| Reading Festival dazzles music lovers Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:46 PM PDT UK?s Reading Festival drew to a close on Sunday. Tens of thousands turned out to watch "The Cure", "Green Day", "Kasabian", and US rockers "The Foo Fighters" who rounded the fun off in a rousing fashion. |
| Forced morality - Media Watch August 28 - BONTV Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:12 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode An incident in which a young man declined to offer his seat and was slapped five times in the face by an irate husband in East China has provoked heated public discussion. According to Youth Times, which learned of the incident from a passenger on the bus surnamed Liu, the young man was seated on a crowded bus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, about 1 pm on Thursday. A young couple - a small, strongly built man and his wife carrying an infant - got on the bus and stood next to the man. The driver asked passengers several times over the loudspeaker if someone would give up his seat for the woman and child, but to no avail. After several stops, the woman found a seat in the back. The husband remained beside the young man, who according to the driver, was not in a seat designated for children, the elderly, infirm, or pregnant women. Suddenly, the husband shouted at the man and slapped him in the face, knocking his glasses to the floor and making his nose bleed. From the back, the wife cursed the man. The man did not retaliate or speak. Unlike in some similar cases, when the public were less sympathetic, many people have said they understand the young man's actions and have condemned the violence. On Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, the incident took center stage after a user posted that he was the young man's friend and that he was disabled. The blogger continued that the young man had wanted to offer the woman his seat but could <b>...</b> | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:22 | More in News & Politics |
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| Dongguan gay couple - China Take August 28 - BONTV Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:51 PM PDT | o to bon.tv to watch the full episode Last weeks Qixi festival, often called China's Valentine's Day was the opportunity for a gay couple from the city of Dongguan, Guangdong province, to hold an engagement ceremony. The party took place in a local gay bar with more than 300 people in attendance. While similar celebrations have been held in other parts of the country, the Dongguan Times says the couple is the first in the city to go official in such a big way. The engagement is more of a statement than a prelude to marriage, as Chinese law doesn't permit gay or lesbian couples to marry. But openly gay couples ARE becoming more common -- at least in more developed urban areas -- and acceptance of gay lifestyles is becoming, slowly, more widespread, especially amongst the young. Gay couples who publicize their engagements in this way hope they can push forward the case for legalizing gay marriage in the future. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:16 | More in News & Politics |
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| US Wireless Company Eyes The Chinese Market - China Beat August 28 - BONTV Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:39 PM PDT | The Asia-Pacific region has been the fastest growing market for the wireless network provider Meru Networks. Meru Networks and their expectation to see revenues double in the region in less than 3 years. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 03:35 | More in News & Politics |
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| Xinjiang biennale kicks off Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:33 PM PDT A contemporary art biennale has just kicked off in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. |
| Behind Changchun Films Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT The 11th China Changchun Film Festival may have ended over the weekend. But we now have the chance to go behind the scene to its founder and organizer, Changchun Film Group Corporation. |
| Chinese acrobats in Cirque du Soleil Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:18 PM PDT It?s been less than 2 years since they left China to join Cirque du Soleil but in this short time nine acrobats have been on a spectacular journey. |
| Gaga for Fireflies - Price Watch August 24 - BONTV Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:43 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com In ancient China, a poet linked the Qixi Festival with fireflies -- they're regarded as an illuminating symbol of love. Nowadays fireflies are rarely seen in urban areas. But that's not stopping online merchants. An online search of "living fireflies", generates a result of more than 150 sellers on taobao.com, the largest online shopping destination in China. The average price for one firefly comes to around the equivalent of 80 cents. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:29 | More in News & Politics |
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| Ordos International Nadam Fair opens with grand ceremony Posted: 27 Aug 2012 07:30 PM PDT The opening ceremony of the Second Ordos International Nadam Fair was held on Monday evening in Ordos, the third largest city in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The phrase "Nadam" in Mongolian, means entertainment or celebration. |
| Food prices rise on US drought - Biz Wire August 27 - BONTV Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:06 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com The summer drought affecting much of the US is being felt in China. Cooking oil made from soy beans and pork have become much more expensive and even has the Chinese government worried that this could even affect social stability.The price of soybeans affects nearly all Chinese people as it is used in almost all meals. Officials are worried because they know Chinese from all regions seem to agree that food simply doesn't taste good without being first covered and fried in soybean oil. It's use is ubiquitous. Currently China must import nearly 80% of the soybeans it uses, 50% of which come from the US. Soybean imports from the US reached 10.4 billion dollars last year and China has also stepped up purchases of US corn and wheat to feed the nation's growing appetite. As most Chinese cooking oil and animal feed are made from soybeans, so local consumers here in China are already feeling the bite in their grocery bills. Costs are expected to rise even as the government is looking for ways to ensure price stability. Poor harvests in the US could fuel food inflation and social discontent. China has already begun tapping its grain reserves and has twice in recent months ordered the nation's largest cooking oil producers to keep their prices in check as well as looking for alternative suppliers from around the world. So far, prices have only risen modestly. A typical 5 liter jug of cooking oil averages about <b>...</b> | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 02:31 | More in News & Politics |
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| Skateboarding wheels into China--East West Sports 038--BON TV China Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:10 AM PDT | To watch the full episode visit bon.tv BON's Howard Pan checks out the "Dragon Sk8" series wheeling through the nation and discovers that, despite being deemed outcasts in the past, skateboarders and skateboarding are now growing fads in China. BON -- Blue Ocean Network | Views: 2 1 ratings | | Time: 04:40 | More in Sports |
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