact with a dead marmot, a small furry animal related to the squirrel. No further plague cases have been reported. CCTV said officials were not allowing anyone to leave. The China Daily newspaper said four quarantine sectors had been set up in the city.

"The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month," CCTV added. Disgruntled petitioners attempt suicide by drinking poison outside newspaper offices. Seven people attempted suicide by drinking liquid outside the gate of China Youth Daily on Wednesday morning, the newspaper said on its Sina Weibo account.

Disgruntled petitioners attempt suicide by drinking poison outside newspaper offices

Pictures on Weibo showed five men and two women lying on the pavement outside the gate. A stream of white foam could clearly be seen running out of one man’s mouth in the pictures. Le gouvernement chinois bannirait Windows 8 de ses ordinateurs. Le gouvernement chinois bannirait Windows 8 de ses ordinateurs. China state media calls for 'severe punishment' for Google, Apple, U.S. tech firms. La Chine veut "punir" Google, Apple et Yahoo, qui menaceraient sa cyber-sécurité. Les médias d'Etat de la Chine s'en sont pris à plusieurs grandes entreprises américaines, parmi lesquelles Google, Apple et Yahoo : elles sont accusées d'espionner le pays pour le compte du gouvernement américain.

La Chine promet de les « punir sévèrement ». La télévision d'Etat chinoise qualifie Windows 8 de "menace potentielle" Asie - pacifique - La justice chinoise organise un procès collectif dans un stade du Xinjiang. Il "ressuscite" sous l'effet de la forte chaleur. Le 3 août, un cortège funéraire dans les rues de Wuhan ne s'est pas déroulé comme les badots l'attendaient. Alors que le corps d'un homme était transporté sur une simple planche en bois et recouvert d'un drap, l'homme s'est levé. Le convoi avait pour but d'attirer l'attention des passants. After Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Polled Chinese Travelers Say They're Less Likely to Travel to Malaysia - China Real Time Report. Master con woman who scammed Beijing's high society. Fascinatingpics : What a difference 26 years...

Check out these beautiful photos of Hong Kong in 1947. In 1947, just two years after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong came to an end, photographer Mark Kauffman captured these amazing scenes of daily life in everybody's favorite fragrant harbor. The photos, originally for Life magazine, should hold you over until our next series of retro-China images. Why '2 Broke Girls' Is All the Rage in China. In China's battle between cupcakes and Communists, the cupcakes appear to be winning. While Chinese President Xi Jinping promotes the "Chinese Dream" of national rejuvenation with mixed success, the U.S. sitcom 2 Broke Girls has drawn Chinese audiences by depicting a more modest dream: the chance to open a cupcake shop.

First airing in the United States in October 2011, 2 Broke Girls tells the story of Max and Caroline, two 20-something women who wait tables at a diner in New York City while saving to open their own cupcake shop. 屌丝 Diaosi : le bon à rien. Crackdown on ‘Chinese-Style Street Crossing’ in Zhejiang – chinaSMACK - Pale Moon.

From NetEase: According to Xinhua News Service, this reporter learned from the Zhejiang Province Department of Public Security that since Zhejiang province started cracking down and strictly punishing 8 types of serious traffic violations from March 1st onward, over 11,000 violations have been already been punished throughout the entire province, amongst which 8,283 were “Chinese-style street crossing” where violators cross during a red light. Urban traffic and congestion control is the top priority amongst Zhejiang province’s 2013 Top 10 practical matters to be done in service of the people, with 8 various violations affecting traffic order including pedestrians crossing on red lights, driving under the influence, and illegal parking being the first to be cracked down on.

The Zhejiang Province Department of Public Security intends to make it 2013′s “1st Operation”, launching it province-wide on March 1st. Comments from NetEase: Hallstatt, China. Pékin annule un projet nucléaire après des manifestations. La Chine a annulé la construction prévue d'une usine de traitement de l'uranium dans une ville du sud du pays, annonce samedi 13 juillet le site de la municipalité de Heshan, au lendemain de manifestations qui ont rassemblé des centaines de personnes.

La Société nucléaire nationale chinoise (CNNC), un organisme public, projetait de construire un complexe de 230 hectares dans cette ville de la province du Guangdong, ce qui a également inquiété les régions administratives spéciales voisines de Hongkong et Macao. "Afin de respecter la volonté populaire, le gouvernement de Heshan ne prendra pas en considération le projet du CNNC", affirme la ville, à propos du projet qui devait coûter 37 milliards de yuans (4,6 milliards d'euros). Course teaches Chinese women how to marry 'elite' foreigner in 90 days.

Droves of women from across China flocked to Shanghai's Love and Marriage Expo this month in hopes of learning a tip or two about how to get hitched. But Liang Yali, founder of the Seek-a-Husband Training Programme, has been teaching such skills in the metropolis for years. Ninety days – that’s all it will take for her training programme to teach single women how to find – and marry – that laowai (expatriate) knight in shining armour, Liang purported, in an interview with the Modern Express newspaper.

After a 1½-month courtship, Liang managed to find the American husband of her dreams – you know, the “honest, considerate type” who happens to be a general manager at some big multinational corporation. The two are now happily married. Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable in a scene of "How to Marry a Millionaire". La petite-fille de Mao est millionnaire, la révolution prolétarienne en prend un coup - International. Mao Zedong granddaughter on rich list, prompting debate. The addition of the granddaughter of Mao Zedong to a list of the richest Chinese - along with a survey suggesting that graduates from well-connected families tend to find better jobs - has triggered fresh debate about political connections and personal wealth.

With family assets estimated at 5 billion yuan (HK$6.25 billion), Kong Dongmei , granddaughter of the late leader, and husband Chen Dongsheng are 242nd on the 2013 New Fortune 500 Rich List, media reports said yesterday. Chen is chairman of Beijing-based Taikang Life Insurance, and Kong is a major shareholder and executive.

乡音苑 Phonemica - Pale Moon. Chinese Talk Show Host Apologizes to Mongolian Viewers - Pale Moon. Ethnic Mongolian netizens in China have slammed a popular Chinese talk show host for comments suggesting their ancestors were “uncivilized illiterates,” prompting him to make a public apology, a rights group said Wednesday. Gao Xiaosong had made the disparaging remarks recently on his online video talk show “Xiao Shuo” (Morning Call), eliciting a hail of angry responses by ethnic Mongolians on Chinese social media sites, according to U.S. -based Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC).

“When elaborating on place names in Beijing, Gao Xiaosong stated that ‘Beijing was first built by a group of uncivilized illiterates including the Manchus and the Mongols who conquered the world on horseback’,” SMHRIC said. Gao, who is a Chinese-American musician and composer, said that the Mongols “were illiterate and even unable to speak Chinese fluently” and that the names they had given to places in Beijing were awkward and unauthentic. Apology posted. Police Arrests CEO of China’s No.1 Pirate Site, 30 Employees Face Detention -Caijing - Pale Moon. Polls. ENERGY - Japanese-French consortium, China still in running for nuclear plant: Turkish energy minister.

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News A Japanese-French consortium and a Chinese company are still racing to build Turkey’s second nuclear power station, slated for the Black Sea province of Sinop, Turkey’s energy minister has said. “We’ve come to the end of the process, and we’ll finalize [the decision] soon,” Taner Yıldız said, answering reporters at the 19th International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference, which began today in Istanbul. Yıldız reiterated that Canada and South Korea, the other short-listed companies, had quit the competition and that the consortium of Japan’s Mitsubishi and France’s Areva were competing against China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding.

根据相关法律法规和政策,部分搜索结果未予显示。–百度 - Pale Moon. Holland Style in Chinese Nederlandse Gangnam Style parody. China’s “most famous peasant” dies, and he never appeared on the cover of Time. What’s a little embellishment of a famous man after his death? Nearly 35% of Android Apps Are Secretly Stealing Private Data, Says China's Latest DCCI Report. The sacrificial pigs and other Weibo jokes on Shanghai's floating hogs.

Over 660,000 officials punished in five years. Crime statistics: Murder mysteries. Through a Thwarted Cinematographer's Eye, China's Cultural Revolution. Nobel Peace Prize Winners on Behalf of Liu Xiaobo (updated) - James Fallows - International.

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China AIDS patients topple gate of gov't office. Sex in China: Q&A with author Richard Burger. Ph. (torisefromashes) Veggie Discourse. “戴避孕套不算强奸”背后的官场逻辑. Planking in Mainland China Receives Netizen Praise & Jeers. The Eurasian Face. Archiveaiweiwei. Ai Weiwei: From Porcelain Seeds to Chinese Prison? Learning English, Chinese-Style. Many in China think themselves 'grassroots' Dissidents chinois. Dating 101: change majors? China bans English abbreviations on TV. ‘real democracy’ Ghost towns of China: Satellite images show cities lying completely deserted. Finding the Facts About Mao’s Victims by Ian Johnson. Ten Things Never to Do in China, and Chiafu’s comments. Le Premier ministre chinois censuré en Chine.

Sexe, pots-de-vin et alcool: le journal de bord d'un officiel vé. China firm denies Fifa World Cup sweatshop claims - F. Une ville chinoise lance le permis de moralité à points : Actual. Chinese State Media Posts, Then Yanks, Offensive Race-Themed Slideshow. JUSTICE : Un Français condamné à mort en Chine pour trafic de drogue, actualité Monde : Le Point.

Workers begin to lay tracks for Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. La presse chinoise en fronde contre le passeport intérieur : Act. La Chine, "atelier du monde", manque de bras - LeMonde.fr - Fire. Chinese abroad – strangers at home. Les mingongs, ces Chinois étrangers en Chine.

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