World Cup frenzy in heartland China
Jiangbei district, 9 June 2006
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of crowd cheering, waving balloons
2. Mid of woman cheering
3. Performers dancing on stage
4. Cutaway billboard showing painting of footballers
5. Wide of singers on stage, with billboard in background
6. Wide of audience watching and cheering
7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Liu Yourong, football fan, vox pop:
Go to the world, go to Asia - China strive to excel.
8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Yang Mei, football fan vox pop:
We have hope. We've lost out for the moment. But we have young people who play football.
Nanping district, 9 June 2006
++NIGHT SHOTS++
9. Wide of people gathered outside Qiu Wang Club
10. Mid of customers outside bar
11. Pan of customers inside bar, cheering and clapping while watching football
12. More of customers watching
13. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Wang Xuming, President of Chongqing football fans association:
There are many government officials - they can re-arrange their time, ask for leave and work flexible hours. If some game is not that important, they can miss it. But they won't miss the important games.
14. Customer drinking beer
15. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Zeng Lan, football fan's wife:
My husband is self-employed. In the morning, he sleeps; in the afternoon, he does his things - and in the evening he watches football.
Qijiang County, Shi Jiao township, 10 June 2006
++DAY SHOTS++
16. Wide of market from main road
17. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Vox pop:
We watch many kinds of sports - basketball, ping pong, badminton and other coverage�..
18. Wide of main street outside engraver's workshop
19. Various of artist doing calligraphy with brush
20. Close-up of finished calligraphy
21. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Meng Chuan Ping, engraver:
We watch. But for the moment there's only basketball, no football as there are just practice games.
Shapingba District, Ciqikou restored heritage site, 10 June 2006
++NIGHT SHOTS++
22. Wide of man playing with football in street
23. Various of man playing with football
24. People eating at an outdoor restaurant
25. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Xu Lijun, restaurant owner:
Around here there are many customers; and some pass by, they see the good atmosphere, stay, watch the game and consume!
26. People eating
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Although China failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2006, football fever has gripped tens of millions of Chinese people around the country.
The likes of Shanghai on the wealthier seaside are now football crazy - but so are cities like Chongqing, some two-thousand kilometres (1,240 miles) to the west, in China's heartland.
Some organise special nights of dancing and singing around the sporting event - never mind that it is happening 11-thousand kilometres (6,835 miles) away, in Germany - while more and more bars broadcast the World Cup live on TV.
Local fans are confident that, next time around, China can take on the world.
Yang Mei pins her hopes on China's youth to deliver tomorrow's glory: We've lost out for the moment. But we have young people who play football, she said.
But with the World Cup being held in Europe, Asia has to cope with the time difference.
A 2 pm (1300GMT) kick off in Munich means 9 pm in Chongqing. An evening game at 2100 (1900gmt) in Germany ends at 5 am in China.
Wang Xuming, President of the Chongqing football fans association, said some fans have changed their work routine in order to be able to watch the games.
There are many government officials - they can re-arrange their time, ask for leave and work flexible hours. If some game is not that important, they can miss it. But they won't miss the important games, he said.
An hour's drive from the big city, Chongqing's rural townships appear unaffected.
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Li Ching Yuen The longest living chinese human 256 YEARS
Li Ching-Yuen was born at an uncertain date in Qijiang Xian, Sichuan, Qing Empire. He spent most of his life in the mountains and was skilled in Qigong. He worked as an herbalist, selling lingzhi, goji berry, wild ginseng, he shou wu and gotu kola along with other Chinese herbs, and lived off a diet of these herbs and rice wine. It was generally accepted in Sichuan, that Li was fully literate as a child, and that by his tenth birthday had travelled to Kansu, Shansi, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand and Manchuria with the purpose of gathering herbs, continuing with this occupation for a century, before beginning to purvey instead herbs gathered by others. It was after this he relocated to Kai Xian and there Li supposedly, at 72 years of age, in 1749, joined the army of provincial Commander-in-Chief Yeuh Jong Chyi, as a teacher of martial arts and as a tactical advisor. In 1927, the National Revolutionary Army General Yang Sen invited him to his residence in Wan Xian, Sichuan, where the picture shown in this article was taken. The Chinese Warlord Wu Peifu took him into his home in an attempt to discover the secret of living 250 years. He died from natural causes on 6 May 1933 in Kai Xian, Sichuan, Republic of China and was survived by his 24th wife, a woman of 60 years. Li supposedly produced over 200 descendants during his life span, surviving 23 wives. Other sources credit him with 180 descendants, over 11 generations, living at the time of his death and 14 marriages. After his death, the aforementioned Yang Sen wrote a report about him, A Factual Account of the 250 Year-Old Good-Luck Man, in which he described Li's appearance: He has good eyesight and a brisk stride; Li stands seven feet tall, has very long fingernails, and a ruddy complexion.
Timeline of Li Ching-Yuen’s Life According to General Yang Sen
In Qijiang County, Sichuan province, in the year 1677 Li Qingyun was born. By age thirteen he had embarked upon a life of gathering herbs in the mountains with three elders. At age fifty-one, he served as a tactical and topography advisor in the army of General Yu Zhongqi. When seventy-eight he retired from his military career after fighting in a battle at Golden River, and returned to a life of gathering herbs on Snow Mountain in Sichuan province. Due to his military service in the army of General Yu Zhongqi, the imperial government sent a document congratulating Li on his one hundredth year of life, as was subsequently done on his 150th and 200th birthdays. In 1928, Dean Wu Chung-chien of the Department of Education at Minkuo University discovered the imperial documents showing these birthday wishes to Li Qingyun. His discovery was first reported in the two leading Chinese newspapers of that period, North China Daily News and Shanghai Declaration News, and then one year later in 1929 by The New York Times and Time magazine. Both of these Western publications also reported the death of Li Qingyun in May 1933. In 1908 Li Qingyun and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, The Secrets of Li Qingyun’s Immortality. In 1920, General Xiong Yanghe interviewed Li, publishing an article about it in the Nanjing University paper that same year.
In 1926, Wu Peifu invited Li to Beijing. This visit coincides with Li teaching at the Beijing University Meditation Society at the invitation of the famous meditation master and author Yin Shi Zi. Then in 1927, General Yang Sen invited Li to Wanxian, where the first known photographs of Li were taken. Word spread throughout China of Li Qingyun, and Yang Sen's commander, General Chiang Kaishek, requested Li to visit Nanjing. However, when Yang Sen's envoys arrived at Li’s hometown of Chenjiachang, they were told by Li’s wife and disciples that he had died in nature, offering no more information. So, his actual date of death and location has never been verified.
What's the Arrangement for Zhang Dejiang?
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Bo Xilai was dismissed from his position as Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) secretary of Chongqing city in March this year.
Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang succeeded the position.
As a key member of Jiang Zemin's faction, Zhang Dejiang has
taken several major high-profile actions after getting on board.
The CCP 18th National Congress is coming, and there is
much news circulating about the incoming arrangement.
What is the impact of those major actions for
Zhang Dejiang's future? Let's see the report.
In April this year, people in Wansheng district Chongqing
launched a large scale uprising against the government
in protest of a forced merge of
Wansheng district into Qijiang County.
But under the requirement of Zhang Dejiang, the local
media said that the incident was initiated by Falun Gong.
Residents of Wansheng district Chongqing city told
the Epoch Times that from June 5 to June 8,
the TV channel and newspaper of Wansheng Economic
Development Zone reported that
the Wansheng Protest was initiated by
Falun Gong practitioners and drug addicts.
The reports encourage people to report clues,
and said they will grant 2,000 to 50,000 yuan ($315 to $7,880) to each informer.
An NTD reporter double checked with officials from Wansheng
Economic Development Zone Management Committee, and confirmed this fact.
According to Minghui.org, a website that reports on the
Falun Gong community globally,
many Falun Gong practitioners in Chongqing
have been harassed and kidnapped since April.
On August 19 alone, more than 20 practitioners
were abducted by Chongqing city police.
In addition, nearly 50 primary and middle schools
in Beipei district Chongqing city were asked
to establish a so-called anti-cult column,
the main purpose of which is to defame Falun Gong.
A Chongqing resident: I'm not a Falun Gong practitioner.
I'm don't belong to any party, but I support democracy.
Whether it's Bo Xilai or Zhang Dejiang,
neither are good officials.
After moving to Chongqing, Zhang Dejiang
has taken care of neither social welfare nor livelihood.
In fact, Zhang Dejiang has been persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners for many years.
Mr. Erping Zhang, spokesman for Falun Gong,
pointed out that
Zhang Dejiang was involved in the organ harvesting
from living Falun Gong practitioners
when he was CCP secretary of Guangdong province.
His hands are full of blood.
According to Guangzhou Daily's report in May 2005 and
the introduction page of the Guangdong Province Organ Transplant Research Center's website,
Chen Guihua, director of the Liver Transplant Center
of Guangzhou Zhongshan 3rd Hospital, has done over 1,000 liver transplant operations.
Erping Zhang: Zhang Dejiang follows Jiang Zemin's
direction to suppress Falun Gong.
We thus urge all kindhearted Chinese to stand up
to stop this persecution.
Meanwhile, we hope to expose this evil and bring it
to the attention have the international community and the kind people in China.
On November 7, 2005, the court case to sue Zhang Dejiang
for the crime of torture was taken to the High Court of
New South Wales, Australia by Xie Yan,
a Falun Gong practitioner.
In the beginning of June 2006, the High Court held a hearing.
It's said that this event shocked the Beijing government.
In 2006, the World Organization to Investigate the
Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) issued a tracing notice,
in which Zhang Dejiang, as a provincial party secretary,
was ranked top in the list be traced.
Wang Zhiyuan, chairman of WOIPFG:
We recorded all the persecutory actions of Zhang Dejiang
that he carried out on Falun Gong practitioners
in Guangzhou and Chongqing.
No matter who involved in the persecution,
he cannot not escape from the long arm of the law, and he will one day face retribution.
Zhang Dejiang sells himself out working for Jiang Zemin,
but he's had bad luck during his time in Guangdong.
Incidents such as the Guangdong people's launch of an
expel Zhang movement with the slogan Guangdong people
will not happy if Zhang Dejiang takes power, the Shenzhen
Airlines black-hole-loss of tens of millions yuan, etc.
Recently, there's been so much news about the personnel
changes which occurred during CCP's 18th National Congress.
Some Hong Kong media reported that Zhang Dejiang is not
in the new member list of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Some analysts have said that Hu Jintao may use his full
retirement to block any promotion of Jiang Zemin's faction members.
Although the public opinion is very unfavorable for
Zhang Dejiang, we can't yet check the truth of the information.
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On 2 of March , a group of Chongqing province has more than 900 dogs will be shipped to guangdong zhanjiang slaughter, but by the masses to intercept and government report.The dog's unclear source, has lost dog owners find stolen dogs.The other car has a lot of dogs in serious condition and even death.Chinese activists recently stood up to dog meat traders and rescued the 900 dogs bound for slaughter for human consumption.Many of the dogs were clearly stolen family pets, even wearing tags and collars: Huskies, German Shepherds, Poodles and the like, many extremely ill and dying from the slave ship like conditions of the truck and cages. One woman found her lost Golden Retriever on the truck, but was told she could not take him home unless she paid off the trader. The activists were beaten and after a 50 hour standoff finally rescued all of the dogs. However, by that time some dogs had died and the activists were forced to bury them at the scene.The world has watched these pictures and videos in astonishment that in this day and age people could be so fiendish and barbaric. Everyday dogs and cats are dying in the smashed cages on the trucks, denied food and water for days, then skinned alive in front of the other dogs to increase terror and suffering. Some of the dogs give birth while in the cages and many pups die because of crushing, filthy conditions or simply falling out of the cages. Workers throw the cages to the ground when unloading the trucks, breaking the bones of the dogs. A recent undercover operation showed the skinned animals actually able to still lift their heads after being thrown into a pile of other dogs!
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Chongqing
Chongqing (Chinese: 重庆; pinyin: Chóngqìng (English pronunciation: /tʃɒŋ ˈtʃɪŋ/); former official name: Chungking (English pronunciation: /tʃʌŋ ˈkɪŋ/)) is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in inland China.
The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the sub-provincial city administration that was part of Sichuan province. As of 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 28,846,170. According to this census, Chongqing is the most populous Chinese municipality, although the urbanized area is estimated to have a population of only 6 or 7 million, whereas the built-up area made up of 8 out of 9 urban districts (all but Beibei not yet built-up) was home to 6,777,229 inhabitants at the 2010 census. Chongqing is the largest direct-controlled municipality in China, and comprises 21 districts, 13 counties, and 4 autonomous counties.
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Li Ching-Yuen
Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun (simplified Chinese: 李清云; traditional Chinese: 李清雲; pinyin: Lǐ Qīngyún; died May 6, 1933) was a Chinese herbalist who supposedly lived to be over 256 years old. He claimed to be born in 1736, while disputed records suggest 1677. Both alleged lifespans of 197 and 256 years far exceed the longest confirmed lifespan of 122 years and 164 days of the French woman Jeanne Calment. His true date of birth was never determined. He was reported to be a martial artist, herbalist and tactical advisor.
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Chongqing | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:20 1 History
00:02:29 1.1 Ancient history
00:02:47 1.2 Imperial era
00:05:20 1.3 Provisional capital of the Republic of China
00:06:55 1.4 Municipality status
00:08:15 1.5 Organised crime and the gang trials
00:09:47 2 Geography
00:09:56 2.1 Physical geography and topography
00:13:31 2.2 Climate
00:16:34 2.3 Air
00:17:09 3 Administrative divisions
00:18:13 3.1 Urban areas
00:18:35 4 Central Chongqing
00:18:45 4.1 Districts
00:21:02 4.2 Landforms
00:22:29 4.3 Bridges
00:23:22 4.4 Aerial tramway
00:24:09 5 Demographics
00:26:57 6 Politics
00:30:20 7 Military
00:31:11 8 Economy
00:37:35 8.1 Economic and technological development zones
00:38:16 9 Transport
00:39:10 9.1 River port
00:40:23 9.2 Railways
00:42:23 9.3 Highways
00:44:28 9.4 Airports
00:49:36 9.5 Public transit
00:51:16 10 Culture
00:51:25 10.1 Language
00:52:14 10.2 Tourism
00:57:48 10.3 Media
00:58:28 10.4 Cuisine
01:01:21 10.5 Sports and recreation
01:01:30 10.5.1 Association football
01:03:36 10.5.2 Basketball
01:03:59 10.5.3 Sport venues
01:05:15 10.6 Religion
01:06:04 10.7 Notable people
01:08:23 11 Education
01:08:33 11.1 Colleges and universities
01:10:27 11.2 Notable high schools
01:11:41 11.3 International schools
01:12:06 12 International relations
01:12:16 12.1 Consulates
01:12:25 12.2 Twin towns – sister cities
01:14:24 13 See also
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Chongqing (, also US: , Chinese: [ʈʂʰʊ̌ŋ.tɕʰîŋ] (listen)), alternately romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in China located far away from the coast.Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China (ROC) administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945); during this period, Chongqing was listed as one of the world's four anti-fascist command centers, along with Washington, D.C., London and Moscow. The current municipality was recreated on 14 March 1997 to help develop the central and western parts of China. The Chongqing administrative municipality has a population of over 30 million, spread over an area the size of Austria. The city of Chongqing made of 9 urban districts has a much smaller population of 18,384,100 as of 2016 estimation. According to the 2010 census, Chongqing is the most populous Chinese municipality, and also the largest direct-controlled municipality in China, containing 26 districts, eight counties, and four autonomous counties.
The official abbreviation of the city, Yu (渝), was approved by the State Council on 18 April 1997. This abbreviation is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds into the Yangtze River.
Chongqing has a significant history and culture. Being one of China's National Central Cities, it serves as the economic centre of the upstream Yangtze basin. It is a major manufacturing centre and transportation hub; a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit described it as one of China's 13 emerging megalopolises.