The Olympic torch is sure to lift the sprits of these oppressed peoples or maybe it will be used to burn their homes? picked by buddha 2 years ago

A Chinese man lived with a large shard of glass hidden under his right eye for six years. Xiao Zhu, 22, had the eye injured by a beer bottle during a fight six years ago in Jinjiang city. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

And you thought that the bike thieves were hard core where *you* lived picked by phunee 2 years ago

BEIJING - They're paralyzed from diving accidents and car crashes, disabled by Parkinson's, or blind. With few options available at home in America, they search the Internet for experimental treatments — and often land on Web sites promoting stem cell treatments in China. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Among all the protests, pollution concerns and talk of boycotts surrounding the Beijing Olympics, a more basic problem has arisen for organizers: the toilets. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

The heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea is impossible to cross alive, so if you want to escape from North Korea, you have a better chance taking the more circuitous route of sneaking into China, and then slowly and cautiously making your way across the country to freedom in South Korea.
But this route presents plenty of obstacles... picked by bingo 6 months ago

Honorable sponge subject to mind control, needs of state, and Chinese Google censor. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

According to legend, Wàn Hu or Wàn Hù (d. ca. 1500) was a minor Chinese official of the Ming dynasty and the world's first "astronaut". picked by cgmiki 2 years ago

I remember reading studies of how instances of Autism have increased over the years. picked by cheeselog1234 2 years ago

...in a particularly creepy detail, the pigtailed child was playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse hand puppets. In the upper left-hand corner was the familiar script of the Disney logo... picked by MeMe 2 years ago

Parts of the spectacular Beijing Olympics opening ceremony were faked, it has emerged. picked by topofall 1 year ago

Chinese doctors operating on a woman with abdominal pain expected to find an inflamed appendix but discovered a football-sized 33-pound tumor instead picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.

Visit now picked by suebe 1 year ago

A Sichuan student who failed his Chinese-language paper in this year's National College Entrance Examination has secured a university place because he wrote an 800-word essay in Bronze Age oracle bone script picked by suebe 5 months ago

The strict standards were set in the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act after a series of high-profile recalls of Chinese-made toys. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

The Capitol Hill housed Dalai Lama to present him the Congressional Gold medal, which is the highest civilian honor currently given in the United States. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend, local media said on Friday..."The dismembering was both out of hatred and aimed at making the body unrecognisable," the report said.

Hard to make it unrecognizable when you have the before pix.... picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

A narrated slide show of the Wolong Nature Reserve.

Text story here. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The protests -- initiated by Buddhist monks -- have been growing since Monday, the anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against Beijing rule. picked by buddha 2 years ago