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China’s policy towards Africa over the last year has shown several new trends that illustrate Beijing’s evolving priorities and strategies in the continent that will have significant implications for African Nations.

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A selection of incredible photographs from China Pre-1900 showing both the ordinary lives of Chinese people as well as the Empress Dowager Cixi and Foreign troops sent to quell the Boxer Rebellion. The imgaes are taken form the collections of: Albert Khan (1860-1940), John Thompson (1837-1921) and Jonathon Goforth (1859-1936) & China Magazine.

http://www.china-brain.com/Editorials/Pictorial:-China-pre-1900-/142.html

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Chinese Catholics, 天主教

Literally the “Religion of the Lord of Heaven” there are estimated to be some 12 million practicing Catholics currently in China.  Of which some 5 million belong to the official Catholic Patriotic Association, having some 70 Bishops in around 6,000 churches nationwide.

There are many villages throughout China where Catholicism has been deeply rooted, some since the first Missionaries during the Yuan Dynasty, their practices being strongly identified with the Jesuits. Patricia Calvo ventured to one such village near Xiàn in Shaanxi.

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Mao once famously said that women hold up half of the sky – a meaningful comment in a time when the country was run on ideology. Now that the economy is the main driving factor, how are women doing?

  China is above the global average for percentage of women in the workforce as well as in management positions. It was ranked number 32 out of 136 countries for gender equality in “labor force participation” by the World Economic Forum in a 2013 report. It also has a higher percentage of its women employed than does the US, France, or Germany. This includes a fair number of high-earners with several female Chinese self-made billionaires on the Forbes 500 list in recent years.

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Literally the “Religion of the Lord of Heaven” there are estimated to be some 12 million practicing Catholics currently in China. Of which some 5 million belong to the official Catholic Patriotic Association, having some 70 Bishops in around 6,000 churches nationwide.

There are many villages throughout China where Catholicism has been deeply rooted, some since the first Missionaries during the Yuan Dynasty, their practices being strongly identified with the Jesuits. Patricia Calvo ventured to one such village near Xiàn in Shaanxi.

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New Governmental Buildings of note.

With a 5 year ban now in operation for the construction of new Government buildings (including those of State Owned Enterprises) we have a look at a selection of some of the most spectacular Governmental buildings in China.

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Chinese Catholics, 天主教

Literally the “Religion of the Lord of Heaven” there are estimated to be some 12 million practicing Catholics currently in China.  Of which some 5 million belong to the official Catholic Patriotic Association, having some 70 Bishops in around 6,000 churches nationwide.

There are many villages throughout China where Catholicism has been deeply rooted, some since the first Missionaries during the Yuan Dynasty, their practices being strongly identified with the Jesuits. Patricia Calvo ventured to one such village near Xiàn in Shaanxi.

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In comparison with their Western counterparts, China’s former leaders have tended to retain a far more significant influence over politics after their departure from office. With a culture that values the wisdom and experience of the elderly, and a political system in which decisions are made behind closed doors, there has been plenty of room for China’s ex-leaders to flex their political muscles long after their formal retirements.

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In January, an anonymous individual contacted U.K. pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline’s senior executives to notify them of systemic abuses in the company’s Chinese operations. In mid-June, Chinese authorities officially accused Glaxo of bribing doctors to sell more of the company’s medicine. The company responded by launching an internal review, along with a promise to fully cooperate with the authorities....

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Weixin, which goes under the name WeChat internationally, can attribute this phenomenal success to its chimera-like platform. People can send each other text and voice messages as well as pictures, links and locations. Friends can be added through their QQ or Facebook accounts, their current location or their phone number. For those with a sense of adventure, the ‘shake’ function connects to anybody within a 1000km distance who is also shaking their phone, and the ‘drift bottle’ service initiates completely random encounters.

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100 Days of Xi Jinping.

Today marks 100 days since Xi Jinping assumed his full responsibilities as the President of the People's Republic of China. So we review how his new administration preformed in these key initial few months, what was enacted and what was encountered. The world's attention is increasingly turning to China and there is the possibility that the Xi period will mark the creation of, in the words of the European Council on Foreign Relations' Director Mark Leonard, “China 3.0”, the next China. If, as many have forecast, the 21st century is to be China's century, the Xi Jinping premiership will be of critical, foundational importance. 

http://www.china-brain.com/Editorials/100-Days-of-Xi-Jinping-/0084/#.Ue3hO1OkTTU

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China has recently embarked on major infrastructure reforms which will directly affect the aviation, railway and highway industries. As well as giving businesses involved in logistics or construction a huge opportunity for growth and consolidation, the changes will also have serious social implications, especially in the North and West of China where transport networks are still insufficient

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China high speed rail network 2012

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When the Chinese switch on their computers or mobiles and open their internet browser, over 40% of them visit an online literature website. The most popular site is Shanda Literature, which some estimate owns a staggering 85% of all literary resources on the net.Every minute, this company earns 1000 RMB and its authors upload an additional 42,000 new words.