www.bbc.co.uk
Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei says he will use money loaned from supporters to challenge his tax demand in court.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
a natural solution for pests and fertilizer?
This seems like such a natural solution to so many problems, not sure why this is not used more (I can only speculate that pesticide and chemical fertilizer companies have something to do it). I have heard about this practice being successfully used in China too, but the below link is about rice farmers in the Philippines that have found an ally as they try to protect their crops from pests and the effects of global warming. Farmers use ducks to help keep the water in their paddies fresh, and to get rid of weeds and other pests that could damage their crops. Duck manure also works as a good organic fertilizer, which helps to decrease the amount of money farmers spend on harmful pesticides.
www.aljazeera.com
Integrated rice-duck farming has helped farmers to spend less money on harmful pesticides.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
More than 1,300 Qataris hospitalised for over eating over Eid Al Adha
gulfnews.com
More
than 1,300 people needed treatment at a Qatari hospital after suffering
from stomach upsets caused by excessive eating on the first two days of
Eid Al Adha
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The East India Company & Cultural Exchange
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National Maritime Museum, London
A striking example of how the East India Company influenced Chinese culture is this 19th-century Chinese painting, "A Trading Junk," with a ship in the background flying the Company flag.
The greatest single force in the expansion of the British Empire was the East India Company, and now it finally has its own permanent gallery in London.
Chinese Citizens send Ai Weiwei over a million RMB in half a day!
The charges against Ai Weiwei are so obvious false, Chinese citizens send him over a million RMB online in half a day in protest against the powers that be...
www.huffingtonpost.com
Not since Spartacus has there been such a widespread act of generosity for an activist and leader. On November 1, the Chinese government declared that dissident artist and activist Ai Weiwei owed $2.4 million dollars in unpaid taxes, and had to pay it back within the next 2 weeks.
shanghaiist.com
On Tuesday, dissident-artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) who was freed not too long ago from an 81-day detention, was slapped with a RMB15 million fine for tax evasion, a princely sum he has been given 15 days to cough up. The very next day, his mother Ai Ying (高瑛) and brother Ai Dan (艾丹) announced that they we...
Friday, November 4, 2011
Chinese netizens help Ai Weiwei pay taxes
| Chinese netizens help Ai Weiwei pay taxes Financial Times
By Kathrin Hille and Jamil Anderlini in Beijing Thousands of Chinese have donated money online to help Ai Weiwei pay a $2.4m tax bill, in a rare fundraising ...
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11th Tibetan sets self on fire to protest Chinese rule...
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| Tibetans-in-exile hold placards showing the monks who had set themselves on fire to protest against the Chinese rule in Tibet during a protest march in Dharamshala. (AFP Photo/Lobsang Wangyal) |
Qiu Xiang died Thursday after setting herself on fire in southwest Sichuan Province, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule.
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