Author Archives: Eric Mu

Flu concerns overshadow the college entrance exam

The rising number of new cases of the A(H1N1) flu is a big concern for this year’s gaokao.

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A walk around the Square

Eric Mu of Danwei.org took a walk around the Tian’anmen Square on the afternoon of June 4th, 2009

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393.5 kilograms of drugs destroyed

Beijing police destroyed part of the drugs that had been seized by the Beijing police from 2006 to 2008.

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Hummer sold to Chinese buyer

Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery has signed a memorandum of understanding with General Motors to buy its Hummer off-road vehicle unit.

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Peking University gives US Treasury Secretary Geithner an old photo

Tim Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, received a photograph as a present from his former Chinese teacher Fu Min yesterday when yesterday he was at Peking University to give a speech.

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Grandpa Hu goes to school

One day ahead of the International Children’s Day, President Hu Jintao visited two primary schools in Beijing

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WWII veterans return from Burma after 67 years

Nine former soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force who have chose to stay in Burma after the Second World War start their home visit yesterday.

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Husband murders wife’s cousin at divorce hearing

From Life News: A divorce trial spiraled into a grisly murder yesterday at a court in Songming, a county on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan Province.

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Northeast China rocked by North Korean nuke test

North Korea’s underground nuclear test yesterday caused a 4.5 magnitude earthquake.

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Customers take peanut revenge on Chongqing restaurant

After a dispute, a restaurant in Chongqing’s Yubei District was disrupted by malicious customers who came to order the cheapest dish on the menu, or just drink a bottle of beer.

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