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The Rickshaw Report: November 11 – Both China’s Singles Day & The World’s Biggest Online Shopping Event

1. On November 11, China celebrates Singles Day. What is the point of the holiday? It used to be about single people celebrating their singlehood. However, now...

Dec 11, 2015

Evil Spirits

“Everything here is poisonous. The air, the water – even the food is poisonous,” an elderly rickshaw driver complains gruffly, whilst sitting in his...

Dec 10, 2015

CCTV’s Pollution Survival Guide: Smile and Be Positive

Desperately seeking blue skies? Depressed by the gloomy smog? Worried about the health risks of spending a series of days and nights being enveloped by toxic...

Dec 10, 2015

The Rickshaw Report: The UN Climate Change Summit

1. This December, 140 world leaders of the most powerful world leaders will meet in Paris for the UN Climate Change Summit. Xi Jingping made a speech at the...

Dec 10, 2015

Jetpacks to Take Flight in China?

For any fan of the science-fiction genre, the jetpack trope is as recognizable as flying cars or phasers set to stun. In movies and comic books, the...

The Rickshaw Report : China’s Military Parade

1. 70 years ago, China’s “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ” came to an end. How are Sino-Japanese relations now? Of course, the...

Dec 7, 2015

Confucius Peace Prize Provokes Confusion

On September 28th, Zimbabwean President and current Chair of the African Union, Robert Mugabe, was declared the honourable recipient of the Confucius Peace...

Dec 5, 2015

The Rickshaw Report: Food For Thought

1． Do both Chinese men and women women both cook for the family? I think in China, women tend to cook more. ( Smiles) But men, like me, also know how to...

Dec 4, 2015

And Now, Where’s the Beef?

So, a Chinese company announced November 23 that it was going to open the largest cloning factory in the world. The Boyalife Group, a cloning company based in...

Science & Technology Dec 4, 2015

All Eyes on China’s Military Parade

Rio Carnivale? Forget it! Mardi Gras in New Orleans? No thanks! Oktoberfest? No way,Jose! Yeah, that’s right! The only festival that anybody who is anybody...

Dec 3, 2015

Public Breastfeeding Mothers: You Go Girls!

In what should really not be a problem in today’s society, breastfeeding in public has once again been shunted to the forefront of controversy by those...

China & The World Dec 3, 2015

The Rickshaw Report: China and Smoking

1.A study has shown that two-thirds of young Chinese men are smokers. Why do you think Chinese people start this dangerous habit? It think its down to their...

Dec 2, 2015