On Jan 25, 2012, a major network outage at NTT Docomo Inc in Tokyo left 2.5 million subscribers unable to make voice or data calls for approximately four and a half hours.
Given the wide disparity in their lines of business, it's not often that Mercedes-Benz, Starbucks and Nokia share the same marketing platform. However, in China, these companies share a common goal: becoming a key influence in the "virtual town square".
The dismantling of the Railways Ministry, which was announced in March, has been seen by many as removing the largest obstacle to long-awaited reforms of China's rail industry.
Zhejiang woman has cared for more than 30 children, reports Yang Wanli from Jinhua.
At this year's provincial two sessions meetings in Zhejiang, two deputies from Jinhua city made separate proposals for the province to act as a pilot in a program aimed at promoting government approval of private adoptions.
In Jinhua's First Children's Welfare Home, more than 60 children are divided into several groups.
Taking care of hospital patients doesn't appear to present much of a challenge to Dai Chang, a 50-year-old father of two and former farmer. For the most part, his work - giving sponge baths, reminding patients to take their medicine and informing the nurses when an intravenous drip needs replacing - doesn't require any professional skills.
Private healthcare is becoming an increasingly popular way for Chinese people to receive medical care. In addition to hiring healthcare workers, more people, mostly in urban areas, are willing to pay for a professional nursing service which provides safe, convenient and professional medical care, but at a higher price.
Few stalls were open on Sunday in Shanghai's Wanshang flower and bird market in the wake of deaths from the H7N9 strain of bird flu. Sunday is usually the busiest day of the week as bird lovers of all ages wander around and listen to the chorus of thousands of birds.
Designer Chris Liu has made his home in London - living and working in one of the city's trendiest districts - but his creative influences hark back to China, in particular people in an army troupe that his set-designer father was attached to. The young Liu traveled all over the nation during the 1970s with a People's Liberation Army theatrical ensemble. Members were allowed access to imported fashion and lifestyle magazines, which gave the impressionable youngster a glimpse into a colorful new world.
From the outside it looks like a typical Belgian house, but inside the building in Antwerp, lies an Aladdin's Cave of Chinese paintings, calligraphy, books and decorations.
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