The massive earthquake that hit Yushu has struck a sympathetic chord among overseas Chinese worldwide. They are doing what they can to help out the ongoing rescue and relief work.

"When disaster strikes, help comes from all sides." This well known Chinese saying... is now very much being put into practice.

This is Qin Xiqiu, an eighty year old man living in Thailand.

On April the 20th, he went to the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, and donated 100,000 yuan for the relief work in Yushu.

And donations from overseas Chinese are not simply limited to Qin Xiqiu's offer.

Nordic Chinese Newspaper was established in Stockholm on Saturday with the support of Chinese Union of all Chinese associations in Sweden. The unveiling ceremony was held on the same day with about 100 participants.
Zong Jinbo, President of the newly launched newspaper and chief editor spoke at the opening ceremony.

"As Shanghaiese I am full of honor and responsibilities to my birthplace's upcoming Expo." Shi Zhongze who has lived in Australia for over 20 years is planning his tour route of the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

"I have contacted a big group of friends, it is like a small ' Home for World Expo' tour, and the size of the tour is still growing!"

During the afternoon, the sunrays penetrated into a finely designed, east meets west style cafe, Shi as the boss wrapped up his work, and talk with Xinhua tirelessly and eagerly about his emotions to the Shanghai World Expo.

As of 2009, official figures showed there are a total of 145,000 Chinese nationals residing in Spain. The majority migrated to the south European country starting in the late 1980s. So far, 22,000 of them have taken Spanish citizenship. Although the number of Chinese nationals in Spain is much less than those in Romania, Ecuador and Bolivia, some 27,000 Chinese immigrants own their own businesses in Spain.

Ethnic restaurants in Auckland are being forced to think beyond sweet and sour pork, fried won tons and sushi - and those which do not keep up with the times are facing the curtain.

Auckland's oldest Chinese restaurant, the New Orient, closed this month after nearly 40 years in business.

This follows the closure of the city's oldest Japanese restaurant, the Ariake Restaurant and Sushi Bar, which folded in the same week after 30 years.

Operators of the two restaurants say changing expectations from Kiwis and new migrants have largely contributed to their demise.

The development of the Brasilia Chinese company is a textbook example of the success of Chinese entrepreneurs in Latin America. With China's economic development, there is a growing Chinese population in Brazil, Argentina and other South American countries. Most enterprises generally started as small businesses. Zhaoxiao Wu, of the Brasilia Chinese Overseas Chinese Association, told us that five years ago when he first came here for business, there were fewer than 20 Chinese, but now there are at least 100.

Shen Yun Performing Arts has caused quite a stir in Taiwan and many celebrities in artistic circles were drawn to seeing the show because of its good reputation. Accompanied by her husband who is a medical doctor, Ms. Lin Yongqui, Standing Board Member of the Tainan Women's Association, was one of those who attended the Shen Yun Performing Arts New York Company’s show in Tainan on April 3. She was deeply touched by the connotations of the Shen Yun show that her eyes brimmed with tears from time to time. She added in excitement, “I am in the mood that I feel like sharing it with others.”

CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) 2nd Prestige Brands Forum 2010 had a grand opening on March 27. The topic of the peak dialog this time focused on China - "a blessed place" for the world's luxury goods industry. The leader of China's top fashion luxury brand NE.TIGER, on behalf of the Chinese luxury goods industry, had a high-end debate with the top talent, senior scholars and experts of the industry. Mr.

In response to watan_satria's blog, I have this to say, comment what you want but this is my opinion, so don't take it at heart.

QUOTE ; "WHILE Singapore is busy attracting talents from abroad, some 4,500 of its own better-educated citizens may be heading for New Zealand. Between end-January and mid-March, some 4,500 Singaporeans had registered – a whooping 78% of the total world responses. This is roughly 12% of the 39,000 babies born here annually".

Starting with the second half of 1990s, Turkish-Chinese relations have had a considerable revival.

Along this process, officials from both countries have made numerous mutual visits on many levels, signing a number of agreements. However, the events that took place on July 5th 2009 in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang Wéiwú'er Zìzhìqu / 新疆新 疆维吾尔自治区/ have caused great anger among the Turkish public.