03.30.08
Posted in Religion at 16:59 by Little Herschel
Back in 2005 I went up to Haerbin on China’s May vacation. Haerbin once had a prosporous Jewish community, with two Synagogues and a Jewish school. The Synagogues are still standing but remain closed to the public and the old Jewish school is now a Korean girl school. Dr. Irena Vladimirsky writes a fascinating article on the history of Judaism in Haerbin (if you are surfing from China try this link).
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03.18.08
Posted in Environment, Industry, The Second Tier, Wuhan at 17:50 by Nator
From Xinhuanet:
WUHAN, March 15 (Xinhua) — A five-year pig raising project involving 1.36 billion U.S. dollars in investment launched on Saturday in Hubei, making the central China province the nation’s largest pig raising base.
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp.( COFCO), the country’s largest oils and food importer and exporter and leading food manufacturer, started the project in Wuhan, the provincial capital.
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