| Tue 4 Jun 2013 |
An Empire Built By Aping Apple
Palm Beach Post c.2013 New York Times News Service | BEIJING — China is notorious for its knockoffs. But now comes a knockoff of one of the gods of American ingenuity: Steven P. Jobs. | In a country where products like iPhones are made but rarely invented, Lei Jun... |
China's Communist Party condemns trend of giant inflatable ducks
The Daily Telegraph China's ruling Communist Party has condemned an outbreak of giant yellow ducks across the country as "kitsch and unoriginal", after imitations of an artwork in Hong Kong landed in several cities. | | Image 1 of 2 | A yellow rubb... |
Rubber Ducky, You're (Not) The One. Hong Kong Quacker Spawns Others
National Public Radio Perhaps it was inevitable. Given the huge popularity of the six-story, yellow rubber ducky that's been bobbing around in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, companies in a number of mainland Chinese cities have decided to copy it. | New ducks have popped up... |
China Southern Airlines Makes Traveling Easier with NCR Technology and Services
Stockhouse China Southern Airlines (“China Southern”) is making everyday easier for its passengers at key domestic hub airports with the addition of a complete self-service airport check-in solution from NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR). NCR TouchPort k... |
Local Government Abuses Real-name Policy
Caijing If local governments cannot be held accountable and interests remain entangled, then fair and legitimate administration, which is the goal of Administrative Law, will be reduced to an empty promise. | By staff reporter Fu Shasha | Local authorities i... |
Party mouthpiece People's Daily quacks about outbreak of ducks
South China Morning Post The official mouthpiece of the Communist Party condemned an outbreak of giant yellow ducks across the country yesterday, after imitations of an artwork in Hong Kong landed in several mainland cities. | Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's 16.5-metre-tall... |
Copycats stifle Chinese innovation
China Daily BEIJING -- It's hard to believe that a giant rubber duck could say so much about China's continued failure to innovate. | Chinese netizens have been fawning over a giant inflatable duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that sailed into Hong ... |
Anger over Chinese city's plan to fine unmarried mothers
Sydney Morning Herald Plans to fine women who have children out of wedlock have caused outrage in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. | State media reported on Monday that under draft legislation being considered by the city's government, unmarried mothers and women who ha... |
Ducks trigger copyright fears
China Daily Imitations spread their wings across the country, luring hordes of visitors | Wang Lixin takes an after-dinner stroll every day in her lakeside community in Tianjin. However, the usually tranquil lake has been transformed since Friday with the arriva... |
Party mouthpiece quacks about outbreak of ducks
South China Morning Post The official mouthpiece of the Communist Party condemned an outbreak of giant yellow ducks across the country yesterday, after imitations of an artwork in Hong Kong landed in several mainland cities. | Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's 16.5-metre-tall... |
| Mon 3 Jun 2013 |
Collaboration the new trend in takeovers
Canberra Times Taste test: A customer in Yichang selects pork supplied by meat-processing giant Shuangui. Photo: AFP | When a Chinese company bid $US4.7 billion ($4.9 billion) last week to take over Smithfield Foods, America's biggest pork producer, the deal was an... |
Unmarried Mothers To Be Fined In China
Peace FM Online A Chinese city plans to fine mothers who have a child out of wedlock, sparking criticism that the policy is discriminatory and could lead to an increase in abandoned babies. | Wuhan city says the rule is aimed at keeping the birth rate low. | One exp... |
Chinese city mulling over fining unmarried mothers
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Chinese Counterfeiters Copy Florentijn Hofman's Giant Rubber Duck Across China
Inhabitat China’s copycat architecture trend has already been well documented – but we never expected the country’s imitators to start replicating gigantic rubber ducks! Florentijn Hofman‘s giant, inflatable yellow duck has graced ports... |
Single Moms In China Could Be Fined For Being Single Moms
The Inquisitr Posted: June 3, 2013 | China’s government is coming under fire for considering an unmarried mothers fine, which they say will help with proactive family planning and keep the birth rate low. Critics charge that the fine will lead to tragedy, wi... |
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