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Senior PwC advisor confident in China’s green economy

admin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:38:46 +0000

China has laid a firm foundation for green development and will achieve its ambitious target on increasing the use of renewable resources, a senior advisor with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said Saturday.

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China becoming more generous in granting religious freedom

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:59:49 +0000

On 28 September 2010, Beijing celebrated the birth anniversary of ancient philosopher Confucius at his 14th century temple in Guozijian quarter. This was the first time the country’s atheist government had allowed Beijing to hold such an event since the founding of communist China.

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The big switch

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:22:09 +0000

On September 28, Beijing celebrated the birth anniversary of ancient philosopher Confucius at his 14th century temple in Guozijian quarter. This was the first time the country’s atheist government had allowed Beijing to hold such an event since the founding of communist China.

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Dissident visited UH-Manoa in first trip outside China in 1989

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:46:14 +0000

Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, spent a few months at the University of Hawaii during his first trip outside of China.

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Beef Up Your Homeschool with the Internet & Scrapbooking

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:59:17 +0000

Turning Alpha Omega into a Unit Study We are hybrid homeschooling this year. My boys go to my daughter’s private Christian school 2 days a week (designed for homeschoolers). On Thursdays the boys attend regular school classes and they attend for Fridays Fine Arts (Bible, painting, archery, guitar, etc) To keep up with the Thursday class we have to use their school curriculum Alpha Omega .

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Chinese philosopher honoured in mural

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:24:57 +0000

A mural portraying an ancient Chinese philosopher was officially unveiled on the side of a three-storey building in Chinatown on Saturday.

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Culture Vulture

admin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:48:16 +0000

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently enacted Decision 103/2009/ND-CP that prohibits certain aspects of spiritual worship known as hau dong considered harmful or open to fraud.

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Taoism festival held in Dujiangyan

admin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:41:45 +0000

The third Chinese Taoism Cultural Festival was held on Sep 16 at Mount Qingcheng in Chengdu, Sichuan province. It is the first time the festival is held following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan in 2008. Alongside Taoist exhibits will be displays of reconstruction work.

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As if objective reality isnt scary enough…

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:01:14 +0000

By Stanley Koh COMMENT It was a dark and stormy night. On a lonely road, a tired taxi driver was heading for home when a woman in a white dress and red overcoat hailed him

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19. Leading with an open heart

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:27:42 +0000

It remains one of the non-Muslims’ gravamina that they find it increasingly difficult to build their places of worship. But recently, the Johor state government not only approved the building of a church, it also contributed RM200,000 to its cons…

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19. Leading with an open heart