| Havana book fair: Annual event attracts millions Posted: 21 Feb 2013 07:11 PM PST |
| Israel "DogTV": New channel designed for canines Posted: 21 Feb 2013 07:18 PM PST |
| Red & white to reign Oscar's fashion Posted: 21 Feb 2013 04:51 PM PST It's undeniably fashion's biggest night - the Oscar red carpet - and this year, expect stars to strut down the world's most watched runway in reds and whites according to style expert and TV host Sam Saboura. |
| Gucci and Frankie Morello at Milan Posted: 21 Feb 2013 04:49 PM PST Gucci kicked off the Milan Autumn/Winter 2013/14 womenswear week with an array of sculpted dresses in 3D motifs on Wednesday. |
| 2013 BRIT Awards announce winners Posted: 21 Feb 2013 04:48 PM PST British musicians put on a brash, confident show at the BRIT Awards on Wednesday in London's O2 Arena, celebrating a resurgent industry whose bands and artists are topping charts around the globe. |
| Chinese artists spread joy abroad Posted: 21 Feb 2013 04:47 PM PST Every year around this time, China sends art delegations to other parts of the world to spread the festive atmosphere wherever they go. This year is no exception. Chinese soprano Song Zuying headlined a show in the US on Tuesday night. |
| "Journey to the West" sweeps domestic ticket sales Posted: 21 Feb 2013 04:31 PM PST Hong Kong director Stephen Chow's latest comedy "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has become a box office hit. |
| DPRK nuke test could harm trade - Biz Wire - February 20,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 20 Feb 2013 08:17 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com or Twitter.com/ChinaBizWire Last week's nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which so far has had little effect on its trade with China. Analysts have warned, however, that the two new DPRK economic zones may suffer. Qian Yingchun, general manager at Tongyi in Dandong, near the border with North Korea, said trade with the DPRK has been "operating as usual" since the test. Qian said that most trading business with the DPRK in his city is small-scale, but is influenced slightly by the dispute at the international level. Tongyi is a trading company that has exported Chinese construction materials, metals, general merchandise and furniture to the DPRK for more than 15 years. Qian said that even if trading was suspended, customs formalities would likely return to normal after a few days. China is the DPRK's largest trading partner. The cross-border trade in the frontier city of Dandong alone reportedly accounts for more than 80 percent of Sino-DPRK trade. According to the General Administration of Customs, excluding a dip in 2009, trade has increased every year since 2000, reaching $5.67 billion in 2011, a rise of 62 percent year-on-year. China's major imports include coal, ores, woven apparel, fish and seafood, while exports include electrical machinery, vehicles and iron and steel. China is also a major source for the DPRK's petroleum supply. In 2010 the 2 countries established the <b>...</b> | Views: 8 0 ratings | | Time: 04:12 | More in News & Politics |
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| HSR: boon, boom or boondoggle? - China Price Watch - February 15,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:04 PM PST | Time Weekly, a Guangzhou newspaper, cited a railway expert as saying, "With high costs and a time-intensive investment cycle, operating a high-speed rail line almost equates with running a deficit." But last year's report by the World Bank tells another story. (Quote) "HSR lines could bring broader economic benefits in the long run." Given the 30 years of cooperation between the World Bank and China's Ministry of Railways, the Bank's support for China's HSR won't be a surprise. Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode | Views: 25 1 ratings | | Time: 06:22 | More in News & Politics |
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| Weibo react to China rich list - Microblog Buzz - February 15,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:46 PM PST | A recent article from the Atlantic points out the downside of being rich in China -- a 17 percent chance of being investigated and ending up in jail. And according to one paper published by three Chinese academics, nearly 20 percent of those that made the Hurun listing have been investigated and arrested, which has given Chinese media reason to call this and other rich lists "fat pig killing lists". Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com | Views: 4 0 ratings | | Time: 05:18 | More in News & Politics |
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| China faces bumpy to road to reforms - Biz Wire - February 15,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 09:14 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com or Twitter.com/ChinaBizWire Chinese economy, which faces a year of transition as a new younger leadership has vowed to unleash growth through various economic reforms coupled with a push towards more urbanization. However, market watchers say that the path ahead is likely to be bumpy and any changes probably will be more gradual than expected. The economy is likely to recover further in the first half, but some say that is when inflation and real estate bubbles may start to fuel concern. Nomura's China chief economist Zhang Zhiwei said the world's second-largest economy might see "a story of two halves: averaging 8.2 per cent in the first half, but then slowing noticeably to 7.2 per cent in the second". Infrastructure investment will pick up further as part of incoming premier Li Keqiang's urbanization push, which aims to eventually attract millions more migrant workers to live in cities and enjoy urban education and health care. Some people also think the urbanization will inevitably drive up demand for property and push prices higher. According to Zhang, inflation and financial risks in the so-called shadow banking industry and the property market, as well as overcapacity in various industries, may worsen in the second half, prompting the authorities to shift to a tighter stance. Others also predict a rough road this year, with many saying the biggest uncertainty lies in how the new leadership will <b>...</b> | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 03:01 | More in News & Politics |
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| China's demand for gold drops- China Beat - Febuary 15,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:52 PM PST | THE demand for gold on China's mainland dropped for the first time in a decade last year as the economy slowed and demand fell despite growth in investor sentiment, an industry report showed yesterday. | Views: 4 1 ratings | | Time: 01:53 | More in News & Politics |
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| Woman plays ghost to avoid parking fee - China Take - February 15,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:37 PM PST | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Countless web searches are carried out on Chinese language web search engines everyday. And each day we take a look at some of the most popular of those searches to give YOU an idea of what's trending amongst Chinese net users. Our top search today is woman plays ghost to avoid parking fee. This popular phrase refers to a video that went viral on the Chinese Internet recently. It shows a guard apparently working at the toll-gate of a parking lot. He stretches out his arm towards the window of a car for the fee but sees there doesn't seem to be anybody driving. The guard then moves closer to check out what's up but suddenly jumps back in fear and runs away. The reason? A woman wearing sheet like white clothes and long black hair spookily covering her face has suddenly appeared in the car. She then quickly jumps out and lifts the bar allowing the car to leave without paying. The person who uploaded the video claims that it was captured by a security camera in a parking lot at a tourist attraction notorious for exorbitant parking charges. Whether that's the case of not many net users -- fed up of constantly rising parking fees -- applauded the woman's creative means of avoiding being stiffed. | Views: 6 2 ratings | | Time: 01:17 | More in News & Politics |
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| N.Korean nuclear test and Iran - Microblog Buzz - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:17 PM PST | The latest nuclear tests conducted by North Korea has also brought Iran back into the spotlight. US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the latest North Korean test is not only about proliferation but also about Iran. How the US reacts to North Korea's actions will send a clear message to Iran... Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com | Views: 2 0 ratings | | Time: 05:53 | More in News & Politics |
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| CNY prices cater consumer frustration - China Price Watch - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PST | A car wash for 150 yuan ($24), a home-style meal for over 100 yuan ($16) no free parking even with a receipt from the supermarket: this New Year feels 'expensive' to many Chinese."Since Feb 9 when the national holiday began, and while the whole country celebrates, many Chinese people are not cheerful prices, and the media has focused on price inflations in various industries, particularly the service industry. Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode | Views: 5 0 ratings | | Time: 04:51 | More in News & Politics |
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| Heartless parents sell kids - China Take - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:43 PM PST | Go to bon.tv to watch the full episode Recently, Guangdong police announced they broke up a major child trafficking ring, which 12 babies freed and 33 people arrested. The police said, the most surprised thing is most of those babies were sold by their parents, and each kid selling 20000 to 30000 RMB, that around 3000 to 5000 dollar. Huizhou city police station claims that behind this phenomenon is their parents' greed for material goods and the culture of comparison. In order to have more house or cars, they choose to sell their own kids. Even though those poor kids are saved now, the police said identifying their parents is difficult, so they can't be adopted legally, since Huizhou city children welfare center points that as babies were not abandoned by parents, their legal relationship between parents and children still exists. They can only take care of them temporarily. We know that trafficking children is not unusual in China, especially in poor areas or areas of population mobility. Sons particularly sought after as traditional culture puts emphasis on continuation of family name through son. Official figures say 8.600 human trafficking cases taken to court since 2007 and 14.000 people punished 54000 children rescued. So it's familiar that parents traveling around country looking for children and publicizing issues. According to Chinese law, human traffickers minimum sentence of at least five years in prison, if the circumstances are especially serious, Death <b>...</b> | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 04:04 | More in News & Politics |
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| G20 meeting focuses on currencies - Biz Wire - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:44 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode Follow us on Weibo weibo.com or Twitter.com/ChinaBizWire Finance ministers and central bank officials of the Group of Twenty, who have been seeking to strengthen financial supervision and avoid currency devaluations at their meeting in Moscow. Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao, said financial supervision remains a major issue in the G20 process. Zhu cited the fact that the United States has vowed to implement the global banking regulatory standard Basel III in the coming months while the European Union has submitted the bill for parliamentary approval. Zhu said though the implementation has been prolonged, the United States and Europe have already recognized the significance of fulfilling their commitments. The Basel III rules on bank capital adequacy were worked out by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Board in response to the global financial crisis. They strengthen bank capital requirements and introduce new regulations on bank liquidity and capital adequacy ratios. Zhu said that G20 finance ministers and central bankers demanded decisive movements from the US and European sides and welcomed the latest promising signal. Zhu added that efficient implementation of the Basel rules will enhance the group's credibility. Meanwhile, Zhu said that the effect of the ultra-loose monetary policies adopted by some developed economies has aroused concerns from developing countries. During the <b>...</b> | Views: 4 0 ratings | | Time: 04:10 | More in News & Politics |
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| China to built "Titanic II"- Media Watch - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 07:39 PM PST | Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode A Chinese shipyard has formed a panel and upgraded its facilities to prepare for the construction of a replica of the Titanic for an Australian billionaire. According to the State-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, it will take three years to build the luxury liner. The shipyard signed an agreement to build the liner in April with the Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer. "The world's leading shipyards and ship design companies, including Finland's Deltamarin, have been invited to join the construction work of Titanic II," said Li Wenbao, spokesman for Jinling Shipyard. "The liner will be equipped with advanced technologies, including the latest life-saving and communications systems, to meet the requirements of modern navigation," Li said. He added that the formal construction contract has not yet been signed between the shipyard and Blue Star Line, a wholly owned subsidiary of Palmer's mineralogy company. The 270-meter-long and 53-meter-high liner will have nine floors and 840 rooms, and be equipped with deluxe cabins, gymnasiums, swimming pools and libraries. The shipyard said about 900 crew members and 2400 passengers will get to travel on the liner's maiden voyage, scheduled for 2016, from England to North America, in accordance with Titanic's planned route. The story of Titanic has been well-known in China since 1997, when the James Cameron movie was shown across the country. On April 15 <b>...</b> | Views: 4 0 ratings | | Time: 03:40 | More in News & Politics |
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| Saving energy by changing the industry - China Beat - February 19,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:54 PM PST | Several ministries and departments including the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Science and Technology co-released the LED industry plan yesterday. According to the plan, key equipment and materials will be nationalized by 2015, while several giants will be fostered to develop better competition. So, to make the lighting industry greener, the Chinese will focus to LED and eliminate a significant portion of the filament lamps. | Views: 4 0 ratings | | Time: 02:08 | More in News & Politics |
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| Money blooming, travel booming - China Price Watch - February 18,2013 - BONTV China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 03:39 AM PST | There is an explosion of wealth across the United States in the form of hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists celebrating the Lunar New Year, and shopping. From hotels to retailers, Americans are rolling out the welcome mat, hoping to capture a portion of the swelling Far East revenue stream. Spring Festival and other holidays bring Chinese shoppers to the US and other countries. Go to www.bon.tv to watch the full episode | Views: 15 0 ratings | | Time: 05:25 | More in News & Politics |
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