<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>It's not over until everybody sings : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>It's not over until everybody sings : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-27T14:16:00+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[It's not over until everybody sings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/51992/1/" /><id>51992</id><summary><![CDATA[It's not over until everybody sings]]></summary><issued>2008-02-25T15:38:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-25T15:38:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[You been her 4 hour, You Sing Now!!!<br/><br/>Classic Peking Opera items will be added to the music curriculum in 200 schools across 10 provinces in China to promote traditional culture among its younger generation, the Beijing News said Monday.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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But why?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Injured Bears Rescued From Bile Farms in China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/93277/1/" /><id>93277</id><summary><![CDATA[Injured Bears Rescued From Bile Farms in China]]></summary><issued>2009-02-07T08:24:58+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-07T08:24:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. The Animals Asia Foundation took in the bears from state-approved farms where holes were cut in their abdomens so that their bile could drip out to be harvested and used in Chinese traditional medicine.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=FHVCBO6KBH8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">More on the rescue organization.</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China Becomes A Physics Powerhouse]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/71093/1/" /><id>71093</id><summary><![CDATA[China Becomes A Physics Powerhouse]]></summary><issued>2008-08-04T04:59:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-04T04:59:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China unveils new 300 km per hour bullet train]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/45105/1/" /><id>45105</id><summary><![CDATA[China unveils new 300 km per hour bullet train]]></summary><issued>2007-12-23T15:33:01+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-23T15:33:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The first bullet train designed and manufactured in China with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour rolled off production line]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China public restroom has 1,000 stalls]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26411/1/" /><id>26411</id><summary><![CDATA[China public restroom has 1,000 stalls]]></summary><issued>2007-07-06T10:29:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-06T10:29:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They're flush with pride in a southwestern Chinese city where a recently-opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 32,290 square feet.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Digging a Hole Under the Great Firewall of China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/70802/1/" /><id>70802</id><summary><![CDATA[Digging a Hole Under the Great Firewall of China]]></summary><issued>2008-07-31T16:19:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-31T16:19:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With news that hotels in Beijing will be spying on internet users during the Olympics,Zach Honig (pop photo blogger) gives real world tips about hacking the firewall and dodging spyware while at the games.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[500 Students Cross River on a Steel Cable]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36436/1/" /><id>36436</id><summary><![CDATA[500 Students Cross River on a Steel Cable]]></summary><issued>2007-09-22T22:55:21+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-22T22:55:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Nearly 500 school children in Fugong, Yunnan Province, China have to cross the often raging Nujiang River each day to get to school. The only problem is that there is no bridge.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China sacks officials over faked big cat snaps]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/arts/l/67480/1/" /><id>67480</id><summary><![CDATA[China sacks officials over faked big cat snaps]]></summary><issued>2008-07-02T08:17:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-02T08:17:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[South China tiger makes surprise appearance<br/><br/>and the original - <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/andrewsun/2007/11/17/this-is-our-tiger-identical-tiger-found-on-a-commercial-festival-print" rel="nofollow">http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/andrewsun/2007/11/17/this-is-our-tiger-identical-tiger-found-on-a-commercial-festival-print</a></div>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China reports it's tied US for most Internet users]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59549/1/" /><id>59549</id><summary><![CDATA[China reports it's tied US for most Internet users]]></summary><issued>2008-04-24T16:00:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-24T16:00:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has soared to 221 million.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Baby Love born to quake victim in China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65825/1/" /><id>65825</id><summary><![CDATA[Baby Love born to quake victim in China]]></summary><issued>2008-06-18T16:46:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-18T16:46:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[URUMQI, China - The rosy-cheeked infant swaddled in a  blanket snuggled tenderly next to her mother in their hospital bed, hours after her birth Wednesday.<br/><br/>A little over a month ago, Zhang Xiaoyan lay in the rubble of her earthquake-shattered apartment building. Trapped for more than 50 hours, she prayed for the life of her unborn child.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Meet the man who wants to shut down the internet in China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/125736/1/" /><id>125736</id><summary><![CDATA[Meet the man who wants to shut down the internet in China]]></summary><issued>2009-06-24T11:23:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-24T11:23:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as the day manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs. While many have resorted to digitally lashing out against Green Dam, Chinese artist and designer of the famous Bird's Nest at the Beijing Olympics, Ai Weiwei has decided upon a different approach. He wants &#8220;a general internet strike &#8212; no work, no games, no email or anything else online &#8212; for 24 hours on the date the government plans to require censorship software on all new computers, he says, will be a quiet act of rebellion.&#8221;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China reveals Iran's nuclear secrets to UN]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/56823/1/" /><id>56823</id><summary><![CDATA[China reveals Iran's nuclear secrets to UN]]></summary><issued>2008-04-03T04:57:02+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-03T04:57:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Could this be the excuse for action against Iran or perhaps it's China trying to take some of the pressure off itself?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China mobile users face jail for sexy texts]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/130538/1/" /><id>130538</id><summary><![CDATA[China mobile users face jail for sexy texts]]></summary><issued>2009-08-12T09:35:41+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-12T09:35:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[BEIJING &#8212; Mobile phone users in central China could face jail for sending unwanted erotic text messages while in the north, one local Communist Party branch has held 480 meetings on the problem in the past month.<br/><br/>Henan province has announced that firing off just one such message could see the sender slapped in detention for up to five days, the China Daily reported on Tuesday.<br/><br/>Three messages could result in 10 days behind bars and a fine of 500 yuan (73 dollars), the English-language newspaper reported.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bowhead whale: The nightingale of the ocean]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/129845/1/" /><id>129845</id><summary><![CDATA[Bowhead whale: The nightingale of the ocean]]></summary><issued>2009-08-03T22:07:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-03T22:07:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It is now generally accepted that the bowhead whale is the longest lived mammal on the planet, with a lifespan of over 200 years. But that it can sing with &quot;more than one voice&quot; and that it changes its repertoire from year to year is news. This behaviour is unique among baleen whales and is a newly discovered phenomenon that has been investigated by researchers at the University of Copenhagen.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China celebrates it status as number one in the world !]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/55618/1/" /><id>55618</id><summary><![CDATA[China celebrates it status as number one in the world !]]></summary><issued>2008-03-25T07:41:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-25T07:41:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The sky over China is now a rainbow of shades reflecting all the colours of our new prosperity&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China Dismissed U.S. Accusations]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/11817/1/" /><id>11817</id><summary><![CDATA[China Dismissed U.S. Accusations]]></summary><issued>2007-02-28T03:57:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-28T03:57:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[China denied the criticism of the United States that accused it of military build-up. The US thinks China is not ready to maintain world peace and stability. A defense white paper showed that China spends less per capita on military forces than the U.S. itself. How ironic.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China unearths ponytailed corpses dating back almost 400 years to the Qing Dynasty]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/88438/1/" /><id>88438</id><summary><![CDATA[China unearths ponytailed corpses dating back almost 400 years to the Qing Dynasty]]></summary><issued>2009-01-08T22:20:14+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-08T22:20:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This perfectly preserved corpse is one six that were unearthed during construction work in Turfan, farwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang region.<br/><br/>The bodies are believed to be officials from the Qing Dynasty &#8211; the final imperial reign from 1644, which lasted until the founding of the Republic of China in 1911.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Conmen Taking Advantage of China Earthquake]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62023/1/" /><id>62023</id><summary><![CDATA[Conmen Taking Advantage of China Earthquake]]></summary><issued>2008-05-16T02:15:03+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-16T02:15:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[For sale: One life in China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/96863/1/" /><id>96863</id><summary><![CDATA[For sale: One life in China]]></summary><issued>2009-02-28T02:58:59+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-28T02:58:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chen Xiao had pretty much given up making her own decisions and so decided to throw open her life to the whims of China's hundreds of millions of Internet users, known in China as netizens.<br/><br/>What she stumbled upon was not only a new life but a new way to make a living. She charges about $3 an hour, and she's been asked to do almost everything from delivering pet food to caring for stray cats to taking a hot lunch to a homeless man.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Great Robots of China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35515/1/" /><id>35515</id><summary><![CDATA[Great Robots of China]]></summary><issued>2007-09-13T08:53:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-13T08:53:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Just got this huge set of photographs via e-mail, most of which were taken at robot expos in China over the last few years.]]></content></entry></feed>