China
China’s amazing, undulating pedestrian bridge
Posted by staff / November 12, 2013How does an architect make walking a more exciting option than driving? NEXT Architects appears to have discovered the answer with this award-winning bridge design, which will span the Dragon King Harbor River in Changsha, China. Inspired by the Mobius ring and knots from Chinese folk art, you won’t be able to resist strolling over this beauty …
Read MoreWhat emotions have the most influence on social media
Posted by staff / September 16, 2013Wondering whether your attempts to spread joy throughout the world via Twitter are working? The results of an interesting study from China’s Beihang University on how effective certain emotions are on social media have just been released, and while your warm fuzzies do show a tendency to spread, anger is far more likely to be …
Read MoreWas your chicken nugget made in China?
Posted by staff / September 6, 2013Like chicken? I do. But here’s a bit of news that woke me up this morning: that chicken nugget may actually now be from China and there’s no need for anyone to disclose that. Just before the start of the long holiday weekend last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly announced that it was …
Read MoreNavigating the nail-biting cliffside path of China’s Hua Shan mountain [video]
Posted by staff / September 5, 2013If you like taking your adventures at a snail’s pace, there’s no better place to do it than the cliffside path of Hua Shan, one of the five great mountains of China. For approximately five U.S. dollars, you can strap yourself to two wires and negotiate a few hundred yards of death-defying “…steel rod ladders, …
Read More10 mind-boggling facts about China’s manufacturing sector
Posted by staff / August 2, 2013China is slowing significantly as its policymakers try to rebalance the economy as one driven by consumption rather than exports. This is taking a toll on its manufacturing sector… …But China’s manufacturing sector is still gargantuan. Earlier this year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s David Cui published a report titled Not So Trivial Facts, which …
Read MorePollution over Tiananmen Square [interactive photo]
Posted by staff / March 20, 2013Beijing and indeed much of China, is suffering from severe pollution levels. We’ve heard a lot about it but have you seen it? Take a look at the interactive photo, link below, showing pollution levels in the air over Tiananmen Square from March 7 to March 14, 2013. Scary. Here’s the link from Reuters: Pollution …
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