Investigating!The gunman from China

Authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history was a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa.
The 24-year-old man arrived in San Francisco on United Airlines on Aug. 7 on a visa issued in Shanghai, the source said. Investigators have not linked him to any terrorist groups, the source said.
Police believe three bomb threats on the campus last week may have been attempts by the man to test the campus’ security response, the source said.
The exits to the buildings where the shootings occurred were chained by the shooter, the source said.
Students complained that there were no public address announcements or other warnings on campus after the first burst of gunfire. They said the first word they received from the university was an e-mail more than two hours into the rampage — around the time the gunman struck again.
Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said authorities believed the shooting at the dorm was a domestic dispute and mistakenly thought the gunman had fled the campus.
‘‘We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur,’’ he said.
He defended the university’s handling of the tragedy: ‘‘We can only make decisions based on the information you had on the time. You don’t have hours to reflect on it.’’
Steger said the university decided to rely on e-mail and other electronic means of notifying members of the university, but with 11,000 people driving onto campus first thing in the morning, it was difficult to get the word out to everyone.
Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum would not say how many weapons the gunman carried. But a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was incomplete, said that the gunman had two pistols and multiple clips of ammunition.

UPS to build global air hub

United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest package delivery provider, will build an international air hub in the city as the US freight company accelerates its expansion drive in China.
The hub, to be located in Shanghai Pudong International Airport and scheduled to open next year, will cover 96,000 square meters and will be able to sort 17,000 pieces of goods an hour by 2012, according to an agreement UPS signed yesterday with the Shanghai Airport Authority.
The new hub, with an initial investment of $20 million, "is a critical milestone in our goal to maximize our air network infrastructure in China", said Ken Torok, president of UPS Asia-Pacific. "It will connect China to international markets faster and more efficiently."
The hub will bring to four the number of UPS's regional air hubs in the Asia-Pacific, the president said.
The express delivery giant now has three hubs in the region in Hong Kong, Taipei and the Philippines.
The new project is the latest move by UPS to speed up its pace of expansion in China, where the logistics market is expected to grow rapidly.
The Atlanta-based company launched direct flights between China and Europe and added three flights between Shanghai and the US earlier this month.
It took direct control of its operations in China in 2005 after buying out its Chinese partner Sinotrans Air Transportation Co's 50 percent stake in a joint venture.
UPS, which has poured about $600 million into China over the past five years, "is committed to China and will continue to invest in China to enhance our transportation and distribution services", Torok said.
Leading international freight forwarders FedEx, TNT and DHL have all stepped up their expansion in China.
Germany's DHL has spent $315 million on express delivery and logistics infrastructure since it entered the country in 1984.
China's logistics market, which is expected to grow 30 percent annually over the next three years according to consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle, stood at 3.84 trillion yuan last year, said the National Development and Reform Commission.

A website you must browse before 2008 Olympic games

Recently,I found a website named”China Guide”which provides a bridge between China and world. Its interface have a style of clean and clear.Let us feel close and kindness.Meanwhile,it owns plenty of strong functions including pratical tools that you deedly need in China and infinite sort-search.In addition, there are a lot of knowledge and information about traditional art, centries-old history and mordern economy of China on its bbs.I found the Tibet travel map on the website yesterday.It’s a wonderful place.I am looking forward to go there.