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The Hidden Pleasures Of Guangdong

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Taoism, Tourism, Vegetarian Restaurants, Canton, Vegetarian Cuisine, China Tourism, Vegan, Temple, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Vegetarianism, China, Ecotourism, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Somehow, perhaps alchemically, my Taoist persuasion connected me to a unique subset of Chinese culture, opened secrets of the city and beguiled me with the charms of surrounding Guangdong, a province that most tourists, drawn to the more frequently-visited tourist areas in China's northern throw, never see.

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PHOTOS: The First Time The West Saw China

Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Getty Center, Photography, Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China, Brush and Shutter, Beijing, World, Felice Beato, Opium Wars, Guangzhou, Slidepollajax, China, Peking, Arts News

A sepia-tone image of a street in Opium War-era Peking looks dusty and motionless like an Old West boomtown after a shootout. Guangzhou, not yet a glo...

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Your iPod Is Polluting China and L.A. -- and Wyoming Might Be Next

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foxconn, Powder River Basin, Ipod, Apple, Wyoming, Greenhouse Gas, Shenzhen, Co2, Peabody Energy, Guangzhou, China, Los Angeles, Coal, Green News
Daniel K. Gardner

Next time you buy an iPod, don't forget to add the CO2 cost of moving coal from Powder River Basin, Wyo., to Guangzhou, China.

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Your Jeans Pollute: Denim Industry Clouds The Pearl River Delta (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Factories, Water Pollution, Guangzhou Denim, Pearl River Delta Pollution, Pearl River Delta, Denim Production, Wastewater Pollution, Guangzhou, China, Video, Green News

Everyone wears jeans, but it's not every day we think about what it takes to make that pretty blue color. Walking along the shore of the Pearl River D...

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'World's Fastest Train' Unveiled In China

AFP | Sat Dec 26, 7:54 Am ET | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amtrak, World's Fastest Train, Alstom, Bombardier, Tianjin Beijing Olympics, Travel, Japan, Siemens, Guangzhou, Train, China, Wuhan, MAGLEV, World News

BEIJING (AFP) -- China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world -- a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou ...

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Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Urbanization, Oriental Angel, Race in America, Economy, Wen Jiabao, Chocolate City, Economic Growth, Obama, Prejudice, Race, Guangzhou, Obama Visit, Foreign Policy, Racism in China, Beijing, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Hong Kong, China, Rural China, World News

As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confron...

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