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Peking University head urges Taiwan to recognize Chinese diplomas

Taipei, July 12 (CNA) Peking University President Zhou Qifeng arrived in Taiwan Sunday for an eight-day visit to promote academic and student exchanges among tertiary education institutions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Zhou said he also hopes his visit will contribute to pushing the Taiwanese authorities to recognize academic accreditation conferred by universities and [...]

How to be a good driver for high-ranking officials

Illustration: Liu Rui
I have been a full-time driver for the director of a government bureau for more than 10 years. Visitors often come to my house to seek help due to my closeness to the director. I never misrepresented myself or exaggerated my abilities to become the director’s full-time driver. Rather, I got the position [...]

China’s little-known hero saved hundreds of Jews

The 20th century was one of the bloodiest periods in human history. In China, these times of hardship produced a variety of national heroes and villains. Recently, I had the privilege of meeting the daughter of one of China’s heroes, Ho Fengshan.
Between 1938 and 1940, Ho saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish people while [...]

US T-bills a concern for leaders at summit

Even before the opening of the first BRIC summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, analysts around the globe had been focusing their attention on a hot issue that was destined to be high on the agenda there, namely the safety of the member countries

Chinese in the eyes of the African people

I spent the last few years in Africa in close contact with African people from all walks of life. What do they think of the Chinese people, who came to Africa rather late on an economic expedition?
Their general impression of the Chinese people is that they are hard-working. Be it engineering or doing business, Chinese [...]

If money is not a problem, what about culture?

By Chen Xiaobin
According to recent reports, some Chinese enterprises have already purchased or plan to purchase some famous auto companies in Europe or the US.
With enough economic and financing capacity in the capital market,

China should learn from its failures in overseas investment

After the rejection of the deal with Rio Tinto, Chinalco obtained the breakup fee of $195 million prescribed by agreements. A deal of $19.5 billion fell through.
It is said that the compensation offered by Rio Tinto was not enough for Chinalco to pay the fees of its financing bank.
Professionals of the industry said a penalty [...]

Hong Kong, Taiwan to set up councils to foster exchanges

HONG KONG, June 5 — Hong Kong and Taiwan will each set up a new non-governmental body to further exchanges in trade, economic and other spheres, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government [...]

Death toll from bus blaze in SW China’s Chengdu city rises to 25

Firefighers and policemen investigate at the spot of a fire broke out on a public bus in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, June 5, 2009. A fire broke out on the bus, [...]

IISAdmin cannot start with Error 2149647636

SYMPTOMS
When you try to start the IIS Admin service in Microsoft Internet Information Services, you may receive an error message that is similar to one of the following:

IIS Admin Service failed with error 126

Error 126: The IIS Admin Service terminated with the following error: the specified module cannot be found.

You may [...]

PHP5 with FastCGI is setup

I setup php mapping follow this article:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/208/fastcgi-with-php/
We found that older version PHP5 will conflict with IIS7. I downloaded latest version (5.26 for now) binary (installer ver not work) and it looks fine.

Marriage drama keeps “Jon & Kate” on ratings roll

In this photo taken Thursday, May 28, 2009, magazines featuring Kate Gosselin are seen on a small table in Lotus Salon in Wernersville, Pa. Jon, Kate and their eight have attracted a huge TV audience [...]

Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China

Website Test behind the Great Firewall of China
http://www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html

Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC)

The Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service is a component of modern versions of Microsoft Windows that is responsible for coordinating transactions that span multiple resource managers, such as databases, message queues, and file systems. MSDTC is included in Windows 2000 and later operating systems, and is also available for Windows [...]

Installation of Crystal Report

Installation of Crystal Report:
–Step1: Locate a file called “CRsetup.msi.” This file should be locating in the desktop/software folder. If you cannot locate the file, go to a different server and copy the file over.
–Step2: Execute this file to perform and finish the installation. You can choose the default setting (set it to [...]

China blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Chinese censors blocked access to Twitter and other popular online services today , two days before the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
The move came amid increasing pressure on dissidents, in a reflection of the authorities’ anxiety ahead of the sensitive date. Hundreds died as the army forced its way [...]

S Koreans gather for mourning after Roh’s funeral ceremony

SEOUL, May 29  — Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans filled the central Seoul Plaza in tribute to the former president Roh Moo-hyun on Friday for a memorial rite held after the funeral ceremony.

The motorcade carrying the coffin of deceased former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun departs from Roh’s hometown Bonghwa village in Gimhae [...]

China’s ‘Increasing Naval Threat’

China’s Navy — officially the Peoples Liberation Army’s Navy — held an impressive naval review in the historic port city of Qingdao on 23 April, the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy. By any criteria, the event was a great success. Beyond a Chinese contingent of 2 nuclear and 2 diesel-electric submarines, [...]

China’s Navy Plans Rapid Upgrade

BEIJING - China’s navy will speed up the development of sophisticated new ships, aircraft and weapons systems, its commander said as he outlined the increasingly crucial force’s future expansion.
Adm. Wu Shengli, in a rare interview with the official Xinhua News Agency late Wednesday, said the navy would focus on accelerating the growth of a [...]

History of Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Manchu, Emperors

Before the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, there was a regime called ‘Latter Jin’ that had been set up by Nurhachu, leader of the Man Ethnic Minority. [...]