Word: xia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...offices of the Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection, where experts study how Japan became one of the world's greenest countries, with the aim of applying those lessons and methods to China. "Japan, on an international level, is a responsible country," says the center's vice director, Xia Guang. "We recognize that Japan's work promoting environmental protection in China has real seriousness, and we thank the government and people of Japan...
...before 8 a.m., they were greeted by a sign at the front gate that said because of concerns about the safety of parents and their children, festivities would not take place. Instead, those who showed up were given pamphlets explaining that hygiene was very important after an earthquake. Wu Xia, a mother who came with her 11-year-old daughter, said the explanation "seemed strange" because children currently attend classes for three hours a day in tents set up just outside the school, which was damaged but remained standing. "I don't understand why they had to cancel today...
...Jesse Cohen, Cora K. Currier, Bora Fezga, Johnny H. Hu, Benjamin M. Jaffe, Lauren D. Kiel, Kevin C. Leu, Lingbo Li, Nini S. Moorhead, Alexandra Perloff-Giles, Michelle L. Quach, Lindsay P. Tanne, Shan Wang, Heekwon Seo, Chelsea L. Shover, David J. Smolinsky, Vidya B. Viswanathan, Maria Y. Xia, and Esther I. Yi contributed to the reporting of this story.—Staff writer Maxwell L. Child can be reached at mchild@fas.harvard.edu...
...theory, hutongs inside the ring are strictly protected. But last May, developers suddenly appeared on Xia Jie's doorstep, knocking down two houses and issuing a notice for 23 households to move out. The city had given permission for the construction of a 12-story office building and an adjacent apartment block, the builders said. "It was so offensive," says Xia. "They gave us 14 days to move out. It's like being a second-class citizen in your own country." She says she spoke to the other residents and many of them agreed with her that there...
...Back at Dongsibatiao, Xia Jie says things have taken a surprising turn for the better since residents received their eviction notices in May. Xia says she confronted the developer and brought evidence that proper legal procedures hadn't been followed, arguing that the permission granted by the city government for the project was therefore invalid. Soon after, there was a sudden change of attitude. The range of the project was scaled back so that it will now involve a smaller, six-story building to be sited on the edge of the hutong. Other buildings taken over by the developer...