Wall Street Journal reporters Marcus Walker and Joellen Perry spoke with German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück about the financial crisis, its fallout in Europe, and calls for a pan-European solution. 

German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück, left, and Economics Minister Michael Glos take part in the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin. (Reuters)

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From Reuters:
Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on Thursday.
Offending pedestrians, moped riders and cyclists would be snapped at selected intersections and their images put in regular columns and on special television programmes set [...]

Zhou Zhengyu, deputy director of the Beijing municipal committee of communications announced in a recent press conference that the cheap bus fares that Beijingers have been enjoying during the Olympics will continue after the games.
We are all in support of more public transport to save the environment and to ease traffic congestion, but we are [...]

Anxious parents queue up yesterday afternoon at Sanlu Milk’s main distribution centre in Ruzhou, Henan (????) to return the infant milk powder they bought from the company. The queues spilt over into the streets and caused massive traffic jams.
In the latest food scandal to rock China, at least 100 infants (including at least 22 in [...]

Wednesday August 27 At The Blues Room, it’s time for the second “Battle of the bands”, where local rock musicians compete for honour and free studio time. Find out more here.
At 146 Tongren Road, near Beijing road, ???146???????
Thursday August 28 It’s movie night at Arch, this week The Great Debaters, a movie based on a [...]

Many businesses in Beijing expected the Olympics to bring a boost to the local economy, but an article in The Economist has proved the opposite. Due to visa restrictions and the temporary shutdown of many bars, restaurants and street vendors, local shops have actually witnessed a downturn in business. Furthermore lower than expected visitor numbers [...]

For sports apparel brands, the Olympics are arguably the most important stage for marketing. So how did the sports marketers fare with the Chinese market in these Olympics? Here’s a look at how things played out for Adidas, Li-Ning, Nike, Puma and Speedo.
Adidas

Adidas reportedly shelled out 70 million euros to be an official Olympic sponsor. [...]

Considering our proximity to Hong Kong, mediocre Cantonese cuisine seems to be the rule of thumb around here. ??? (“tea canteens”) in the true Hong Kong fashion are few and far between while the better of dim sum restaurants are so crowded that by the time you secure a table, the Shanghai Expo would have [...]

ADHD can pose significant problems for teenagers. However, if treated, many of these young people can lead remarkably healthy and productive lives; others have been known to  reach the ranks of ‘geniuses’.  However left untreated, ADHD teenagers can have serious problems.
Here are a few known facts about ADHD in teenagers :
Teenagers with Attention Deficit [...]