Green tea grown solely in panda excrement will command high prices worldwide. An entrepreneur in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu plans to charge up to £2,000 per 500 grams for his product, which he claims says will make it the world’s “most expensive tea.” An Yanshi says he chose to grow tea in panda [...]
Activists from Edinburgh joined the worldwide commemorations of the Tibetan National Uprising Day on Saturday with a march through the Scottish capital. This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising in the country’s capital, Lhasa. The Uprising erupted on 10 March 1952, a decade after the Chinese invasion of the country. One of [...]
by Pamela Paterson Edinburgh Zoo is gearing up for the arrival of two Giant Pandas that are being sent from China for a 10 year stay in Scotland. Tian Tian and Yang Guang are currently in quarantine in China preparing for their 5000 mile journey to Scotland, where they will stay in a purpose-built enclosure [...]
By Patrick McPartlin David Cameron has today called on China to consider political reform to complement the country’s recent trade agreements with Britain, the most notable being the agreement between engine maker Rolls-Royce, and China Eastern Airlines, in a deal worth £750m. Following his pleas yesterday for China to improve their human rights record, Mr [...]
by Paul Foy The government has announced that it is to launch a programme to train 1000 new Chinese language teachers over the next five years. The announcement coincides with Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Beijing alongside Michael Gove MP, the Education Secretary, and a large business delegation. The trip is part of an [...]
by Sofia Gonçalves David Cameron is going on a trip to China this month, to meet with the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, and the cross party group of Tibet is meeting today at the Scottish Parliament to decide what measures to take in order to get the Prime Minister’s attention to environmental issues in Tibet. [...]
By Ahmed Asif What seemed like a good friendship between two nations is now beginning to turn sour. Iran and Russia have long enjoyed a mutual relationship and good trade relations yet Iran’s nuclear program has witnessed the relationship somewhat deteriorate. The Russians along with China have been Iran’s only allies among the United Nations [...]
James Bradley. A new Olympics is being planned by China next year for robots. The event will be held in the north-eastern city of Harbin. Harbin is home to the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) which already boasts a successful robotic football team. The competition is only open for humanoid robots, which means that to [...]
by Christian McBride China has committed to strengthening ties with it’s politically outcast neighbour North Korea. This can be seen as a move on the part China to keep a potentially volatile neighbour close to them in to avoid potential future aggravation. North Korea having recently driven forward in its missile test program, having successfully [...]
By Vibecke Gudmundsen Regular napping is dramatically raising the risk to develop diabetes, according to new research. The study conducted by scientists at the University of Birmingham has found that people who sleep for short periods during the day are up to 26% more likely to evoke type-2 diabetes. “There is an obvious link between [...]
By Vibecke Gudmundsen Regular napping is dramatically raising the risk to develop diabetes, according to new research. The study conducted by scientists at the University of Birmingham has found that people who sleep for short periods during the day are up to 26 per cent more likely to evoke type-2 diabetes. “There is an obvious [...]
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