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The Chinese Worker: Runner Up as Time’s Person of the Year 2009

By John | Published December 22, 2009

The number 8 is sacred in China; in fact, it is the number that all important things revolve around.  We all know what happened on August 8th, 2008 at 8:08PM.
However, there’s another more important aspect of the number 8 in China today.  The Chinese have a word for it: baoba.  Baoba means “protect eight,” the [...]

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China’s One-child Policy to Save the World?

By John | Published December 17, 2009

Zhao Baige, vice minister of China’s National Population and Family Planning Commission, linked China’s one-child policy to emissions reduction at the recent UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen.
Zhao stated that “the [Chinese] policy on family planning proves to be a great success; it not only contributes to reduction of global emission, but also provides experiences for [...]

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