. The Chinese have been spinning diabolos for a thousand years. We visit a festival in Beijing to see what all the fuss is about.
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Ouch! Science Shows Benefits of Acupuncture
Ouch! Science Shows Benefits of Acupuncture . Acupuncture, or the art of sticking needles into people to improve their health, has been a popular alternative medicine for thousands of years, even though we don’t know exactly how it works. But science may be on the verge of changing this. Dominic Swire has more. .
Experts Say Cigarette Warnings Should be Bigger
. There are about 300 million smokers in China – that’s about the same number as the population of the United States. Each year over one million of these people die because of their habit. To reduce these figures the Chinese government wants to enlarge warning signs on cigarette packets. But some say even more […]
Food Prices Up – Again
. A new report from the World Bank confirms what many of us already feared: the cost of food is getting higher. And Chinese shoppers are feeling the pinch. Dominic Swire has the report. .
Serious Business of China’s Toy Industry
. It may seem like a load of fun and games, but the Chinese Toy Industry is serious business. About 70 percent of the world’s toys are manufactured in China and toys are now one of the five most important export products for the country. While new standards for toy imports to the EU have […]