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Story category: China
Tragedy Halfway Around the World and at Home
Story air date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
The number of casualties keeps rising from the earthquake in China's Sichuan province. The devastation is also felt in Champaign-Urbana. Many Chinese residents here have been checking up on family and friends back home to make sure they're alright. AM 580's Michael Koliska talked with four of them -- and he reports that for at least one, the news has been tragic.
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China • peopleE-Waste
Story air date: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
At your home, chances are your TV, computer and other electronic gear were made overseas. That's because it's cheaper to make them there. And it's cheaper to get rid of old electronics overseas. Someday, your old cell phone or CD player might end up right back where it started: in China. University of Illinois journalism student Ted Land visited a Chinese city where electronic waste is shipped by the thousands of tons. Pollution from that waste is threatening the health of people who live there. He submitted this story for The Environment Report.
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China • economy • environmentWesterners in China
Story air date: Monday, June 04, 2007
Traveling overseas can give Americans a glimpse of their image among the rest of the world. AM 580’s Tom Rogers just completed his first journey to China, and in his opinion, what he found was both a wakeup call -- and, at times, cause for a good laugh.
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China • University of IllinoisUrbana Man in the PRC to Hone Kung Fu
Story air date: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Each day China opens itself to thousands of visitors -- some on business, others on vacation. Still others come to China because there's no better place to learn their careers. AM 580's Tom Rogers is in China -- and last week he traveled into the interior to visit an Urbana man who's come to hone his craft.
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China • people • sportsChina Trade
Story air date: Monday, May 21, 2007
China is a nation of 1.3 billion people. In other words, multiply the US population by more than four, and you have China. That’s a highly attractive business market for people in Illinois who have something to sell. But the head of the state of Illinois’ trade office in Shanghai says setting up shop in China is NOT a simple proposition. On the other hand, as AM 580’s Tom Rogers reports from Shanghai, it can be done, and done very well.
