New service adds to airline's growing Asian gateway in Seattle, expanded China presence Jun 17, 2013 SEATTLE, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) celebrated new nonstop service from Seattle to Shanghai today with an inaugural service ceremony. The flight is the latest addition to Delta's growing Asian gateway in Seattle, as the service, between Seattle-Tacoma International A [...]

CHICAGO, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Urban League in conjunction with the China-United States Exchange Foundation and United Airlines will lead Chicago high school students on an educational, cultural and social journey-of-a-lifetime through China. More than 20 Chicago students will spend two weeks of their summer vacation, June 22 – July 6, taking in the sights, sounds and cultur [...]

Senior scientists have criticised the “appalling irresponsibility” of researchers in China who have deliberately created new strains of influenza virus in a veterinary laboratory. They warned there is a danger that the new viral strains created by mixing bird-flu virus with human influenza could escape from the laboratory to cause a global pandemic killing millions [...]This story comes to us [...]

A new strain of bird flu that is causing a deadly outbreak among people in China is a threat to world health and should be taken seriously, scientists said on Wednesday. The H7N9 strain has killed 24 people and infected more than 125, according to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO), which has described it [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. Nati [...]

Two more people have died in China from a new strain of bird flu, raising the death toll from the virus to 13, state media reported Sunday.The official Xinhua News Agency said the two deaths were reported in Shanghai and that three new cases were also confirmed in the financial hub. A total of 11 [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is Am [...]

I have passed my 6-month-milestone in my life in China now, and want to reflect on my progress in adapting to life here as well as other foreigners who have lived here longer than I have. The process of adapting to a new culture is described as follows: [quote]Step 1: The Honeymoon Stage When you first arrive in a new culture, differences are intriguing and you may feel excited, stimulated and cur [...]

Video shows an airport baggage handler in China carelessly tossing boxes onto a conveyor belt. Norah O'Donnell reports.

Although Hello Kitty was invented in Japan, locals of Taiwan are obsessed — evident by their Hello Kitty Castle in Hsinchu, Hello Kitty Maternity Hospital in Yuanlin and currently-under-renovation Hello Kitty Restaurant in Taipei. Luckily, I was privy to the unique cultural experience of spending time in the Hi-Lai Plaza Hotel’s Hello Kitty guestroom, said to be the world’s dreamiest Hello K [...]

© moophisto A tidal wave of outrage and condemnation continues to gain momentum in response to the death of a dolphin after tourists hauled it out of the water to pose for pictures with it. The dolphin had been swept ashore on a beach in Hainan province in China, possibly after an encounter with a [...]

For et par uker siden, nærmere bestemt helgen 24 til 26 mai. Tok jeg den strabasiøse togturen til Wuhan HELT alene for å møte Holger Danske. Togturen var en skummel affære på hele to timer! Da jeg av en eller annen grunn ikke hadde et vanlig sete, men var stappet inn i en sovekupè sammen med 7 andre kinesere. De viste lite engagement til å gjøre plass til en svett og smilende L'Orsa slik [...]