Chinese parents complain as kids get cassettes
September 12th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) Parents in China are complaining that every new semester their children receive textbooks along with matching cassette tapes that have today become "antiques" as many people ... Read more...
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Baby food safety turning Chinese to look for imports
July 16th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 16 (IANS) Afraid of a series of food safety scandals in the country, many Chinese parents have started importing baby formula food from overseas.According to China Daily, these ... Read more...
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Food forms 70 percent of Chinese garbage
January 21st, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 21 (IANS) Food waste comprises roughly 70 percent of China's garbage."While you often hear Chinese parents tell their kids to not waste food, the fact is food waste ... Read more...
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China to lay bare birth control at museum
December 19th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 19 (IANS) China, which has the world's largest population of over 1.3 billion, would soon come up with a museum-cum-theme park that tells the story of contraception in ... Read more...
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Chinese parents play cupid on Valentine’s Day eve
February 14th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) "How much do you earn" seemed to the question of the day as parents exchanged information about their unmarried children during a matchmaking event held ahead of Valentine's ... Read more...
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Chinese wary of kids’ mats as chemical said to cause cancer
December 22nd, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Dec 22 (IANS) Parents in China are being extra careful while buying play mats for their children after some products in Europe were found to contain cancer-causing chemicals.Belgium and France have ... Read more...
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Chinese parents learning to accept homosexuality
October 31st, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): A group of Chinese parents gathered in Beijing to call for family acceptance and support for homosexual people.About two hundred people, who are gays or lesbians, along ... Read more...
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Chinese students fight for access to sex education
September 15th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sept 15 (ANI): Students in China are said to be fighting to gain access to extracurricular courses on sexual health.Students at Nanjing Normal University (NNU) demanded that the courses be ... Read more...
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Chinese parents seek professional help to help provide children with “sex education”
August 18th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 18 (ANI): An increasing number of Chinese parents, most of whom belong to the post-80s generation, have urged for professional help to help them provide their children with sex ... Read more...
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Chinese parents forbidden to spy on kids’ ‘e-life’
July 27th, 2010 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 27 (IANS) Parents in China can no longer secretly browse through their children's computer or mobile phones from September after a law was passed aiming to protect the privacy of ... Read more...
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Chinese parents oppose children’s internet use
June 20th, 2010 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Many parents in China are not in favour of their children using the internet and a majority of them worry that surfing the net could adversely affect children's ... Read more...
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Research claims Chinese hiding three million babies a year
May 31st, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 31 (ANI): As many as three million Chinese babies are hidden by their parents every year in order to get around the country's one-child policy, a researcher has discovered. According ... Read more...
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Chinese parents fight over child surnames
May 27th, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) Young parents in China are now faced with a unique problem - most of them do not agree with each other on following the ancient tradition of their ... Read more...
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Yao Ming says that the birthplace of his baby is a private matter
March 6th, 2010 - 8:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After the star sportsman Yao Ming returned to United States with his pregnant wife Ye Li in tow, then the Chinese fans started speculating that ... Read more...
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US panda’s departure for China marks bright spot in relations
February 5th, 2010 - 9:24 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 5 (DPA) Sometimes it just takes a panda to soften the tone between rival world powers.
After a series of terse exchanges between the US and China over Taiwan, Internet freedom, ... Read more...
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Western parents more dominating than East Asian counterparts
November 6th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A new study has shown that parents in Western countries are more controlling and dominating over their children compared to those in East Asian countries.The research led by ... Read more...
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Huge costs of raising sons force Chinese parents to pray for daughters
August 3rd, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Shanghai, Aug. 3 (ANI): Turning their backs on the age old tradition, expectant Chinese parents have begun to hope for a daughter rather than a son, considering the huge costs involved in ... Read more...
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About 13 mn women have abortion every year in China
July 30th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 30 (Xinhua) There are about 13 million abortions performed every year in China and inadequate knowledge about contraception among women is blamed for this high rate of pregnancy terminations, the ... Read more...
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Chinese net-addict teenagers given electric shocks as treatment
June 7th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Shanghai, June 7 (ANI): In a bid to prevent Internet addiction of their children, Chinese parents are turning towards electro-shock therapy at a clinic that claims they will be "reborn" free of ... Read more...
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Close family ties help immigrants adjust in foreign countries
June 5th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 5 (ANI): In a study on Asian immigrant families, researchers have found that close family ties are crucial for their successful transition to their new country.Dr. Susan S. Chuang, of ... Read more...
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China prepares to greet Olymipics visitors with a warm Hello
July 18th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): With sports lovers thronging China for next months Beijing Olympics, the Chinese are gearing up to welcome them in English.
So it shouldnt come as a ... Read more...
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Chinese names with English words spark controversy in China
July 8th, 2008 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
By Pranay Sharma
Beijing, July 8 (IANS) For ages, Chinese names have been the subject of interest and even jokes among some in the rest of the world. Now they are having the ... Read more...
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Chinese kids more likely to face online dangers
March 3rd, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 3 (ANI): Chinese children have a higher likelihood of being exposed to online dangers than their foreign counterparts, according to a new study.Writing about the results in the study ... Read more...
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