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China Mobile has set up the world’s highest internet cafe on Mount Everest, prinicipally to cater to the needs of China’s Olympic torch relay team. At a breathtaking altitude of 5200 meters, the complex also includes a business hall providing such services as automatic seller machines, as well as basic services like communications fee payment […]
The final countdown to the Olympics has started, with the Games already stirring up intense emotions in many Chinese people. Renowned Singaporean film director Siok Siok Tan, in concert with students from classes she taught at the Beijing Film Academy, has produced a fascinating and insightful documentary chronicling the lives of some everyday Beijing […]
New art center promises to envigorate Chinese contemporary art scene.
The much-anticipated opening last November of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing’s 798 Art District signified the beginning of a new era in China. It arrives at a time when the work of a generation of artists including Zhang Huan, Cai Guoqiang, […]
Anti-smoking legislation folds under pressure from businesses.
A few short weeks after it was announced, Beijing’s ambitious attempt to ban public smoking has already been crushed underfoot like a lifeless Hongtashan butt. While government offices, schools, and hospitals will supposedly be smoke-free zones from next month onwards, bars, cafes and restaurants will still allow patrons to […]
With the Beijing Olympics just four months away, set against the background of a rapidly expanding consumer market, major sportswear brands are locked in a design war to make their products appealing to Chinese consumers. Nike and Adidas are two of the biggest players innovating with new styles, motifs and marketing tools, such as Chinese […]
China’s homegrown 3G mobile phone network has at last been tentatively launched, four years behind schedule, and with only four months until the Olympics are set to kick off. Commercial trials began yesterday (April 1) in eight Chinese cities, with only 40,000 handsets and 10,000 computer data cards available for public use. Another 20,000 […]
The design of the 2012 London Olympic Stadium, unveiled late last year, evoked a decidely lukewarm response from most people - while it may be sustainable, it certainly lacks style and any kind of “wow” factor. By contrast, nobody can really argue that the design of the main venues for this year’s Games in Beijing […]
With only two weeks remaining until the start of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, and less than five months to go until the Games kick off, excitement is building in Beijing and across China. A recently released online survey by Ogilvy and Millward Brown found that on average nearly three out of four Chinese citizens […]
Beijing’s Capital Airport gets a beautifying, pre-Olympic boost in capacity
Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will open this week, six months ahead of the start of the 2008 Olympic Games. The addition of Terminal 3 and a third runway will provide what is already China’s busiest airport with the extra capacity to support […]
Overview
It’s projected that over the next few years China’s urban population will grow by 250 million – on average these city dwellers will use three times more energy than their rural counterparts. At the turn of the millennium, China consumed about 8% of the total energy used in the world, more than any nation except […]
