Word: xiao
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...intake group had higher risks: a 10.3% risk of death from breast cancer and an 11.2% risk of recurrence. "I think based on our study, I am quite comfortable saying that soy food, particularly a moderate amount, is safe, and potentially beneficial," says the study's lead author, Dr. Xiao-Ou Shu, an epidemiologist at Vanderbilt...
...temporary easing up during the 2008 Olympics, China's system of online controls has grown noticeably stricter in recent months, and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are now blocked. The decision to block Twitter followed the Iranian use of the social networking site in June, says Xiao Qiang, the director of the China Internet Project at the University of California, Berkeley. Websites discussing sensitive topics like Tibet, the Tiananmen crackdown and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement are also routinely blocked, and in the Xinjiang region, which experienced bloody ethnic riots in July, people are barred from public...
...know, in China, it's a great shame to put a parent into a nursing home." In China the social contract has been straightforward for centuries: parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they reach their dotage. When, for example, real estate developer Jiang Xiao Li and his wife recently bought a new, larger apartment in Shanghai, they did so in part because they know that in a few years, his parents will move in with them. Jiang's parents will help take care of Jiang's daughter, and as they age, Jiang and his wife...
...While we have avoided the worst recession since the Great Depression, we are probably heading for another asset bubble and more financial turbulence," Qin Xiao, chairman of China Merchants Group, wrote in Thursday's Financial Times. Qin said he didn't think "a quick, steep bounce driven by fiscal fixed investment is a good thing for China," adding that the current loose monetary policy should shift to neutral. On Thursday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped by 0.5% and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.6% on concerns that China would begin to tighten monetary policy in response to fears...
...housed in a heritage building on several floors, each decorated with wooden screens, dangling lanterns and gilded birdcages in the Chinese folk manner. One room is decked out like a noodle shop, another like a Chinese wine store. Most fitting, considering the delightful show that comes with dining xiao chi-style, is the room that resembles a shadow-puppet theater. For reservations, call...