The news that a man in southeast China’s Fujian province caught a giant rat has aroused heated discussion among readers and netizens.   However, the giant rat is more likely to be a coypu rather than a bamboo rat or any other rat species. The controversy arouses when Fuzhou forestry unit initially identified it to be a Bamboo rat, which was original reported by Strait News, a Fuzhou-based newspaper.      Chinese bamboo rat (left) Vs Fujian giant rat (right) reported earlier   Coypu has a long tail while that of a bamboo rat is much

A newly built primary school worth of 15 million yuan ($ 2.2 million) may have to be demolished because it stands in the way of a planned business district, cnr.cn reported today.   The primary school in Taijiang district of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, has a 100 years history, but was just rebuilt, the report said.   The students in the school are said to have transferred to other schools in the district.   All students and parents have been informed about the move.    SOURCE: By Zhao Chunzhe (chinadaily.com.cn)

After its recent launch in Xiamen, Zhongyin has opened a second office to serve its Taiwanese clients, in Fuzhou (Fuijian province).   Fujian has flourished for many years on Taiwanese investment, but Fuzhou and Xiamen are the only cities in the PRC where Taiwan law firms are permitted to set up branch offices.   Zhongyin’s added focus on Fujian is due to the firm’s growing Taiwanese clientele, which it intends to service by setting up a dedicated division.   “Taiwanese clients are currently facing a very competitive business

FUZHOU: A 450,000-word novel on the lives of Chinese migrant workers has won favor among on-line readers with more than 500,000 page views in four months since it appeared on Internet last October. The author, Zhou Shuheng, told Xinhua that his novel would be published in printed form in the near future by a publishing company in Beijing. According to the company, the novel will be the first one written by a migrant worker to describe lives of the group, to which the Chinese literary circle had paid little attention. "Most plots are based on my real experiences while a few

Colourful costume and beautiful dancing girl   This festival duly got underway on Sunday on a stage erected at Three Lanes Seven Alleys. As promised in a recent press conference, the event featured a variety of performing troupes, each adding their own expertise to a melting pot of colour, dance, exhuberance and excitement.      Wonderful costumes, beautiful girls and handsome guys created an atmosphere worthy of being depicted as true exponents of Chinese Art and Culture. Taiwanese performers

This video clip is best viewed using IE (Internet Explorer)   A carnival was kicked off in East China's Fujian Province on Sunday. It's an extravaganza of folk arts, and performers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.   More than 200 folk artists took part in a grand parade in Fujian's capital city Fuzhou. Authentic dances from Taiwan aboriginal, East China's Jiangxi and Fujian were presented to the crowds gathered along the street.   A carnival was kicked off in East China's Fujian Province on Sunday. It's

Half marathon in Fuzhou in 2009   According to Fuzhou Sports Bureau, the 3rd Fuzhou Half Marathon is going to be held in Fuzhou on 6th March 2010.   The half marathon is hosted by Fuzhou Sports Bureau and will be undertaken by Fuzhou Chao Yue Long-distance Running Club.   The Fuzhou Sports Bureau said that they would upgrade the half marathon this year, and the number of participants this year was expected to increase to over 5000 compared to last year's 800.   So far, the organizing committee has received many applications from long-distance

Over 100 calligraphic and painting works about plum blossom is being held in Fujian Provincial Art Gallery in Fuzhou.   These works are all created by artist Zheng Faxiang. Zheng Faxiang is a Chinese artist in America. He has been working in arts creating for over 40 years. He became famous for his plum blossom paintings in the 1990s. He has held personal art exhibitions in over 30 countries including America, Britain, France, France and Singapore, and exhibited more than 20 kinds of professional art collections.   He also has received many awards in many International

Half marathon in Fuzhou in 2009   According to Fuzhou Sports Bureau, the 3rd Fuzhou Half Marathon is going to be held in Fuzhou on 6th March 2010.   The half marathon is hosted by Fuzhou Sports Bureau and will be undertaken by Fuzhou Chao Yue Long-distance Running Club.   The Fuzhou Sports Bureau said that they would upgrade the half marathon this year, and the number of participants this year was expected to increase to over 5000 compared to last year's 800.   So far, the organizing committee has received many applications from long-distance

This photo uploaded by a neitzen shows a man riding a motorbike drags a chained dog behind him along a highway in Fuzhou in East China's Fujian province on Feb 18, 2010. [Photo/Strait News Paper]   A photo of a man mistreating a dog that were uploaded on the Internet Thursday by a netizen surnamed Liu in Fuzhou sparked public outrage. The photo showed a man riding a motorbike on a highway while he was dragging the dog behind him with an iron chain around the animal's neck.   "I rolled down my car window and asked the man to stop. However, the man speeded up and drove

Fuzhou Changle International Airport   Fuzhou Airport has announced that Shenzhen Airlines is going to launch a new roundtrip international route from Fuzhou to Tokyo. From April 6, 2010, there will be three flights each week flying between Fuzhou and Tokyo: departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 08:20 Beijing time and 14:00 Tokyo time. This is the second air route from Fuzhou to Japan. The first is the Fuzhou to Osaka route which is scheduled to fly four times a week: on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.    SOURCE:

Two brothers, Wang Kai and Wang Rui, take their mother  in a homemade carriage to Fuzhou on March 2.   FUZHOU: Wang Yuxia's husband once promised to take her to all the beautiful sights across the country. But when he suddenly died, it seemed her dream had died as well. So it was up to her sons to carry out their father's promise. Realizing their 81-year-old mother gets carsick easily and they cannot afford to travel luxuriously, they built a three-wheeled carriage to take her around the country - powered only by their own feet and the determination to express

Local authorities in Fuzhou, China, said five children were killed Thursday morning in the collapse of an outdoor wall at a primary school collapsed. A spokesman with the publicity department of the Fuzhou city committee of the Communist Party of China told Xinhua four of the children died at the scene of the Jinsha Central Primary School wall collapse. A fifth child died after being transported to a hospital along with two other injured children, the spokesman told China's official state-run news agency.   The condition of the two surviving injured children was not

Cathay Financial Holdings Co., Taiwan's biggest publicly traded financial services company, said Tuesday that it will use its existing insurance business network in China to develop its banking presence in the mainland. Cathay Financial Holdings President Chen Tsu-pei said that the group's banking subsidiary -- Cathay United Bank -- will set up businesses in China by setting up branches first. If the branches operate smoothly, the company will not rule out the possibility of transforming them into subsidiaries to provide better local services, Chen said at a briefing to

Fifteen commodity export bases will be built in Fujian in coming years.   They include electronic information, ship, furniture and ornament export bases in Fuzhou; machinery, equipment, energy-saving lighting and sporting goods export bases in Xiamen and nine others in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Putian, Nanping and Ningde respectively.    SOURCE: Common Talk Weekly   Editorial Message   This site contains materials from other clearly stated media sources for the purpose of discussion stimulation and content enrichment among our