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Pictures: Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle, World's Most Endangered Turtle

Pictures: Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle, World's Most Endangered Turtle!

Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle, scientific name Rafetus swinhoei, is a species of soft-shell turtle that is indigenous to China and Vietnam. It is also known as the Shanghai soft-shell turtle or Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle. It is believed to be the largest fresh water turtle in the world.

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The female Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle at Changsha Zoo, Hunan Province of China, one of the only three known live turtles of the species Rafetus swinhoei in the world

Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List 2006 and is the most endangered turtles in the world.

Even though the animal is dubbed as Panda in Water in China, it is much more rare than panda, because there are only three known to survive on the planet. An 80-year-old female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle from Changsha Zoo in central Hunan Province, and a 100-year-old male at eastern China's Suzhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province. The third one, the world's only living example of Rafetus swinhoei in the wild lives in Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of Hanoi.

Since this May, the two Chinese turtles were brought together under a reproduction program collaborated by Chinese scientists and their American counterparts in order to save this species.

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The male Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle at Suzhou Zoo, Jiangsu Province of China, one of the only three known live turtles of the species Rafetus swinhoei in the world

Sadly, the earlier results were unsuccessful, as none of nearly 100 eggs the female turtle produced this year were hatched. Scientists have to try again next May in 2009.

Source: Wikipedia; The Only two known Yangtze Giant Soft-shell Turtle images: Xinhuanet

He Kexin Olympics Uneven Bars Gold Medal

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He Kexin, the Chinese female gymnast whose true age is a controversial topic in Beijing Olympics, won a gold medal in the Uneven Bars for China August 19. Both He and USA's Nastia Liukin scored a 16.725, with even the Score A (a measure of difficulty) of both gymnasts being an identical 7.7. But because He Kexin made fewer mistakes than Liukin, the referees finally awarded the gold to He. Source: Beijing2008.cn Image: Sina.com

Pictures; 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Fireworks Display Rehearsal and Lighted Bird Nest

2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony will be officially initiated at 8:00pm (Beijing times) on August 8, 2008. Before this, China has undertaken several fireworks display rehearsals and tested the lights of the XXIX Olympics' main venue Bird Nest (China's National Stadium). Below are some spectacular photos.

Image credit: Xinhua

An Ugly Monkey-faced Piglet (Picture)

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An ugly monkey-faced piglet (pictured above) was recently born in Henan Province, central China. According to the wife of its owner farmer Feng Changlin, the unusual piglet which sports a long nose, two big eyes and much-longer hinder legs, was one of 5 broods born by their sow on July 19, 2008. The newly-born animal has grabbed a lot of  attractions from the villagers.  Link

Zhang Ziyi Vivi Nevo Engagement: Zhang Ziyi Engaged to Time Warner Stockholder Vivi Nevo

In a news that probably will make the majority of bachelors in China jealous, Zhang Ziyi, one of few most elite bachelorettes of the country, was not available any longer, the petite actress had got engaged to Vivi Nevo, her boyfriend of slightly more than 1 year.

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Zhang Ziyi and boyfriend Vivi Nevo attended "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 5, 2008. (Picture credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos)

Zhang Ziyi, 29, was announced to be engaged by Vivi Nevo, 41, who is a multi-millionaire stockholder of Time Warner when the latter was attending the annual conference of Allen & Company in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Tuesday, July 8, 2008,  Xinhua quoted the Associated Press as reporting.  The wedding is being plan to take place in 2009

Zhang Ziyi whose credits included Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and  Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) among others, and Vivi Nevo were first spotted together at an NBA game in New York in January , 2007. There have been rumors that they had been engaged since this March, indicated by the diamond ring worn by Zhang Ziyi. The engagement was not confirmed by the actress, who told the press in June that she had no plans for marriage.

Liaoning Girl Zhang Ya Cursed Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake Victims

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Zhang Ya, Gao Qianhui (高千惠) from Shenyang of Liaoning Province, cursed Sichuan Earthquake victims

The official death toll of China's Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12 rose to 41, 353 as of Wednesday noon. And the whole country is still in a three-day mourning. With the people across China and many foreigners overseas sparing no their efforts denoting money, tents and other materials to those affected by the Richer 8.0 earthquake, a 5-minute video showing Liaoning girl Zhang Ya Gao Qianhui cursing out Wenchuan Earthquake victims using the extreme profane words was surfaced. After the video was posted on almost all major Chinese forums/BBS, she is now in hot waters, attracting millions of Chinese netizens blaming her irresponsible behavior. She has been arrested by the police. We respect the freedom of speech, but apparently, we also can not tolerate that Zhang Ya Gao Qianhui gloated over the sufferings of earthquake victims and cursed the injured to be dying soon and those unborn in the quake areas to be gangsters. If you are Chinese-savvy, click here to watch Zhang Ya  Gao Qianhui's youtube video.

Update: The Liaoning girl was earlier mis-identified as Zhang Ya by "human flesh search." It turned out that she is Gao Qianhui (高千惠), 21, whose parents were divorced when she was young.

Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquake Rocks China

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A strong earthquake in Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province has rocked China on May 12, 2008. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale according to China's State Seismological Bureau was felt in the thousands-kilometers-away provinces or regions including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hongkong, and Taiwan among others. The powerful earthquake killed at least 107 8533 people and buried thousands of middle school students in Sichuan as the tremor caused buildings to fall. The epicenter of the quake was located 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, reported Xinhua.


China Sichuan Wenchuan Earthquak video report

Wenchuan is believed to the worst hit area in the quake. As the local telecommunications have totally been cut off, there are no immediate causalities reported and  the authorities now have to rely on the military helicopters to inspect the affected area. For those who are panda lovers, you may have to worry about Wenchuan, because it is home to Wolong National Natural Reserve, the place where Sichuan Wolong Panda Protection and Breed Center is situated.

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Relief workers are rescuing students buried in Dujiangyan Juyuan Middle School.

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Doctors from General Hospital of Chinese PLA in Chengdu are operating on the injured in an outdoor hospital.

World's Longest Trans-sea Bridge Opens up In China

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Hangzhou Bay Trans-sea Bridge was opened to traffics on a trial basis on May 1. China inaugurated the longest's bridge in the country as part of its effort to boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta.

Presented as the "world's longest sea bridge", the 36-kilometre (22-mile) structure connects Jiaxing city near Shanghai to the port city of Ningbo in the eastern province of Zhejiang.

The 11.8 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) bridge cuts the length of the road trip from Shanghai to Ningbo by 120 kilometres. Link

China Overtakes USA As The Country Having World's Most Internet Users

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China's Internet users has hit 221 mln and ranked the world's first, Xinhua reported.

The Internet population in China reached 221 million by the end of February, which outnumbered the figure in the United States to rank the first in the world, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information.

The number was 210 million by the end of last year, only 5 million fewer than the U.S. Internet users then, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

Despite rapidly increasing Internet population, the proportion of Internet users among the total population was still lower than the global average level, the ministry said, without giving specific figures.

The proportion was 16 percent at the end of 2007, compared with 19.1 percent of the world average, the CNNIC said.

Don't Be Too CNN Song

Don't be too CNN translated from 做人不能太CNN means a person should not be too shameless and oblivious to the truth. The phrase now prevalent on dozens of Chinese BBS and forums was created by Chinese netizens after reading alleged CNN's biased reports of Tibet Riots in March. The video above is a smash hit song Don't be too CNN written and performed by an online singer who calls herself "Murong Xuan". The track lampoons CNN for its coverage and detorted analysis of the recent Tibetan riots.

Anti-CNN.com, A Chinese Website Against Western Media's Biased Reports

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Anti-Cnn.com is a website recently constructed by Rao Jin, 24, the founder of a small technology company in Beijing to expose the western media's biased reports on recent March 14 Lhasa Riots in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

This website is established to expose the lies and distorted facts in the western media. The site is maintained by the individual volunteers, who are not associated with the businesses or government officials.

We are not against the western media, but against the lies and fabricated stories in the media.

We are not against the western people, but against the prejudice from the western society.

As some German news outlets (their Chancellor Merkel Anelga has already decided not to attend Beijing Olympics) may be more prejudiced than CNN, the American cable news network apparently is the scapegoat. But CNN still didn't learn the lesson! It insisted (read below how a Chinese defied the claim) it has fairly reported on the issue, but the latest picture on its Lhasa Riots' photo gallery is still problematic.

STATEMENT on "CNN statement on Tibet coverage"

It is glad to know that CNN has realized the tremendously negative publicity it had earned itself over the Internet recently, and it has abandoned its usual "keep silent" way of dealing with credibility charges by putting out a statement clearing itself on its Tibet coverage, which had been criticized for distorting facts and taking side by many bloggers and news agencies all over the world. The pressure must have been huge that CNN the experienced defendant against credibility accusations (number speaks, googling "CNN lies" returns 653,000 results, more than double of the 305,000 results for "Spitzer prostitution", the hottest news this year) has to respond.

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As witnesses of the false reports from CNN, we recognize the effort CNN makes to polish its tainted image, however, we can only find the statement in its whole an evasive and vague piece trying only to make excuses. We feel pity for CNN again acting in such a dishonest and unapologetic way. cnn lhara riot report picture

Taking a quick look at what CNN has to say, one will find CNN's excuse for cropping picture laughable. Web based publication has great deal of freedom in presenting multimedia materials including pictures. CNN could have posted the picture in its entirety while moving text to the rest of the area without any trouble at all. Web pages are not printed materials, resizing and reframing paragraphs are virtually costless and effortless. In fact, after being attacked for cropping the picture, CNN modified the page to put a zoomed out version of the entire original photo, without having to move text format at all. Then why did CNN need to crop it in the first place? Also, CNN argues in the statement that the picture was captioned "Tibetans throw stones", then by what motive would a rational editor crop out the exact part of people throwing stones? No excuse can possibly be found to justify the discrepancy between what CNN did and what CNN claims.

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Besides, CNN's factual mistakes are not limited to the picture or calling Tibet as a country. During its TV airing until as late as March 25th, when multiple sources had confirmed Tibet riot violent and deadly, CNN anchors repeated called Tibetan turbulence a "peaceful protest". It was exceptionally misleading and was a major distortion of fact. Even after www.anti-CNN.com had published the mistakes of CNN and other news outlets, Lou Dobbs of CNN continued to use the same wrong descriptions in his TV program. Even an whole team of unprofessional reporters and editors would not be a strong excuse to make up for this.

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CNN Lhasa Riots report picture (cropped, see below original ones). Caption reads : Demonstrations against Chinese rule turned violent on March 14 as Tibetan protesters clashed with police and ethnic Chinese. Fottage from China's state television shows armed soldiers on the streets of Lhasa.

CNN also repetitively refused to identify the dead as victims of the riot, and in their carefully calculated lines constantly implied that they were protesters left dead by government actions, while in fact, they were murdered by those CNN-called "peaceful protesters".

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Original news footage is reporting [People's Armed Force] were rescuing three Japanese tourists.

Observing all these facts, no one could be convinced that CNN's distortions and erroneous messages were simply editorial or technical mistakes. They are consistent and still on-going, in favor of one side of the story.

In addition, CNN has in its reports repetitively excluded Tibetan ethnics from the Chinese. This is unacceptable, or in the American term, politically incorrect. It is just similar to calling African American and Caucasian American as Blacks and American.

While the German news agency RTL had quickly acknowledged and apologized for its mistake after www.anti-cnn.com pointed it out, professionals in journalism at CNN still refuse to acknowledge mistakes to redeem trust. We have to say, the denial issued by CNN on March 28th was just a weak and pathetic attempt to weasle away from the systematic lying campaign CNN had conducted in the past weeks.

By FridayInLove Anti-cnn.com

CNN is one of my favorite news sources, I regretted very much that CNN had made blunt mistakes on reporting Lhasa Riots!

Tibet Lhasa Riots

tibet riot march 14th

I can't say China Government has done a 100% perfect job on Tibet Affairs, but I totally object to the killing, robbery, arson and smashing what some unlawful Tibetans had done on March 14. Click here to watch Australian tourist Michael Smith's amateur video which shows how those unlawful Tibetans did their sins. Click here to read a foreign eyewitness account of Lhasa Riot. Click here to see some pictures uploaded by my Chinese friend pp. Click here to see the video of an innocent Chinese motorist being attacked by Tibetan mobsters. So what does Dalai Lama clique's peaceful protest mean? Any country, other than China, will tolerate such violence by not allowing their police/paramilitary to stop it?

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Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa office burned by mobsters

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Tibetan monk did what Burmese monks hadn't done --attacking business premises!