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Staff Reporter | Jun 19, 2013 05:39 PM EDT
According to a national survey WFC (Wells Fargo) of the United States published recently, Chinese save much more money than other people, Chinese who have not yet retired announce their median retirement deposit is $100,000, over twice as much as the average level of the nation. This survey again shows Chinese preference in saving money. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 19, 2013 03:18 PM EDT
On June 17,2013, the Associated Press reported that according to the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the smoking rates for adults have keep declining in the past decades, "last year's decrease - down to 18% - ends a smoking rate stall that hovered at 20% to 21% for more than seven years, then froze at about 19% in 2010 and 2011." read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 19, 2013 11:15 AM EDT
"This is for later after I get on the plane, and I can have good sleep then with it. If you insist me to declare it, I would rather throw it away now" Last night, an old lady, who carried a bottle of strong alcohol before she got on the flight to Bangkok, unexpectedly drank off all the 150ml bottle of alcohol after being detected by the security at Baiyun airport. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 18, 2013 02:01 PM EDT
“Imagine this ... a digital copy of your brain in a different life form that could live for hundreds of years and be replaced.” Dmitry Itskov, a Russian billionaire, has start working on his 2045 project – “a venture that seeks to replace flesh-and-blood bodies with robotic avatars, each one uploaded with the contents of a human brain.” The goal of this project is to extend human lives by hundreds or thousands of years, or maybe forever. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 17, 2013 07:53 PM EDT
Hong Kong-based shipping magnate Anto Marden, 64, and his wife Elaine recently got a new pet. It is one of the world's most amazing super yachts. Designed by Sussex-based yacht designer John Shuttleworth, the Adastra is so high-tech; it can even be controlled remotely by an iPad within 50 meters. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 17, 2013 01:28 PM EDT
Around pm 6:00 on June 16,2013, citizens of Sanya, Hainan Province found a porpoise strand on Dadonghai, they then called relevant administrative department for help. Unexpectedly, while they were waiting rescuers, some tourists and citizens there worked together to carry the porpoise out of the waters and took out of their cellphones for taking photos with it, the porpoise then was almost dying. On this issue, some elder fishermen pointed such behavior was totally unappropriate, if the porpoise inhale any water, it would definitely die. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 17, 2013 01:24 PM EDT
According to the report of Agence France Presse (AFP), six Chinese overseas students were attacked in a small town of southwest France in the night of June 14, and among them, one girl was seriously injured. French Interior Minister Manuel valls has strongly condemned this incident, and said " it was an exclusive behavior". read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 15, 2013 07:19 PM EDT
Ben Jacobs, the Whistle co-founder and chief executive, when he was just 8 years old, a German shepherd named Bear - his first dog, passed away from intestinal issues at the age of 5. Although he has had several healthy dogs in the years since, including Kramer, another German shepherd, the experience of watching Bear suddenly get sick and die always stuck with him. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 15, 2013 12:40 PM EDT
People may still develop Three-Hyper Disease, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension or HTN even they are vegetarian. A forties woman goes through the physical examination, and finds out that she has developed the Three-Hyper Diseases. She says she has been a vegetarian for more than ten years, and wonders how come she would have these diseases. The doctor asks her eating habit, and points out that the reasons may be the fried food. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 15, 2013 12:36 PM EDT
According to China's Ministry of Agriculture, China's agricultural authorities issued biosafety certificates to three new overseas varieties of genetically modified soybeans on Thursday, allowing them to be imported as raw materials for domestic food processing. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 14, 2013 05:59 PM EDT
On June 12th 2013, the Daily Mail has reported a nine-year-old British girl Emily Harris, has pass through customs at Antalya Airport with her toy passport, in which her toy passport identified her as a unicorn, and the custom officials didn't notice that it was a fake passport. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 14, 2013 09:11 AM EDT
If you thing art exhibition is generally exciting, then you will find the 2013 Art Basel surprising, actually speaking, joyfully surprising to a large extent. More than 240 art galleries from 35 countries get together in the exhibition place, leaving the construction and direction somehow chaotic, even to those years-experience attendants. As estimated, art times from more than 3000 artists are going to be exhibited at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, HKCEC till this Sunday. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 13, 2013 05:38 PM EDT
To get drunk, people are getting creative. On June 12th 2013, the China news agency in Los Angeles, reported from the local news media, that a novel but crazy and dangerous play – “smoking alcohol” quietly before the rise among young people in Los Angeles. read more
Staff Reporter | Jun 13, 2013 01:31 PM EDT
Giant mosquito 20 times the size of a normal bug invade central Florida after heavy rain, the Daily Mail reported on June 11th 2013, and officials are warning residents to watch out of the "notoriously aggressive" bloodsuckers. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
