Drought in China North

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Keith Bradsher, Crops Wither and Prices Rise as China Deals with Drought. New York Times, Feb 4, 2011 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/world/asia/04china.html?scp=1&sq=china%20drought&st=cse
("Some of the driest areas are close to Beijing, which has had no appreciable precipitation since Oct. 23")


---------------------------------Separately
(1) 研究颜色革命 俄中不同对待埃及示威. VOA Chinese, Feb 3, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110203-Russia-China-Different-Reaction-Egypt-115183879.html
(克里姆林宫比中南海自信)

(2) One-fingered dinosaur fossil found in China. Washington Post, Jan 25, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012505299.html

Note: Linhenykus monodactylus 单指 临河爪龙 (发现于内蒙古临河市; monodactylus is Latin for "one finger")

(3) Richard Verrier, California Visual Effects Firms Facing a Bleak Landscape. Foreign locales are luring away productions and work with tax credits and cheaper labor, causing once-successful companies to close. Los Angeles Times, Feb 1, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-visual-effects-20110201,0,3461953.story

(4) Stuart Pfeifer, Orange County Businessman Barred from Leaving China for Two Weeks Returns to U.S.  Brian Horowitz of Mission Viejo, who was told he couldn't leave until he paid a Chinese supplier $250,000 to settle a lawsuit, flew home Jan. 18 after his wife wired the funds to China.
Los Angeles Times, Jan 28, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-horowitz-20110128,0,6444397.story

(5) Barbara Demick, In Beijing, Car Ownership Rules Drive Auto Sales. As the Chinese capital limits the number of cars to ease pollution and gridlock, people who had been putting off buying a car are taking the plunge and entering the license plate lottery. Los Angeles Times, Jan 24, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-cars-20110124,0,4661159.story
("Nothing like being told you can't to make you want")

(6) Stephen Ceasar, Riverside firm to make motor homes for Chinese market. Los Angeles Times, Jan 21, 2011.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-rv-20110121,0,4399875.story

Note: For motor home, see recreational vehicle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreational_vehicle
(Recreational vehicle or RV is, in North America, the usual term for a motor vehicle equipped with living space and amenities found in a home)
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