May 28, 2008
Located in the west gate of Jinmei Garden in Jinsha road, there is a parlor called “Red Dragon Tattoo Studio” (赤龍紋身)—four words in red lettering. Different tattoo designs lay in the shop window, artistic though simple. Separated from the waiting room with the glass door, a curtain provides some privacy for customers. It’s easy to see the equipment and tools in the studio are quite professional, and everything there seems in order. Perhaps it’s part of the reason that there’s a new type of customer these days at the parlor: young professional women. Read more…
May 21, 2008
On May 12th at 14:28, a devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck in Wenchuan county, an Abei Zang and Qiang national minority autonomous region in Sichuan province, wreaking destruction over much of Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces and Chongqing, according to Shantou Daily. Read more…
May 21, 2008
Shantou’s cultural service and law enforcement agency enforced the notice that all entertainment establishments were directed to pause their operation because of the national lamentation period. They received a pressing notice from Guangdong province’s ministry of culture. All entertainment establishments were directed to suspend their operation for three days, from May 19th to May 21st, according to Shantou Daily. Read more…
May 1, 2008
On the evening of April 19th, two muggers on a motorcycle robbed a female pedestrian in Danxia Zhuang of Longhu area, according to an article in the Shantou Daily. The victim was towed for hundreds of meters by the robbers’ motorcycle and was badly injured. The public security bureau is investigating the incident. Read more…
Apr 16, 2008
Located on a hill near Shantou Seismological Bureau, near Shantou University, there is a dilapidated shanty standing amid a rubbish dump. A dog is barking outside the shanty, seemingly at his master. An old man with gray hair stoops with difficulty to pick up the wine bottles which are thrown away by others. When he finishes separating the rubbish into different categories, he lights up a cigarette and puffs deeply.
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Mar 31, 2008
A meeting to develop intellectual property rights awareness and promote small business was held in Shantou last week.
The “2008 Guangdong/Hong Kong Seminar on Intellectual Property and the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (Shantou)” was jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office, the Municipal Government of Shantou City and the Intellectual Property Department of the HKSAR Government, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) at Junhua hotel in Shantou. Read more…
