The number of Internet users in China is now greater than the entire population of the United States, after rising to 338 million by the end of June, state media reported Sunday. picked by nickcobb 4 months ago

China has tied the United States as the online population leader with its government reporting that the number of Internet users there has soared to 221 million. picked by 2longdogs 2 years ago

Censorship in China is nothing new, but the level of action taken to force Chinese citizens to comply has garnered global recognition. China marked the date July 1st, 2009 as the day manufacturers will be forced to install filtering software on all new PCs. While many have resorted to digitally lashing out against Green Dam, Chinese artist and designer of the famous Bird's Nest at the Beijing Olym... read full post picked by beaplourde 5 months ago

Michael Meissner used a bogus MySpace page, then asked for nude photos of teen boys. picked by proverb 2 months ago

Strange story about a number of ivy league colleges taking nude photos of students for "science." Some of these students were George Bush, George Pataki, Brandon Tartikoff, Bob Woodward, Meryl Streep, Wendy Wasserstein, Hillary Rodham and Diane Sawyer. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Big Brother will soon be making regular appearances on the screens of Internet users in China, but the velvet fist will take the unexpected form of a cute pair of manga cartoon cops.

Those crazy Chinese, what will they think of next! picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago

Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A Senate lawmaker accused the Chinese government on Thursday of ordering U.S.-owned hotels in China to install Internet filters that can spy on international visitors coming to see the summer Olympic games. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

Hundreds of family photos dating back almost 100 years were found an an abandoned storage locker in Fox Point, Wis. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

China plans to tighten controls on Internet blogs and webcasts in a response to new technologies that have allowed citizens to avoid government censorship efforts. There are currently over 50 people "rotting" in prison for such crimes against the state. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

The 18-year-old student opened an auction for "five naked photos of my Mum" on the Trade Me site after being told to clear the family garage and sell any unwanted items on the site, the Herald on Sunday said. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Announced to PC manufacturers but not the citizens of China themselves, the Chinese government plans to force their approved content filter onto every new computer sold from July 1st onwards. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

China denied the criticism of the United States that accused it of military build-up. The US thinks China is not ready to maintain world peace and stability. A defense white paper showed that China spends less per capita on military forces than the U.S. itself. How ironic. picked by Green84 3 years ago

Ji’a'po is a fast food chain founded in 2007 and now there are about a hundred stores in China. What make people impressed the most about this chain however is the logo, as it looks so much alike as KFC’s one. Netizens in China start making fun of these two nearly identical image and calling Ji’a'po is the lost sister of Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Entry would be banned to anyone who was intent on "subversion" upon arriving in China, those with mental illnesses and sexually transmitted diseases and people who wished to engage in prostitution, the rules [written only in Chinese] read . picked by psycmoe 2 years ago

People across China have opened their wallets to give earthquake aid -- and fraudsters have swung into action to capitalise on the burst of generosity. picked by 2longdogs 2 years ago

Chen Xiao had pretty much given up making her own decisions and so decided to throw open her life to the whims of China's hundreds of millions of Internet users, known in China as netizens. What she stumbled upon was not only a new life but a new way to make a living. She charges about $3 an hour, and she's been asked to do almost everything from delivering pet food to caring for stray cats to ta... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

China is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads of Beijing, the city government is willing to pay drivers $3,600 not to use their cars. picked by mattgup 11 months ago

China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical. picked by equinox 1 week ago

A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing up to 5,000 people in a single county and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school

80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago