China Slows Nuclear Expansion
An anonymous reader writes "Hui Zhang and Shangui Zhao describe China's decision to move ahead with nuclear power. Following the Fukushima Daiichi accident, China slowed its rapid expansion of nuclear power and undertook a major reevaluation of safety practices. The government has now resumed approval of new nuclear power projects, and is cautiously moving forward. Good description of safety issues that remain." They are suspending in-land construction, and are aiming at 58GWe instead of 80GWe of generation capacity by 2020. It's still more than the 40GWe they planned to build under their 2007 plans.
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Youth turning their backs on "Singapore Dream"
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ong Hui Juan spent nearly four years working in a British bank in Singapore, but decided to leave last year to pursue her passion of working with youth - an unusual and...
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Video: Robber scared away from gold shop with a chair and a stick
A robber was first fought off with a chair and a stick, and then caught, soon after he tried to rob a gold shop in Hui'an County in southeast China's Fujian Province. The surprise was the arsenal found on his person by the police after his arrest.
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Female Factor: A Model of Inclusion for Muslim Women
China's liberal Hui tradition challenges the power of Wahhabism, the puritanical, patriarchal Muslim sect dominant in Saudi Arabia today that is behind much Islamic extremism.
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Female Factor: A Model of Inclusion for Muslim Women
China's liberal Hui tradition challenges the power of Wahhabism, the puritanical, patriarchal Muslim sect dominant in Saudi Arabia today that is behind much Islamic extremism.
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