Scenes of daily life at the dog shelter of Weinan, Shaanxi Province in China where, for the last six years, five elderly women have been feeding and caring for more than 1,300 stray dogs they’ve saved from the pound (and certain death).
Every morning at 4am, the women, including 60-year-old founder Wang Yanfan, prepare 400 kg of dog food, funded by donations, bless ’em.
Wff.
‘sup?
This morning.
Leon writes:
The Chinese New Year committee came out to Temple Bar and the Millenium Bridge to launch the Chinese New Year Festival 2015, ‘The year of the Sheep’ with sheeps and sheep sculptures. The Festival will take place in Dublin from February 8-14 For Festival information seelink below or follow or Twitter (@dcnyf) for regular updates.
From top: Dublin Lord Mayor Christy Burke and Luke Wang (age 7), along with Amy Yin Zhang; Luke and Amy with friend; Luke; from left: Fiona Hughes, Niamh O’Hare and Aine Roddy; Unidentified dog owner.
Chinese New Year in Ireland (Cny.ie)
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Laura Williams writes:
This was sewn inside a jumper I tried on in one of the bigger hight street chains…
Anyone?
Ireland’s China’s favourite New York standup comedian Des Bishop as profiled on BBC News 24 this morning.
Learning a language is all about immersion.
Come for the Beijing beatbox and stay for co-presenter Rico Hizon’s rap at the end.
You have been warned.
Dobbo better not get ideas.
Just Bertie Ahern being greeted by China’s Premier Li Keqiang at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China.
Right so.
Premier Li Keqiang offers reassurance for world’s biggest internet firms (South China Morning Post)
Thanks James Lloyd
Oh.
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is introduced as Christie Burke, former prime minister Dublin Ireand at the Guizhou Big Data Industry Convention at the Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin this morning.
Via Graeme McQueen
Time reports:
Chongqing, a vast municipality of 28 million in southwest China, has come up with a lighthearted strategy to remind pedestrians of the dangers of looking down at a smartphone while walking — separate lanes for people using or not using their devices.
The inspiration for the dual sidewalk came from National Geographic in the U.S., which created similar divisions on a section of pavement in Washington, D.C., in July as part of a televised behavior experiment.
Chinese City Sets Up ‘No Cell Phone’ Pedestrian Lanes (Time)
Previously: Life In The Zombie Lane
Pic: AP
They missed a bit.
Daniel Keogh writes:
“An interesting world map in the Great Wall Museum at Badaling, outside Beijing….”
He’s a great bunch of lad.
A Garda presence for the visit of Liu Yunshan, First Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China at Government Buildings this afternoon.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
