Shanghai Journal; A City's Traffic Plans Are Snarled by China's Car Culture
NYTimes July 12th, 2005 - Shanghai Journal on city's snarling masses of horn-honking cars and gridlock, reflecting American-style passion for cars that Chinese are indulging with newly gained affluence; government has spent enormous sums on spectacular bridges, elevated highways and new subway system, but attachment to cars has produced air pollution, marathon commutes and sharply rising oil consumption
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'Foreign Babes' on TV in Beijing
NPR July 17th, 2005 - Melodrama is essential to any American soap opera, and the same holds true for their Chinese counterparts. Rachel DeWoskin talks about her role as an aggressive Westerner in a Chinese daytime drama, and her new book, Foreign Babes in Beijing
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Own Original Chinese Copies of Real Western Art!
NYTimes July 15th, 2005 - China's low wages and hunger for exports are now changing world of art for the masses as thousands of skilled artists newly graduated from Chinese art colleges turn out tens of thousands of assembly-line paintings, particularly copies of famous Western works.
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Yenan Journal; The Mao Myth Thrives, but Don't Mention Its Dark Side
NYTimes July 1, 2005 - Yenan, modest town in China's Shaanxi Province, was where Chinese Communists' Long March ended, and served as Mao Zedong's main base from 1935 to 1947; every year millions of Chinese tourists arrive to see historic sights and trade stories about heroism of Mao's army.
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China TV
The China Related TV list is compiled weekly by Kirby Bartlett-Sloan. Kirby, an adoptive parent of three Chinese girls, has one of the most comprehensive TV listings of programs on China and from China that are in the English language.
The history of the Chinese underworld, from the gang leaders of 1920s Shanghai to 1970s New York Chinatown. On January 2, 2000, a freighter from Hong Kong docked in Seattle. When INS officials opened one of the cargo containers, they found 12 disoriented Chinese stowaways, who had paid exorbitant fees to Snake Heads, smuggling agents from a vast criminal syndicate that spans cultures, countries, and history. Featuring gang leaders from 1920s' Shanghai to 1970s' New York Chinatown, we investigate the history of the Chinese underworld from its mythical origins in a long-ago Shaolin monastery.
Tuesday July 26, 2005 2:00pm-3:00pm on HIST - The History Channel - Network Series / History
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Wednesday July 27, 2005 9:30am-10:00am on TRAVEL - The Travel Channel - Network Series / Travel
Ming-Na shares some traditional Chinese recipes with Rachael.
Thursday July 28, 2005 10:00am-10:30am on FOOD - The Food Network - Hobbies & Crafts / Lifestyle
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