http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Zhejiang Sat, 18 May 2013 10:25:05 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Zhejiang Thu, 16 May 2013 12:13:49 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=57a_1368675672 mrgod2u This is just a fun video I made of my quest for the first Lychee I picked from our Orchard this year Health Benefits of Lychee Fruit Lychee a Small But Powerful Berry Lychee, translated from Chinese as 'gift for a joyful life', surely lives up to its name. The lychee fruit contains vitamins and minerals that promote a healthy diet, it is sweet and delicious and it has been enjoyed joyfully by natives of southeast Asia for centuries. Lychee A Symbol of Romance and Love The health benefits of thee fruit has been tried, proven and touted in countries such as China, India and Indonesia, so much so that lychee made its way into ancient Chinese legend. It is believed that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would dispatch royal guards some 600 miles to pick lychee in an effort to woo his favorite concubine, to entice her with the sweet, fragrant flesh of the lychee fruit. Today, the lychee fruit in China as a result of such legend, is now a symbol of romance and love. Anyone who eats the lychee fruit immediately falls in love with it. But if the fact that lychee is so delicious doesn't not convince you to try it, maybe hearing some of the health benefits of lychee will make you give this tropical fruit a second look. Clinical Studies Two studies done conclude that the lychee fruit prevents the growth of cancer cells. Lychee contains flavonoids in its pulp which prove very effective against breast cancer in particular. The Zhejiang Gonshang University and the West China Hospital at Sichuan University in China conducted the studies. So this little fruit that resembles a strawberry can help to protect your body against cancer. Another health benefit of the lychee fruit is that it is a great source of vitamin C, a vitamin that the body does not produce naturally. Vitamin C helps the body to fight heart disease and cancer. Vitamin C is good for our bones, skin and tissue, and therefore is a very important vitamin to our overall good health. Through the high content vitamin C content of the lychee fruit, the fruit benefits those suffering from colds, fevers and sore throats. Lychee also helps the body to digest food properly for the best nutrition and an added boost of health. Lychee, the Chinese believe, also has the ability to relieve pain and shrink swollen glands. People in China treat these symptoms with the lychee fruit using ancient Chinese medicines and they attest to its powers even though there are currently no studies out there that give scientific weight to this argument. Along with these health benefits lychee also contains phosphorous, calcium, magnesium and protein. Though the lychee fruit is native to Asia, the popularity and reputation of the fruit as a healthful fruit has contributed to the commercial growth of lychee trees in California and Florida. Lychee can be found in Asian supermarkets in cans or dried or they are found in jellies, jams, marmalades or sauces in Asian cuisine. For more Lychee Fruit Health Benefits go to Page 2 Go here for details: http://www.engineeredlifestyles.org/lychee.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=57a_1368675672 mrgod2u Lychee Orchard Run with a Couple of Shout Outs - Bran &amp; Slap Your Face Productions Your Say, Other Items from LiveLeakers, WTF, Yawn, Other News, Creative, Other Entertainment, Nature, Kauai, Hawaii, Lychee, Fruit, Eat. Orchard, Bran, Slap Your Face Productions Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:48:49 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=efd_1366681119 Baldrick Number 1 - Fort Calhoun nuclear facility The crisis at the Fort Calhoun nuclear facility in Nebraska has received almost no attention in the national mainstream media. Alamongordo found the US President Barack Hussein Obama has ordered a News Blackout over the Nebraska Nuclear Plant . In my research i even had articles strangely disappear when i wanted to look into them, very strange things happening there ! Number 2 - The Fukushima Disaster The crisis at Fukushima continues to get worse. Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, recently made the following statement about the Fukushima disaster. When you read my article " Several Prophets Predicted the Japan 2011 Earthquake " you can see the prediction made is that millions of people will die, this prophecy thats also in the Bible is beiing fulfilled at this moment, only ... You can't see, smell or hear the radiation that is killing us ! Number 3 - The War Against Pakistan, Yemen and Lybia Most Americans are aware that the U.S. is involved in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. However, the truth is that the U.S. military is also regularly bombing Yemen and parts of Pakistan . The US started the War between NATO and Lybia and is preparing to help when Turkey invades Syria from the North. Also at this very moment plans are beiing made for a ground invasion to end the war agaist Lybia. A overall war with Pakistan could erupt any moment because of the drone strikes from the US Military. Number 4 - Planet Earth is Becoming Unstable All over the world, huge cracks are appearing for no discernible reason. For example, a massive crack that is approximately 3 kilometers long recent appeared in southern Peru. Also, a 500 foot long crack suddenly appeared recently in the state of Michigan . When you also throw in all of the gigantic sinkholes that have been opening all over the world, it is easy to conclude that the planet is becoming very unstable. If Comet Elenin is the "doomsday planet" it could be the gravity pulling on the earth, Elenin is coming closer and closer so these cracks could get even worse (if the Elenin theory is correct). Keep an eye on my "Elenin Timeline" ! Number 5 - The Super EMP Weapon that North Korea has Tested There are reports that North Korea has tested a " super EMP weapon " which would be capable of taking out most of the U.S. power grid in a single shot. The North Koreans are apparently about to conduct another nuclear test and that has some Obama administration officials very concerned. Number 6 - US and Israel are Waiting untill Iran Starts a Nuclear War What are the US and Israel waiting for? We all know that Iran and nuclear weapons are a dangerous combination. Is the US or the World Elite waiting untill Iran detonates a nuclear device in or at the border with Israel to strike back? Or is the Arab-Spring the start of the war agaist Iran? Maybe a Turkish attack on Syria will be the start of the campaign against Iran soon. Is a Iranian Nuclear Test coming soon or will Iran use the Nuke agaist the West without testing it ? Number 7 - NASA launched a "major" preparedness initiative for all NASA personnel NASA has just launched a "major" preparedness initiative for all NASA personnel. The following is an excerpt about this plan : NASA Website . A major initiative has been placed on Family/Personal Preparedness for all NASA personnel. The NASA Family/Personal Preparedness Program is designed to provide awareness, resources, and tools to the NASA Family (civil servants and contractors) to prepare for an emergency situation. The most important assets in the successful completion of NASA's mission are our employees' and their families. We are taking the steps to prepare our workforce, but it is your personal obligation to prepare yourself and your families for emergencies. This could be about Elenin ( Elenin CNN ) or do you remember the news that soon we could see 2 suns - a second sun in the sky ? Number 8 - Over the Past Week over 40 temporary No Fly Zones declared by the FAA Over the past week over 40 temporary " no fly zones " have been declared by the FAA. This is very highly unusual. Nobody seems to know exactly why this is happening. Number 9 - Chinese having huge Problems with Crops and Food China's eastern province of Zhejiang has experienced that worst flooding that it has seen in 55 years . 2 million people have already been forced to leave their homes. China has already been having huge problems with their crops over the past few years and this is only going to make things worse. Number 10 - Over the Counter Trading of Gold and Silver is Going to be Illegal Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act, over the counter trading of gold and silver is going to be illegal starting on July 15th. Or at least that is what some companies apparently now believe. The following is an excerpt from an email that Forex.com recently sent out to their customers. TEXT From: HERE PHOTOS Sorted By: Baldrick http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=efd_1366681119 Baldrick 10 Things Our Leaders Are Very Quiet About ! 10,trhings,your,leaders,don't,want,you,t,know Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:57:52 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d26_1365871917 Lake8737 Google translate New network in Zhejiang, March 24 (Reporter intern Li Feiyun the Ni Youjie correspondent Sun Shujun Liu) The first erotic lure means to trick some older larger man to rental housing, and then taking advantage of the massage knock back when the little hand steal "guests" on the property. March 23, 2010, Pinghu City People's Court sentenced Wang, deception woman. Wang explained the process of committing the crime. Wang first "old man" who brought back to rental housing, and then find out the location of the "old man" have the money deposited in massage knock back, take advantage of the "old man" who do not pay attention to quickly transfer money to under the covers, and put in the original where the money plug waste paper, and then pretend to hear someone walking around outside, so that the "old man" who nervousness to leave a rented house. In this way, a Sheng Shen, Wang Mou Wang stole cash 1,000 yuan, 650 yuan and 1,040 yuan. March 23, 2010, Pinghu City People's Court hearing of the case in accordance with the law for theft sentenced the defendant Wang imprisonment for six months and fined 2,000 yuan. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d26_1365871917 Lake8737 Police busted hooker and pimp setting up trap to rip off customers china,chinese,prostitute,pimp,police,robbery Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:39:09 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b77_1365129231 Lake8737 Five people have died and fourteen are found infected. Google translate The H7N9 new virus strikes Yangtze River Delta is now the world's first Bulletin, April 4 new found five people infected with the H7N9 avian influenza, including the Shanghai three cases, two cases in Zhejiang. Shanghai had found in the previous 2 patients, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, one cases of people infected with the avian flu has increased to 14 cases, of which 5 died. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b77_1365129231 Lake8737 All chickens are exterminated after bird flu strikes China china,chinese,bird flu,chichen Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:45:15 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=121_1363963072 boomersooner Workers on Sunday pulled nearly 500 pigs from the Huangpu, bringing the total found from that river alone to over 9,500. The Huangpu River supplies over a fifth of Shanghai's drinking water. As the pig tally creeps up, Shanghai government officials have been struggling to put a positive spin on the ghoulish images popping up each day from the city's waterways. A report Monday in People's Daily, the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party, focused on the stepped up food and water quality tests across the city. It also earnestly noted that not only have the numbers of pigs being pulled from the rivers dropped, but the size of them too. Citing a report from Shanghai's city government, the paper stated that two thirds of the most recent carcasses found were piglets, suggesting that the worse may have passed. Social media outrage Still, the daily sight of carcasses being pulled from the city's waterways for disposal has angered the public and sparked a spirited discussion on China's Twitter-like service, Weibo. Reports that many of the pigs found have tested positive for porcine circovirus, a virus that has killed large numbers of pigs in the region in recent months, has also raised suspicions about the safety of Shanghai's water supply. "The water must have been polluted ," wrote one user named Lujun, "Authorities are being dishonest and trying to hide something." "The government is as corrupt as these dead pigs," another user using the name Ziyoudeweini wrote disgustedly. "I feel so cold. Who can we count on?" "Water quality in the Huangpu River has been normal up to now," one official at the Shanghai Information Office assured NBC News Monday. He also stressed that porcine circovirus cannot be contracted by humans. Where are they coming from? Shanghai officials have stepped up surveillance for dead pigs around the Huangpu River and have called upon local government in the nearby city of Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province to step up their own searches. Just northeast of Shanghai, Jiaxing is believed to be the source of many of the dead pigs floating down into Shanghai. Shanghai's Information Office officials declined to speculate on whether Jiaxing was the sole source of all the pigs, but told NBC News that the prefecture was the focus of a joint Shanghai-Jiaxing investigation. An official at the Jiaxing Environmental Protection Agency declined to comment on the progress of the investigation late Monday. But steps were being taken in Jiaxing to curb the continued dumping of pigs into the region's waterways. The city's local newspaper, Jiaxing Daily, reported that leaflets had been passed out to farmers in the region, urging them to properly dispose of dead pigs with local authorities rather than quietly dumping them into the river. Jiaxing is likely not the only community to be dumping dead pigs into its waterways, as reports indicate that porcine circovirus has spiked across farming communities this winter, killing more pigs than usual. Many have speculated that farmers have been attempting to discretely dispose of the sick pigs rather than reporting them to authorities and risk investigation. http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17357810-china-rivers-dead-pig-toll-passes-13000-but-officials-say-water-quality-is-normal?lite http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=121_1363963072 boomersooner Shanghai China: Now Over 13,000 Dead Pigs Found Floating In River China,river,Of,Pigs,Virus,Dead,Pigs,Jiaxing,Chinas Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:22:39 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=034_1363632041 GitErDoneDammit Another Giant FAIL on Obama's Growing List of Losers...the Fisker Karma................Period! Posted by Andrea Ryan thegatewaypundit.com ALL SHOW. NO GO. What do Obama supporters, crony capitalism, green energy, and bailouts have in common? They have the unique ability to pick losers...and their cars suck. They're, also, expensive, dangerous, and no one wants them. So, no surprise here. Another giant FAIL Obama can add to his growing list of losers: the electric-hybrid Fisker Karma. With a price tag of $107,850 you can own a green car that Consumer Reports says functions only in Park and Neutral. Amazing...$528.7 Million of taxpayers' money couldn't make a car that goes forward or reverse. Via Drudge, according to Consumer Reports, Our Fisker Karma cost us $107,850. It is super sleek, high-tech-and now it's broken. We have owned our car for just a few days; it has less than 200 miles on its odometer. While doing speedometer calibration runs on our test track (a procedure we do for every test car before putting it in service by driving the car at a constant 65 mph between two measured points), the dashboard flashed a message and sounded a "bing" showing a major fault. Our technician got the car off the track and put it into Park to go through the owner's manual to interpret the warning. At that point, the transmission went into Neutral and wouldn't engage any gear through its electronic shifter except Park and Neutral. We let the car sit for about an hour and restarted it. We could now engage Drive and the same error message disappeared. After moving it only a few feet the error message reappeared and when we tried to engage Reverse the transmission went straight to Park and again no motion gear could be engaged. After calling the dealer, which is about 100 milesaway, they promptly sent a flatbed tow truck to haul away the disabled Fisker. We buy about 80 cars a year and this is the first time in memory that we have had a car that is undriveable before it has finished our check-in process. Real venture capitalism evaluates companies for their product quality and viability, business plan, development costs, and manufacturing difficulties. Participants of crony capitalism just evaluate their donor list. Government investment In 2010, the Department of Energy awarded Fisker a $529 million green-energy loan, primarily to assist the company in transitioning the Karma, which is assembled in Finland, into the American markets. Fisker collected nearly $200 million until February this year 2012, when the government froze the loan because the company was failing to meet the government's milestones. In May, Fisker spokesman Robert Ormisher told ABC News that negotiations with the DOE were ongoing, and "We're hoping for a conclusion fairly soon." Henrik Fisker Resigns From Fisker Automotive Nytimes 5 days ago http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/henrik-fisker-resigns-from-fisker-automotive/ Fisker Automotive announced Wednesday that Henrik Fisker, its co-founder and executive chairman, had left the company because of disagreements with management. In a statement, the company said his departure was "not expected to impact the company's pursuit of strategic partnerships and financing to support Fisker Automotive's continued progress." The company declined requests for interviews. In an e-mail to Automotive News, the company attributed Mr. Fisker's resignation to "several major disagreements" regarding the business strategy of the company's executive management. Tony Posawatz, who succeeded Mr. Fisker as chief executive in August, said on Wednesday, "We're in the midst of some serious negotiating." Mr. Posawatz was previously vehicle line director at General Motors for the Chevrolet Voltplug-in hybrid. On Feb. 18, Reuters reported that the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China had made a bid of $200 million to $300 million to acquire a majority stake in Fisker Automotive. Geely is the owner of Volvo, the Swedish automaker, which it acquired in 2010 for $1.8 billion. "One possibility is that Mr. Fisker thought if there's an acquisition, the new company could say they're in control over direction," said John Gartner, research director for the Smart Transportation practice of Pike Research. Given that Geely is a Chinese company, Mr. Gartner said, it could take significant steps to reduce costs. "Fisker's board could say that they have to do what's necessary to make the deal," he said. "Maybe Henrik Fisker thought, 'It's not going to be my company anymore.'" Mr. Fisker impressed the automotive world with the design of the company's luxury Karma plug-in hybrid when it unveiled a preproduction version in 2008 at the Detroit auto show. But since then, the company has been plagued by mixed critical reviews of the car, as well as business setbacks and technical problems, including two recalls. In addition, the Karma's federal fuel-economy ratings were disappointing and its all-electric range proved limited. After repeated delays, Fisker Automotive made its first sale of the Karma in October 2011. The company sold about 1,800 units before production was suspended in November 2012, one month after A123 Systems, its battery supplier, declared bankruptcy. As long as Fisker is unable to produce and sell vehicles, it cannot raise the revenue needed to restart production and continue development of the Atlantic, a lower-price vehicle it plans to make at a former G.M. plant in Delaware. In late 2009, Fisker received a $528.7 million loan from the Energy Department, but that money was frozen after Fisker fell short of its production targets . It's not uncommon for the leadership of high-tech and automotive start-ups to replace visionary founders with chief executives who have more tactical experience. In 2007, Martin Eberhard, Tesla Motors' first chief executive, was fired. In November 2010, Kevin Czinger, the first chief executive of Coda Automotive, resigned. And in October 2012, Shai Agassi, the founder of Better Place, an electric car infrastructure company, stepped down. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=034_1363632041 GitErDoneDammit WTF?.....FISKER Fail....Taxpayer Loss! Obama,Biden,Fail,FISKER,China,Bailout,Taxpayer,In The Rear,Again,Period,Timthetoolmn,Giterdonedammit Sat, 26 May 2012 15:15:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d35_1338059586 TEXAS HOLDEM123 Last year it was the Georgetown Hoyas that were brawling the Bayi Rocketsof China during their Goodwill Exhibition Tour. Yesterday, it was the New Orleans Hurricanes of the NBA's D-League that were attempting to assert their physical dominance over their Chinese opponents, the Zhejiang Lions. You think it's about time American basketball teams stop making the journey across the Pacific Ocean to "The Middle Kingdom"? While the last Chinese-vs-American brawl was the result of a hard foul, speculation is that this time around the fighting was the result of some biased officiating and a language barrier. Beijing Cream provides us with the following tidbit of information: "The referees weren't being fair, biased toward Zhejiang Guangxia. New Orleans Buffalo Wings coach interacted with the refs, but what a pity, the refs didn't understand English." Here is a word of advice for any other American teams traveling to China to take part in an exhibition game in the near future: If you'd like to avoid an all-out brawl with flying chairs and water bottles, perhaps it would be in your best interest to make sure the referees in charge of the game have at least a minor grasp of the English language. Here is a look at the brawl between the Zhejiang Lions and the New Orleans Hurricans. http://www.totalprosports.com/2012/05/25/new-orleans-hurricanes-of-nba-d-league-brawl-with-chinese-basketball-team-video/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d35_1338059586 TEXAS HOLDEM123 Yet another Basketball Brawl in China - New Orleans Hurricanes vs. <span class="highlight">Zhejiang</span> Yet, another, Basketball, Brawl, in ,China -, New, Orleans ,Hurricanes, vs., Zhejiang, Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:19:18 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2ca_1360656861 St_George the continental network transmission, Fujian and Zhejiang troops for several days active. Plus before the news that Chinese warships radar has repeatedly aimed at the Japanese ships and planes, therefore, the media have speculated that China may "prepare for war" Diaoyu Islands . According to friends broke the news: February 3, Nan'an, Fujian Highway 308, artillery units practical exercise for several days. February 3 to 6, Fujian, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Huzhou, a large troop movements, and nearly 100 vehicles of various types of military vehicles, armored vehicles, artillery filled the entire road, endless, Xiamen even the scene of a traffic jam 10 kilometers. In addition, on February 3 in Shiyan, Hubei, a large number of tanks, wheeled military base from Shiyan room counties is delivered to the coastal areas. Many local residents of the tense situation of some concern. Prior to this allegation, January 15 and 30, the Chinese navy guided missile frigate, twice the fire control radar lock frigates and ship-borne helicopters of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, is also considered to enter a combat state. According to mainland media quoted the "People's Daily" front-page article claiming that China will not change in point of view on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands , and have to prepare to win the war. The international media alleged that China has purchased from Russia 239 engine, used in the manufacture of the H-6K. Combat covering the Diaoyu Islands, in this model, the engine can also be used to manufacture transported -20 transport aircraft purchased. If the engine assembled, will greatly enhance China's military power. Integrated these signs and reports, people have come to a startling conclusion: Day might want to go to war. According to military experts, the Sino-Japanese war in the Diaoyu Islands, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, is the most important logistical base. If the war to expand, at any time, will spread to the provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang. The NTDTV reporter Zhang Tianyu, Li Zhi Far roundup http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2013/02/08/atext845253.html We don't know if it merely a coincidence that a story has emerged discussing a Chinese mobilization in response to the ongoing territorial feud with Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands (and the proximal massive gas field) the very week that China celebrates its new year (and days after news that a Chinese warship was very close to firing on a Japanese destroyer). We don't know how much of the story is based in reality, and how much may be propaganda or furthering someone's agenda. What we do know is that the source of the story: offshore-based, Falun Gong-affiliated NTDTV has historically been a credible source of information that the China communist party desperately tries to censor, such as breaking the news of the SARS epidemic in 2003 some three weeks before China publicly admitted it. Its motto is "to bring truthful and uncensored information into and out of China." If that is indeed the case, and its story of major troop movements and mobilization of various types of military vehicles and artillery into the Fujian and Zhejian provinces, bordering the East China Sea and closest to the Diaoyu islands, is accurate, then hostilities between China and Japan may be about to take a major turn for the worse. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-09/china-mobilizing-war-japan Fujian and Zhejian provinces highlighted below: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2013/01/China%20mobilization_0.jpg China conducting 'training drills' in Pacific - Navy flotilla to demonstrate 'readiness for mobilization' http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1146408/pla-navy-conduct-training-drills-western-pacific-over-lunar-new-year Japan to give patrol boats to Manila amid China tensions http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1147876/japan-plans-give-patrol-boats-manila-amid-sea-tensions-china Japan May Release Radar Data To Prove China's Lying About Radar Incident http://www.brianbrown.net/2013/02/09/japan-may-release-radar-data-to-prove-chinas-lying-about-radar-incident/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2ca_1360656861 St_George JUST-IN: Credible Chinese MSM Source reports Troop Mobilization - Prepping for Japan War - Troops Active For Several Days In Fujian And <span class="highlight">Zhejiang</span> JAPAN,CHINA,CHINESE,WAR Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:55:23 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a86_1319715781 LuvJason Revolt in Zhili town, Zhejiang Province, China OCT 27TH 2011 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a86_1319715781 LuvJason Revolt in Zhili town, <span class="highlight">Zhejiang</span> Province, China OCT 27 2011 China Zhili revolt Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:35:12 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65d_1333144054 Private-Parts Zhejiang, China - Around 9:30 am on March 29, Mr. Hong was driving an electric car with his wife and two children from the Qiantang River Road exit into the 329 National Road, see a black Santana sedan from the 329 National Road, turn into the Qiantang River Road will be slowing down the speed to avoid car. Black Santana driver Wu also pause and wait for the electric drove out of the intersection. However, due to the electric car containing four people, Mr. Hung from side to side under control balance, the two-year-old girl from the car drop at the junction. Wu driving a black Santana cars due to line of sight blocking, in turn, when directly from the body of the girl run over. Speed http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=65d_1333144054 Private-Parts Child Falls Off Scooter And Gets Run Over by Car child, girl, fall, scooter, run over, by car, Zhejiang, China Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:48:46 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd6_1323546054 Mr-Creosote A political activist who had been jailed three times for attempting to obtain compensation for villagers whose land had been forcibly seized by local officials, lays crushed under a heavy lorry. He reportedly received a telephone call requesting a meeting at 9.25am, and his body was found an hour or so later. The lorry driver was nowhere to be found. Police attempted to remove the body but were thwarted by villagers. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cd6_1323546054 Mr-Creosote Political activist Qian Yunhu lies crushed under a heavy lorry: <span class="highlight">Zhejiang</span> Province, Eastern China China, Crash, Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:49:23 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b7c_1360604613 allyssa Phillip Inman, economics correspondent guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 February 2013 12.47 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/11/china-worlds-largest-trading-nation Employees work at a shoe factory in Lishui, Zhejiang province, China. Photograph: Lang Lang/Reuters China has become the world's biggest trading nation in goods, ending ending the post-war dominance of the US, according to official figures.China's customs administration said the combined total for imports and exports in Chinese goods reached $3.87tn (lb2.4tn) in 2012, edging past the $3.82tn trade in goods registed by the US commerce department.The landmark total for Chinese trade indicates the extent of Beijing's dependence on the rest of the world to generate jobs and income compared with a US economy that remains twice the size, and more self-contained. The US economy is worth $15tn compared with the $7.3tn Chinese economy.The US not only has a large internal market for goods, but also dominates the trade in services. US total trade amounted to $4.93tn in 2012, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with a surplus of $195.3bn.But like most western nations, the US deficit in the trade of goods weighs heavily and is only expected to get larger. The deficit in goods was more than $700bn compared with China's 2012 trade surplus, measured in goods, which totalled $231.1bn. Jim O'Neill, head of asset management at Goldman Sachs, said the huge market for western goods would disrupt regional trading blocs as China becomes the most important commercial partner for some countries. Germany may export twice as much to China by the end of the decade as it does to France, he told Bloomberg."For so many countries around the world, China is becoming rapidly the most important bilateral trade partner," he said. "At this kind of pace by the end of the decade many European countries will be doing more individual trade with China than with bilateral partners in Europe." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b7c_1360604613 allyssa China overtakes US in world trade trade, China, USA,