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Once the hideout of China’s most infamous criminals, Sanshan Island on Lake Tai Lake presents a perfect escape from urban life. A traditional and serene Chinese fishing and agrarian village, walk along the shores and watch the boatmen reach into the silvery lake with their nets, searching for shrimp, crab and fish. Stroll unpopulated paths or take a rickshaw and jostle for position on the one-lane roads with geese, chicken and ducks waddling around. At the top of each of Sanshan’s peaks, there are tall Buddha statues along with temples, pavilions and gardens, offering amazing views of Lake Tai.
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Tip A Cup to Suzhou s Tea Culture During #SecretsOfSuzhou Social Media Program
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Video content will take participants on a journey through the mountains of Dongting during harvest season for Biluochun, one of China’s most prized teas
Biluochun, one of China s most prized teas, is harvested in Suzhou in March and April each year.
Biluochun, which translates directly to “green snail spring” and dates back to the Qing Dynasty, is grown only in Suzhou and renowned for its five outstanding characteristics: a unique coiled shape, fruity fragrance, floral aroma, white feathery appearance and early harvest. NEW YORK (PRWEB)
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Zhou Shengxian, right, chats with the newly appointed minister of industry and information technology Miao Wei, left, and People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan during the sixth plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress March 16, 2013.
Public Fury After Chinese Environment Minister Keeps Job
March 22, 2013
By Liu Jianqiang, Beijing-based Deputy Editor of chinadialogue, who has reported extensively on China’s environmental movement and Tibet. This article was first published by chinadialogue.
In his eight years as China’s environmental protection minister, Zhou Shengxian has failed to keep almost a single promise. I say “almost”: he has kept his word at least when it comes to his own career as promised, he has not quit.
Last week, the American Association of University Professors joined a growing chorus of voices calling on North American universities to rethink their relationship with Confucius Institutes, the state-sponsored Chinese-language programs whose policies critics say are anathema to academic freedom. We asked contributors to discuss the debate. Specifically: the costs and benefits of having a Confucius Institute on a university campus; the economic forces at play; and the role of China in university life more broadly.
Update: Several readers have noted with dismay that this Conversation does not include an entry by someone who works for or with a Confucius Institute. We share this concern. We have solicited responses to our original question and to the discussion as it has developed from numerous employees of universities that have Confucius Institutes as well as from people who teach at Confucius Institutes, and people who work with and for Hanban. So far, none of the people in the