| Hua'er folk sons going global Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:25 PM PDT "Hua'er" is a style of folk singing hailing from Northwestern China. |
| Exploring St. Paul's Cathedral Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:57 PM PDT A trip to London during the Olympics wouldn't be complete without a visit to the city's tour sites, including St. Paul?s Cathedral. |
| Jackie Chan launches China Olympic song Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT International film star Jackie Chan was at his playful and patriotic best on Saturday in Beijing, as he helped launch China's official Olympic song "Best Wishes From Beijing." |
| Ep.14-Tourism Resources Protection -- BONTV Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:08 AM PDT | Tourism is a double-edged sword. It both contributes to local economic development and leads to environmental degradation. Areas like the northern slope of Changbai Mountain have seen the construction of hotels and parking lots, and have experienced the destruction of large swaths of woods and forests. This year, in a move to combat this trend, many of China's tourism attractions are increasingly emphasizing the protection of tourism resources. Some areas in China are subject to heavier tourism traffic than usual. One obvious example of this is China's Great Wall which attracts more than 20 million visitors each year. In order to protect this cultural relic, in 2007, the Badaling section of the wall began instituting limits on the number of travelers that can visit each day. Now the best preserved areas lie in China's western and southern regions. These areas include Tibet, Xinjiang, Guizhou and Guangxi Province. The regions pristine conditions are due to the areas late economic development, and many beautiful scenic spots have yet to be developed. Although you may have to take an old bus or van in order to travel to many of these areas, once you arrive and take a look around at the natural beauty and experience the regions traditional lifestyle, I'm positive that you'll find it was worth the trip. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:10 | More in Travel & Events |
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| One year later - Media Watch July 22 -- BONTV Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT | Although boasting one of the fastest high-speed trains in the world, the way the Ministry of Railways (MOR) disposed of the wreckage and delayed the results of an investigation into the crash sparked public fury and widespread doubt as to the wisdom of the massive investment in high-speed railways. Without this fatal day, 3-year-old Xiang Weiyi would be a healthy girl, growing under the protection and care of her parents. Now, everything has changed. Dubbed the "miracle girl," Xiang Weiyi was the last survivor of the tragedy to be pulled from the wreckage after being trapped inside a carriage for 21 hours. Both her parents died in the collision. "Yiyi is aware that there's something wrong with papa and mama since they no longer stay with her, but she avoids talking about them," said Xiang Yuyu, the little girl's uncle, who takes care of her now. Every day, Yiyi goes to Shanghai Xinhua Hospital for rehabilitation. Although doctors managed to save her left leg from amputation, it will be hard to get back full mobility and motor function. "Two-thirds of her left leg muscles were cut. There's still an obvious difference with normal kids when she walks," he added. After the crash, thousands of strangers donated to help her, but the family declined to accept any more money after the amount reached over 500000 yuan. Xiang even turned away a 1 million yuan donation. "We saved the accident compensation money and donations into Yiyi's bank account, so that she can choose how to use <b>...</b> | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 02:25 | More in News & Politics |
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| Fishing in the sea-Media Watch July 20 -- BONTV Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:19 AM PDT | Chinese fishermen are setting their eyes on the vast and largely untapped fishery resources in the South China Sea with the sail of a big fishing fleet to the region. Fishermen working in the South China Sea. The fleet of 30 boats, including a 3000-tonne lead boat carrying fresh water, fuel, and other supply, arrived at Zhubi shoal for fishing on Wednesday, almost a week after it left port in southern Hainan province. Fishermen of the island province have been fishing in the South China Sea for centuries but fishing in such a big fleet is a rarity. Zhang Huazhong, head of the maritime and fishery bureau of Sanya city, said the big-fleet fishing is not a government-sponsored show. Instead, fishermen initiated it, and local fishing cooperatives organized the activity. "We yearned for fishing in this region. But if we went alone, the risks of being caught in storms or harassed by foreign vessels were high," said Liang Yapai, head of one of the two fishing cooperatives behind the event. "Now, as we go together, we can sit down to discuss and find solutions to any problem we encounter." Indeed, some fishermen complained that suspected Vietnamese fishing vessels were like "shadow" tailing the fleet along the way. "There are too many of them," said a chief mate on the lead boat Qiongsanya F8168. "They shouldn't be fishing in China's waters. But for many times we just didn't know how to deal with them." He said that one night he found a line of at least 40 Vietnamese fishing <b>...</b> | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:55 | More in News & Politics |
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| Adidas factory closure - China Take July 20 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:45 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode didas still maintains a vast network of 300 suppliers that employee over 300000 workers in China, but many observers see the departure of the only company-owned factory as symbolic of a general trend that is slowly developing in China: as Chinese laborers' incomes and expectations rise, many are moving from producing name brands to purchasing name brands. | Views: 4 2 ratings | | Time: 07:21 | More in News & Politics |
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| 360buy expands into auto rentals - Biz Wire July 20 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:21 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com Online retailer, Jingdong Mall, also known by its domain name, 360buy.com, has expanded its business into car rentals. Users in select districts of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen can now rent cars directly through the 360buy.com website. 53 models of car brands including Honda, Peugeot, and Ford are available as part of the service. 360buy is the largest online consumer electronics retailer in China with over 10 million registered users. The company has hinted at a share offering sometime this year, but has not specified a date. Last year, 360buy was able to raise $1.5 billion in private funds. One of its largest backers include DST, the Russian Internet investment group that had previously made bets on Facebook and Groupon. 360buy started to branch out from its core business of consumer electronics last year, when it entered the daily deals market. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 01:20 | More in News & Politics |
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| US Oil Companies May Bid For S. China Sea Oil - China Beat July 19 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:07 PM PDT | Chairman Wang Yilin of the CNOOC was speaking at the China-US Enterprises Investment and Cooperation Forum Tuesday and said there is a possibility US companies will work with China National Offshore Oil Corporation to develop South China Sea deep sea oil wells. | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 03:23 | More in News & Politics |
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| Chinese film to screen at Puchon film fest Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:52 PM PDT To celebrate 20 years of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, Chinese actor Jimmy Lin and South Korean actress Jang Nara will be releasing their first romantic comedy together. |
| Studio interview: Major draws of modern dance Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:51 PM PDT And for a behind the scenes take on the Beijing Dance Festival, we are now joined in the studio by Willy Tsao, director of Beijing Dance/LDTX, and Janis Claxton herself of the Janis Claxton Dance company from Scotland. |
| Freeing body & soul through dance Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:48 PM PDT Modern dance is not only an expression of inner emotions, it's a way of training the body. And of course, it's a great way to work-out! |
| China, UK join forces at Modern dance show Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:47 PM PDT The Beijing Dance Festival has kicked off its week of performances. And this year, Modern Dance is at the forefront. |
| Last wishes - Media Watch July 19 -- BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:58 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Local cemetery management officials rejected a Japanese man's request to cast his deceased father's ashes in Shanghai waters yesterday. The man called Shanghai's service hotline 962288 yesterday to ask for a sea burial for his father, who worked in Shanghai decades ago and developed a deep affection toward the city. "It is the first time that we heard a request from a foreigner, but unfortunately, we don't provide such service at the current stage," said Zhang Minghua, an official with the Shanghai Funeral and Interment Association, who is in charges of the sea burial section. But overseas Chinese of foreign nationality can apply for the service, and foreigners can have their bodies transported to their birth places, he said. Demand for sea burial is outpacing the capacity of available ships in the city. Officials said many families applying for sea burial this year have to wait until next year. The number of Shanghai families applying for sea burial is growing by 8 percent a year. | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 02:05 | More in News & Politics |
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| Crumbling Olympic venues - China Take July 19 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:48 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode With the opening ceremony for the London Olympics just weeks away, attention in China has turned to the legacy of the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing. Widely celebrated at the time as a coming out party for the country, the games led to a massive build up in infrastructure, especially sports facilities in and around Beijing. But four years later some of those shiny stadiums have turned into a burden for the city; this week we covered a news report that says the 11 million dollars spent annually to maintain the famous Birds Nest now far outweighs any revenue generated. One Beijing writer, Wang Shuming, has stepped into the debate by reposting Reuters' photos of the Olympic facilities as they look today. Netizens have been reacting to images of the run-down or outright deserted venues for rowing, beach volleyball and cycling. The baseball complex, designed as a temporary structure, has been demolished with nothing but a pile of rubble to mark the spot where it stood. Wang says that although the Olympics were seen as a great chance to show off the new China, the authorities were short-sighted when it came to infrastructure construction. | Views: 1 1 ratings | | Time: 06:24 | More in News & Politics |
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| US wins Trade dispute against China - Biz Wire July 19 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:53 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com The US has won a trade disputes against China on July 17th. The World Trade Organization says China has been discriminating against foreign suppliers by imposing requirements that aren't applied to state-owned bank companies. The WTO dispute settlement panel of experts ruled against Chinese curbs on US bank card issuers, such as Visa and MasterCard. China was breaking trade rules by requiring all yuan-denominated payment cards issued in China to work with the network belonging to China UnionPay. It also required every merchant and ATM to accept Union pay cards, thereby monopolizes the domestic-currency payment-card transactions. China will have to change its regulations, to give foreign-funded and Chinese-funded enterprises the same market access. Shares in MasterCard, Visa and Discover Financial Services climbed after the WTO ruling. | Views: 1 0 ratings | | Time: 01:15 | More in News & Politics |
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| Sophisticated Counterfeits - Price Watch July 20 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:54 PM PDT | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com According to swissinfo.ch, fake Swiss watches but with real technical sophistication are coming out of China. These counterfeit items are sometimes sold at the same price as the originals. And as a result they're leading to lost earnings and the increased brand damage of Swiss watchmaking. | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:03 | More in News & Politics |
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| CCTV censors Michelangelo - China Take July 18 -- BON Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:45 PM PDT | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode CCTV, China's state-owned and omnipresent national news station, has become a news item itself for an editorial choice made in a broadcast about European art at the National Museum of China. The museum, located on Tiananmen square near Mao's mausoleum, is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a display of Italian Renaissance Masterpieces. Among them is statue of David Apollo by Michelangelo. Apparently David's nudity proved to be too much for the CCTV censors and they decided to blur out the hero's private parts during their broadcast. When net users caught on they tore the station and it's editors apart for the decision, saying that they took a beautiful piece of art and turned it into porn. | Views: 2 0 ratings | | Time: 03:05 | More in News & Politics |
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| Attracting Chinese investment in the US- China Beat July 18 - BONTV Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:32 PM PDT | The United States should get rid of its "tinted glasses" and play a more active role in attracting Chinese investors to participate in infrastructure projects to revitalize its economy, a senior researcher said. | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 02:26 | More in News & Politics |
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| Genghis Khan's Grassland Marathon -- East West Sports 031 -- BON TV China Posted: 23 Jul 2012 01:03 AM PDT | To watch the full episode go to bon.tv In the very backyard of one of the world's great rulers, Howard Pan ventures far -- 26.25 miles to be exact -- and wide to cover the race of a lifetime. BON -- Blue Ocean Network | Views: 0 0 ratings | | Time: 02:06 | More in Sports |
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