Big Bird goes red

Article Abstract:

Children's Television Workshop has been closely involved in developing a Chinese production of the popular educational television programme 'Sesame Street.' This will be broadcast in China by Shanghai Television from Feb 1998. Each half-hour programme will be made up of three-minute slots with a basic educational content, and there will also be short films produced in China. Producing the Chinese version has cost $4 million for the first 130 episodes, with around three-quarters of the cost being met by General Electric.

Motion picture & video production, Motion Picture and Video Production, TV Program Production, Television production, Television programs for children, Sesame Street (Television program)

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Water, water everywhere: Beijing mops up massive floods

Article Abstract:

Vast floods in China have affected 10% of the population, drowning more than 1600 and leaving many others ill from polluted drinking water. Floods may be worsening, not because of changed weather, but because of deforestation upstream and the conversion of thousands of lakes downstream into rice paddies since the 1940s. The 1996 floods will certainly cause more than $5 billion in damage, and may destroy 2.5% of the rice crop and 4.8% of the cotton. The government is responding better than in 1991, however.

Natural disasters, Floods

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Bo knows business

Article Abstract:

Mayor Bo Xilai of Dalian, China, takes a hands-on approach that endears him to his constituents and foreign investors alike, possibly leading to a high- level post after this term or the next. The son of former vice-premier and finance minister Bo Yibo, Xilai has drawn on his father's position but also worked up through the ranks to reach mayor. His personal involvement can mean ordering park fences and choosing floor tiles, even replacing the dirt at a golf course.

Political activity, Political aspects, Bo Xilai, Dalian, China

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