UN tackles climate change effects

Officials from UN member states are gathering in Geneva for a five-day conference on climate change.

Holiday homes: share in the luxury, save on the cost

(The Guardian)
By Zoe Dare Hall

When a holiday home shifts from being a source of pleasure to something that keeps you awake at night, selling up or finding a permanent tenant are the usual solutions.
But some owners are choosing a third way, selling shares in their property while retaining a stake themselves, to make it a [...]

Catwalk capital

(The Guardian)
By Sarah Mower
It is 25 years since London Fashion Week started showcasing the outrageous and trendsetting talents who’ve made the city unique among fashion capitals. To introduce our 24-page celebration, Sarah Mower, a front-row veteran, charts the weird and wonderful world of British style

Prince performs at Matthew Williamson’s 10th anniversary show, London Fashion Week, [...]

Two-mic system detects fetal heart rate anomalies, prenatal beat sampling

(Engadget)

Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology’s A.K. Mittra and associates have devised a clever and inexpensive early warning detection system for monitoring the fetal heart rate of that bun months-long in the oven. With two microphones — one placed on the pregnant soon-to-be mother’s abdomen and one inside the bedroom — hooked up to a [...]

Myanmar refugees weigh risks of returning from China

(Reuters) – Refugees who fled to China from armed clashes in northeast Myanmar are weighing a return to farms, homes and shops against fear of the Myanmar army, while both governments sought to play up a return to normality.
By Monday, Myanmar troops appeared to have won control of Kokang, a heavily ethnic Chinese enclave controlled [...]

Many Women Stayed Away From the Polls In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 30 — Five years ago, with the country at peace, traditional taboos easing and Western donors pushing for women to participate in democracy, millions of Afghan women eagerly registered and then voted for president. In a few districts, female turnout was even higher than male turnout.
But on Aug. 20, when Afghans again went [...]

Strobolight (UK )

Event information
Tagline:后摇滚/独立摇滚
Host:Yugong Yishan
TypeMusic – Concert
Time and place
Date:31 August 2009
Time:21:00 – 1:00
Location:Yugong Yishan
Street:Zhang Zizhong Road 3-2
Neighbourhood:东城区(Dongcheng)Phone:64042711E-mail:info@yugongyishan.comDescription: STROBOLIGHT (UK 英国)
Strobolight are a 4-piece indie / post rock band. The four members met while studying at Oxford University. Graeme and Robin are from the UK and Sen and Ken are from China. Strobolight, reject verse-chorus song structures in [...]

Provisional Danza

Event information
Tagline:Instituto Cervantes, Dance, Spanish
Host:Xibanyayu
TypeOther – Theater
Time and place
Date:31 August 2009
Time:19:00 – 21:00
Location:Fengchao Theatre
Street:Dongzhimenwai. Xin Zhong Jie
Neighbourhood:朝阳区(Chaoyang)
E-mail:cult2pek@cervantes.org.cn
Description:
As part of the parallel activities for Beijing International Book Fair (this year Spain is the Guest of Honour country), Fengchao Theatre, in cooperation with Instituto Cervantes, will show the 31st of August at 19:00 “Heaven in my pocket”, [...]

Feeling Flush, China’s CIC Opens Wallet

China’s sovereign-wealth fund is anticipating a positive return on its investments this year and may ask the Chinese government for more capital to deploy, its chairman said.
China Investment Corp. Chairman Lou Jiwei, speaking on the sidelines of an economics conference in Beijing on Saturday, said investment in CIC’s global portfolio for “one month this year [...]

Young Americans in China (Part II)

Hannah Seligson’s article about young Americans in China certainly hit a responsive chord. Not only did it top the list as the New York Times most e-mailed article, but it also was the cover story on Yahoo.   At a time when many university and business school graduates are concerned about their careers in the United [...]