Chinese officials are cleaning up the national image by building huge walls to block slums from the sight of commuters. Villagers call the walls an "official loincloth." picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys “R” Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead, laboratory tests have shown, making the inexpensive bibs another example of a made-in-China product that may be a health hazard to children. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

China's growing hunger for timber may wipe out much of Tanzania's commercially valuable forests in two decades. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

More than 100 Tibetan exiles in India have been barred by from marching to Tibet to protest against China holding the Olympics, Indian police say. picked by topofall 7 months ago

CHINESE security forces opened fire on a crowd this week in eastern Tibet and may have killed 140 people, the Dalai Lama was quoted as saying in Le Monde daily today. picked by ConeOfSilence 2 months ago

Through... yes I said through picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Chinese scientists have shown off a prototype Moon rover that could lead to the country's first unmanned mission to the lunar surface in 2012. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

China is upset that the US Athletes will be bringing their own food to the olympics. picked by PulsisX 8 months ago

With news that hotels in Beijing will be spying on internet users during the Olympics,Zach Honig (pop photo blogger) gives real world tips about hacking the firewall and dodging spyware while at the games. picked by carguy4life 2 months ago

Humpty Dumpty might need to find a different wall to chill on. picked by wannaseemyboomstick 1 year ago

Boxun News, a Chinese-language Web site based outside China, reported that an unnamed expert has claimed that there was a nuclear explosion near the epicenter of the Sichuan earthquake, based on witness reports and the discovery of concrete rubble believed to have come from an underground military installation. The news of this nuclear explosion has raised questions about the cause of the earthqua... read full post picked by bingo 4 months ago

Peter Hitchens writes about some of the problems in Africa and how the Chinese are treating the country and its people. picked by bernardblack 1 week ago

Trying to avoid Chinas products proves to be more difficult than they thought. picked by gammerus 1 year ago

This is expected to work as well as the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terror. picked by buddha 1 year ago

A couple getting married in China last week were leaving the church when the earthquake struck. The photographer didn't stop shooting. This is the result.

(Click the numbers 1-9 at the bottom of the page to see more) picked by Kevertje 5 months ago

New wall is a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice. ``The wall is a symbolic gesture to quiet public concern,'' Wen said. ``It's not going to work in the long run.'' picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Nearly 500 school children in Fugong, Yunnan Province, China have to cross the often raging Nujiang River each day to get to school. The only problem is that there is no bridge. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

"They didn't give me my job back," Martin, 40, said during the live broadcast. "I'm a janitor now. I clean the toilets. I wash the floors in the bathrooms. I vacuum the kids' rugs." ...In an interview Tuesday on CBS' "The Early Show," Douglas Schools Superintendent Nancy Lane said Martin had been promoted, at her own request, to custodian in late March, a job that ca... read full post picked by bevissimo 10 months ago

What else can be said...? picked by drnothing 1 year ago

"Some parts of the country have suffered from serious floods, and pork supplies were tight, so after the Commerce Ministry discussed it with other relevant government departments, we decided to use the meat reserve." picked by punthe 1 year ago