Tag Archives: Information Times

Lesson learned, Zhou Yang thanks the country first

Posted on 2010-03-09 by Joel Martinsen

Gold-medalist Zhou Yang, criticized for mentioning her parents but not the country, gives it another try.

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Kneel before Lei Feng

Posted on 2010-03-05 by Joel Martinsen

Lei Feng day, ’10! People don’t want help, corporate executives worship the Fengster, and charity organizations follow Lei Feng illegally.

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Cats and dogs in the animal cruelty law

Posted on 2010-01-27 by Joel Martinsen

A draft animal cruelty law may outlaw eating cat and dog meat.

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My secretary stole from my art collection:
Scholar Ji Xianlin confirms rumors

Posted on 2008-12-09 by Eric Mu

Video evidence shows that Ji Xianlin, a professor who is suspected of having his art collection stolen by his secretary, was aware of the theft. Peking University still denies the theft took place.

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Scholar Ji Xianlin confirms rumors

Con artist engineers demolition of government offices

Posted on 2008-11-18 by Eric Mu

Wang Xiniu, a con artist who fooled two municipal governments and raised over 1.7 billion yuan from his scam was sentenced for life.

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How important is the ability to write an English toast?

Posted on 2008-09-08 by Eric Mu

Information Times (信息时报): An exam held in Guangzhou to select provincial officials requires them to write an English-language toast.

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Olympic gold winner stamp released

Posted on 2008-08-11 by Eric Mu

All the newspapers nationwide give heavy coverage on the Olympic Games. As a result, sports news dominate the front pages today.

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Blow your whistle when you see a terrorist

Posted on 2008-08-06 by Eric Mu

Information Times (信息时报): Today, the front page of Information Times shows a taxi driver in Guangzhou displaying his new counter-terrorist equipment: a whistle.

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Sharon Stone boycott

Posted on 2008-05-28 by Eric Mu

Today’s Information Times ran a full page special about Hollywood actress Sharon Stone’s comments about the Sichuan earthquake last week at the Cannes film festival. Stone suggested that the quake may have been a result of “bad karma” from China’s treatment of Tibetans.

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Li Ka-shing, grave robbery and a Hong Kong – Mainland legal precedent

Posted on 2008-05-27 by Eric Mu

According to today’s Information Times (信息时报): on Monday, two suspects involved in a grave robbery were questioned by a Hong Kong judge.

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